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A new study asked an old question: Do orchestra conductors actually serve a purpose, or are they pure spectacle?
To answer that question, the University of Maryland analyzed whether the conductor leads the orchestra or the orchestra leads the conductor. In this experiment, researcher Yiannis Aloimonos and his colleagues installed tiny infrared lights at the tip of a conductor’s baton as well as on the bows of violinists. While the orchestra played, infrared cameras captured every movement, which were then analyzed using mathematical techniques pioneered by Nobel-Prize winning economist Clive Granger. The scientists in this study theorized that if the movements of the conductor predicted the movements of the violinists, then the guy holding the baton was clearly in charge.
So what happened? It turns out the purists were right all along — the movements of the violinists were indeed predicated on the movements of the conductor.
(Source: theweek.com, via downlo)
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No, sick passenger is code for “dead customer ON the train”. Often times it actually IS a sick passenger though - sick usually refers to some kind of bodily injury, rather than someone puking or passing out, and the delays are mainly from the MTA doing an investigation to cover their asses when that customer eventually files a lawsuit.
“Police investigation” is the code for a suicide by train. Service will be disrupted for about a half hour, usually. I’ve seen it mess up things for as long as 3 hours though.
"A NY MTA train conductor doing an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) on Reddit.
I will never feel the same again when I hear about a 4/5/6 train delay due to “a police investigation.”
The whole AMA is a must read for NYC subway riders.
(via bestrooftalkever)
