THIS IS AMAZING

[CrystaLv]

> ALZHEIMERS' EYE TEST
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> Count every " F" in the following text:
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> FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
> SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
> FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
> THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
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> (SEE BELOW)
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> HOW MANY ?
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> DID YOU GUESS 3?
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> WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.
> READ IT AGAIN !
> Really, go Back and Try to find the 6 F's before you scroll down.
> The reasoning is further down.
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> The brain cannot process "OF".
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> Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
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> Anyone who counts all 6 "F's" on the first go is a
> genius. & nbsp;
> Three is normal, four is quite rare.
>

 

[eyeswideclosed]

 

[Zathras]

I first saw this about 50 years ago. It was probably kicking around for a few decades before that.

I don't remember if I got all 6 or not. (I think I did, but I'm not sure.)

 

[CrystaLv]

Zathras, is Internet that old?

 

[eyeswideclosed]

Stuff happened BEFORE the internet???

 

[zarkon4]

The internet has been around since the sixties.

 

[eyeswideclosed]

Ok that makes sense, I remember nothing before the 60s.

 

[Zathras]

I didn't say I saw it on the internet. It was hard-copy all the way.

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
For a quick history lesson, try:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

and maybe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_protocol

To Paraphrase:"The Help you get is proportional to the Help you give.."

 

[eyeswideclosed]

hard-copy"...yes...I've heard legends of a strange place called "the library" where the ancients had to go to find out things inscribed on material made from dead trees...how horrible it must have been.

 

[Stella740pl]

eyeswideclosed,

I have scary news for you.

Those strange places still exist, and some old-fashioned people (even those - oh horror! - who can use the Internet) still go there to get those ancient things made of dead trees called books (and also movies, music, and other things).

That strange place said to have more reliable, more extensive, and also more ancient, if you happen to need it - sources of information on some subjects, and also some interesting reading, too.

Check if you have one in your area. ;-)

 

[gbaughma]

Yes... it's called "Treeware"... it's pretty slick though... it requires no power, never crashes, it's indexed, and portable! Pretty nifty, "Treeware".....



Just my 2¢

"In order to start solving a problem, one must first identify its owner." --Me
--Greg

 

[eyeswideclosed]

Mind-boggling...I have even heard they had to do crazy things like actually going to the moon to find out about it...now we can just google it of course...those poor people, I'm so glad I live now.

 

[CrystaLv]

Zathras,
who was sending you those? Was there non-Internet SPAM?

Stella,
I checked my area for "Treeware" - no, we don't have any.

 

[columb]

In praise of 'treeware'
[ul]
[li]It never crashes.[/li]
[li]It doesn't depend on an internet connection.[/li]
[li]With repeated use it always falls open on that section on pointers to pointers that you can never quite remember.[/li]
[li]The well produced ones can be a joy to hold in the hand.[/li]
[li]And the fictional ones can be a joy to curl up in bed with.[/li]
[/ul]
And that's without even thinking hard.

Ceci n'est pas une signature
Columb Healy

 

[Stella740pl]

Crystal,

You are mistaken.
Ask Greg about "Treeware".

I would suggest you check for so-called "libraries".
(They might contain above-mentioned treeware under different names.)

We have many around. Public, scientific, technical, and other varieties.

If you don't have any in your area, are you, by any chance, living in the woods (or trees, should I say)?

 

[eyeswideclosed]

Quaint, but think of the bacteria embedded in the tree material...ick...and I would have to come out of my bubble, maybe even have to "talk" to people...eesh.

 

[Stella740pl]

You are are afraid of "bacteria embedded in the tree material"?
You shoould check the surface of your desk and the buttons of your keyboard. (Shudder.) And I bet you will find a lot of old food embedded between those.

As for talking to people... I understand your problem, but you have to do this once in a while even if you are chained to your computer.

 

[risby]

The local library is where I went recently, when I was between ISPs, to check my email and cetera.

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[addy]

In praise of 'treeware'

It never crashes.
It doesn't depend on an internet connection.
With repeated use it always falls open on that section on pointers to pointers that you can never quite remember.
The well produced ones can be a joy to hold in the hand.
And the fictional ones can be a joy to curl up in bed with.

Actually, it does occasionally crash - and there is no tape backup to restore from!!

Example crashes include:

Reading whilst soaking in the bath - and then dropping it.

Your dog having one of those mental 5 minutes and turning your treeware into 27895 pieces of smaller treeware.

Your loving son deciding he needs to try out his new crayons on your treeware.

 

[eyeswideclosed]

In the words of The Great One:
You're tearing me apart!
Stellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!