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-->(a) Agreed. But suppose some species other than ours could answer such a question. Then surely it would be able to hit on some point of distinction from other species? What I was really getting at was this: while it may be true that language distinguishes humans from other species, what does...

it's a structural property---complex signals built up from smaller, simpler ones, each of which has its own meaning and function, in ways that are specified by `grammar'. no one has been able to find such things in communication systems other than the human ones.

yes it's just this notion of `instinctiveness' that differentiates `us' from `them'---birds know their migration routes (apparently) without being taught them, but we require teaching to learn how to build steam engines or whatever, which is enabled by language. but I'm not convinced that this...

Presumably there is a major objective difference between every individual species and every other animal; this is why they can be differentiated as a species, right? That said, I think it is well established that other animals do not have human language-like communication systems at all. The...

maybe liver in alcoholic drinks would be good too?

Listening: what is up with this Jimmy song? Am I tripping or is she just rapping over the beat from Jimmy Jimmy (Aaja) (or whatever the name was exactly) from the Disco Dancer soundtrack? No complaints, I love that soundtrack massively ... very nice surprise.

Zhao Zhao Thnk U!!!

is the upshot of all this: major label grime is dead?

that's a nice idea, I like that I guess you can be counter in this way though even if you buy drinks (?) why not? the point is just that you are making your own structure right?

OK. Looks like I got you wrong. But now I am completely baffled. What IS it???? Ah well. Maybe there's no point nitpicking.

I understand what you want to say but I don't get how it is supposed to go. Is the idea that grime consists of anything I can play in a grime set/together with a bunch of `other' grime and not have it sound out of place? Disregarding the fact that this is circular (first we have to know what...

Logan---What IS grime then? You've said many things about what grime is NOT on this forum. But I'd be interested to hear your ideas about what it actually is. Less negativity, more positive direction.

observations based on little or no data tend to be relatively uninteresting

makes sense---the lexxus syndrome

shall we just trust vp? picked the ugliest possible photo for the jacket too I see :)

it turns out that one can go back to it, and there is something there to go back to ... at least this is my recent experience with gibson. he has some pretty interesting things to imply.

yeah tokyo also is pretty flat most of the time. when I was on the singlespeed I went at pretty much the same pace as the road bikes, and even the cars depending on the number of signals. would never ride brakeless though, at least not here ... semi-related question: why the hipster hate? it...

I want one for my short commute, but not for a main bike which I will ride distance.

I borrowed a singlespeed from a friend for a few months up til about 2 weeks ago, but it was running a freewheel. Still the general geometry was there, even though it was a cheap heavy frame. Verdict: super fun. Nothing to think about (gears), just riding ... I felt ten years old again. Fixed...

counterculture these days seems to require not being known to the mainstream; or if known not saleable. nerd culture does not meet this requirement. here in japan the nerd---otaku---culture is very saleable. its homeland, akihabara, is the next red light district of tokyo, or so one well-known...