> On 19 August 2014 11:01, Marc Nicholas <geekything@gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> Glad to see the PIClist has returned to discussing only non-PIC
> stuff....there was a danger of some actual PIC discussions happening
> recently! :p
>

Of the last 120 or so PICLIST posts that I have received 33 have [PIC] tag.
And there are a few [EE] as well.

The success of the list is arguably best not measured by % PIC posts alone,
but rather by maximised posts while maintaining an acceptable PIC post
percent.

Some would argue that the current 25%+ is too high :-).



               Russell




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> Marc Nicholas
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> On August 18, 2014 at 6:55:04 PM, Bob Ammerman (picram@roadrunner.com)
> wrote:
>
> Actually an octave contains 12 notes. The frequency of each note is a
> factor
> of the twelfth root of two higher than the next lower note. When you look
> at
> just the "white keys" you are only looking at 7 of the notes in the octav=
e,
> and they are not evenly spaced in frequency.
>
> ~ Bob Ammerman
> RAm Systems
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of
> David C Brown
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 5:18 PM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT] Octaves
>
> No. An octave is an interval of seven notes. A-B, B-C, C-D, DE, E-F, F-G,
> G-A. Seven notes. So WTF is it called an octave?
>
>
> On 18 August 2014 20:36, Bob Blick <bobblick@ftml.net> wrote:
>
> > An octave represents eight notes, not a factor of eight.
> >
> > Makes more sense than "flammable" and "inflammable" :)
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014, at 11:31 AM, David C Brown wrote:
> > > A decade is a factor of ten so an octave must be a factor of eight
> > > mustn't
> > > it? Well, no it is actually a factor of two. Why? Very illogical.
> > > I know it is borrowed from musical theory where an octave is an
> > > interval of seven notes. Equally illogical
> >
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