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That's truly unfortunate. It's like having a website dedicated to the intricacies of the Microsoft Word program, but only producing plain text files. See ya' around 

That is extremely problematic. If you needs someone to write an entire file for you each time you encounter an obstacle then it seems that Finale most certainly does not cover the scrolling sheet music format at all.

It's doable, but ultimately unnecessary.

I mean finale already covers the scrolling sheet music format pretty well, so it seems overkill to add more.

I would respectfully disagree; given the reason I have maintained.

Woah woah woah slow down there! I sign up here a month ago. I think that I would be a little presumptuous to think I was on a crusade trying to convert the format of the entire site. let me rephrase: is adding an additional format (such as .mus .pdf .midi) doable?

When uploading a submission there ought to be an option for Musescore files (.mscz). I have tried different notation software (Lilypond Musette Notepad ect.) and these pale in comparison to Musescore. Musescore has the not only best interface, but more options and it's free. Notepad (which seems to be the standard here) lacks even basic abilities such as to change time signature, which was extremely frustrating when I was trying to make a piano reduction of "Treasure Sleeping in the Sand". Another plus is that you can upload it to the Musescore website with links and credits to NSM which I think would widen the audience not only for your sheets, but bring more people to the site.

Aren't ghosts people whose spirits haven't moved on yet? So they wouldn't really be 5-D, right? And whens the last time you looked your shadow...it's 2-D. So wouldn't we be in the 3rd Dimension?

Yes.

Thats some string theory type stuff right there.

Political spectrums aren't two dimensional, though. You can't associate liberal/conservative with libertarian/authoritarian, hence why most political compass markings will essentially look like a graph.
The placement of Communism and Fascism is also a tricky one, since they have more to do with the second spectrum than the first, and can happen under both extreme left and extreme right ideologies. Nazi Germany, for example, was a National Socialist (Fascist) regime, which was fairly far right but also at the same time provided things like universal healthcare and education for the "pure" race.

Socialism and Fascism are two different things: Socialism is Collectivism (economic ideology)  whereas fascism is authoritarianism (social ideology).

I am convinced the further left you go on a two dimensional political spectrum (cartesian plane) the closer you get to a purely collectivist economy, or Communist economy, passing socialism of course.

No, I mean Communism. Please learn political science terms before you try to correct people and invariably come off as a know-it-all. Thanks

Sorry, I did not mean to come off like that. I seriously think you have the definitions confused is all and I truly don't mean to be personal.

In Communism there is no state.

I believe you mean anarchy where as there are no leaders or chiefs.

anyway i must say TooFarGann you seem to have a beef with communism, care to elaborate? :p

Yes. It's not a very good idea. In Communism the government owns you. When in reality mankind has created the government; the government answers to man not the other way around.

"Weird Al always contacts the creators of the songs he parodies before parodying them to get full permissions. He is within copyright law because he gets permission before using someone else's work.

You're right but he legally does not have to. Have you ever heard of "Dumb Starbucks" it was a legit business, again no royalties etc.

If intellectual property doesn't exist, I take it that Beethoven's 9 symphonies and 32 piano sonatas only exist in the physical scores in which they are represented? If that's the case, might as well take the opening line of the 5th symphony (ba ba ba bum!) and call it your own.
Try this, call a lawyer, and let me know how it goes for ya.

Thats not a good example because all of his music is in the public domain, even if it wasn't , you still could. Look at weird Al he gives exactly 0 royalties for everything he does.

" Sure, you can't really own a thought..."

Cool! I think were are done here.
As for the whole Native American thing the whole abolition of property is still the first plank of Communism.