Tag Archives: Piers

How I got into this mess

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Gerald Barnett

I got my start in university technology transfer as a graduate student at the University of Washington. I was working toward a doctorate in literature and interpretation. My dissertation dealt with the representation of text, using medieval manuscripts as a … Continue reading →

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Well Tempered IP Policy

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Gerald Barnett

In music one finds the concept of “temperament” in tuning. Jim Loy has a nice discussion of the physics. The basic problem is that the steps represented by the ratios of various notes, such as fifths (3/2), don’t exactly match … Continue reading →

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