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--- In wiardgroup@y..., "konkuro" <konkuro@a...> wrote:

> >The hammer example, unfortunately, does not
> illustrate the point being discussed - if you talk about a 
hammer, 
> then
> we should be talking about screwdrivers, clearly not the center 
of our
> discussion.<
> 
> What about Jan Hammer?  :-)
> 
> You did not grasp my analogy.  "Hark, Pagan, while I expound!" 
[Line 
> from The Royal Hunt of the Sun]
> 
> A beautiful table is an end.  A carpenter uses a hammer as a 
means to 
> create that end.  A beautiful composition is an end.  A musician 
uses 
> a synthesizer to create that end.  Whether or not the hammer is 
> exquisitely carved has no bearing on its function, which is to 
drive 
> nails using a weight on a stick.  

I can certainly enjoy a beautiful violin and yet not be able to
play it. Beauty is an end in itself. 


> By the same token, whether or not a 
> synth has cat girls painted on it (please tell me there really isn't 
> a synth like that) 

I might as well be the one who ruins your weekend:

http://www.cgs.synth.net/


Easier,

-Mike