I love the smell of burning insulation in the morning:-) -----Original Message----- From: William Brohinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:44 PM To: Guy Smith Cc: LGS-Europe; lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bizarre info request, bordering on advice request
Indeed, EE is Electrical Engineering, although at Uconn there is no Electronic Engineer choice: the choices are Electric Engineer and Electronics and Computer Engineering. I've been a programmer/systems admin, and it's a bag of worms I don't want to have to deal with! Give me a nice tame electron... even if it's just planning to gang up on me and toast my fingertips!! ray On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Guy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > EE == Electrical Engineering or Electronic Engineering (which term is used > depends on the program). > > Guy > > -----Original Message----- > From: LGS-Europe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:14 PM > To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bizarre info request, bordering on advice request > > No feathers ruffled here.. > > What's an EE degree? > > Isn't it easier to fit an extra neck on an old guitar, and go for something > like 10 or 12 single strings? Keep it in E, first two strings down an > octave > > (use a D and an A string) and just use low E strings for the bourdons? You > could use the head of a second guitar for the neck extension. Sounds like > an > > easier job and, given the availability of cheap guitars, not an expensive > one either. Gives you more time to practice the instrument. > > Any path to the lute is good one. > > David > > > **************************** > David van Ooijen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > **************************** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Brohinsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 5:46 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bizarre info request, bordering on advice request > > > > Oi. > > > > Folks, please forgive me, and let this subject drop, now? I had no > > intention > > of stubbing toes, firing up rwars, or causing people to point fingers. > > > > It is now obvious to me that I did not make the case for what I want to > do > > clearly enough. It is also clear that, this request has no chance of > > bearing > > fruit. > > > > I'm sorry. > > ray > > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html<http://www.cs.dartmou th.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html> > > > > > > > --