Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Knoppix Operating System :-) Date: 27 Apr 2024 19:02:53 GMT Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net XVT80QVhINXfaXTyhge52AWE8Umr70bPeV9eZa/8xaf6+If15v Cancel-Lock: sha1:bbhHugRmm0f4NwOy3H+JhYZ33vI= sha256:l0NPYZAX3NYm7nCvNM4kFRlMZwVDB88CyEEqC6zKuN4= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2546 On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:33:53 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > >> On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:22:04 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> >>> You should check out the "Thistle" channel on SomaFM... >> >> One of the few things I ever listened to on NPR was Ritchie's 'Thistle >> and Shamrock'. The shamrock must have gotten lost in the switch. > > Probably a copyright issue. Perhaps but in that case they lost the wrong one. 'Thistle' implies the Scots and their caterwauling bagpipes. The local 'Celtic Dragon' bagpipe band tries to play Irish tunes every now and then. One octave plus one is somewhat limiting. Irish flutes / tin whistles are good for three octaves plus they have both C and C# so they can play in both D and G keys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMDq0lPpmo She does a great job but you can hear some of the notes are missing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvpX1nTyEmc I can't say it's any more soothing but at least the Irish figured out how to get a little more range. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MxFsk4sYM4