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Reply #45 – August 07, 2007, 08:26:40 AM

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

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Reply #46 – August 07, 2007, 09:14:49 AM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;166756

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

If you can read this , you have a strange mind too...

Can you read this? Only 55 people out of 100 can. I couldn't believe that I could actually understand what I was reading. The phenomenal power of the human mind, according to a research at Cambridge University, it doesn't matter what order the letters in a word are, only important thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place...

Anyone want to finish it??? No I did NOT use spell check...

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Reply #47 – August 07, 2007, 09:38:13 AM

I actually read it fine the first time :) I just started reading and kind of amazed myself at how easy it was too read. Goes to show you that using proper grammar is more important than actually spelling the word right.

If its so easy to interpret our own language when it has been butchered like so you would think it would be easier to learn a new language..

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Reply #48 – August 07, 2007, 07:36:17 PM

The pontiac Trans-Am. Its name came from the popular Trans American racing series, though the car never actually competed in Trans Am racing.

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Reply #49 – August 07, 2007, 08:10:59 PM

In Penn there is a town named Intercourse and Bird in hand. In NC there is a town named Climax.

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Reply #50 – August 07, 2007, 08:39:14 PM

Hell is in Michigan... Don't believe me??? Look it up... oops dupped...

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Reply #51 – August 07, 2007, 10:08:06 PM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;166756

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

That's awesome. :D

On average, left-handed people type ten words per minute faster than right-handed people.

Eight out of 15 Americans said they would replace their TV if the remote were lost.

In the United States, for every $1 spent on fireworks, there is $12.46 worth of property damaged caused by them.

Source: http://gullible.info/archive.php?m=2007-07

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Reply #52 – August 07, 2007, 10:15:58 PM

Quote from: Ether947;166953

Eight out of 15 Americans said they would replace their TV if the remote were lost.

Sounds like we've turned into a bunch of stupid fornicateers...

Hey Carm are Canadians any smarter??? If it didn't get so cold up there I'd consider moving...

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Reply #53 – August 07, 2007, 10:27:47 PM

I dunno about smarter... better looking maybe, but not sure about smarter :hick:

If you don't like the cold you could always move to coastal BC - they have a climate much like Washington or Oregon. Better bring an umbrella, though (and chopsticks - Asians everywhere)

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Reply #54 – August 07, 2007, 10:56:40 PM

The latest target of an RIAA suit is NASA, for playing copyrighted music over space shuttle air-to-ground communications, which are public frequencies. NASA traditionally plays wake-up songs to astronauts each morning.

I hope this is more oid than fact.

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Reply #55 – August 07, 2007, 11:52:43 PM

Quote from: blueovalford;166917

The pontiac Trans-Am. Its name came from the popular Trans American racing series, though the car never actually competed in Trans Am racing.

Pontiac's GTO was named for a class of European endurance racing Gran Turismo Olmalgato, (Grand Touring Homologated) though Pontiac never competed in it. (Was also a very famous and successful Ferrari model)

The Pontiac LeMans was named after the famous 24 hour hour race in France, though Pontiac never competed in it.

The Pontiac Grand Prix (Big Prize) Was named for the open wheel racing Series now called Formula 1, though Pontiac never competed in it.

The Pontiac Grand Am was named for an American raod racing series, though Pontiac never cometed in it.

Am I seeing a patern here?

I'm wating for them to name a car Indianapolis 500.

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Reply #56 – August 07, 2007, 11:53:34 PM

Quote from: atariman;165642

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.

This interests me. I'm skeptical of these two ideas, but I'd like to see some more information on them.
Does glass have some resilient features that have been unexplored? I would think that the fracture point of a sphere of glass would far exceed the bouncing point.
I suppose a sphere a steel could be plausible, but I'm curious about glass.

On another note: Has anybody heard the theory that glass is physically a liquid?

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Reply #57 – August 08, 2007, 12:11:39 AM

Quote from: cougarcragar;167015

On another note: Has anybody heard the theory that glass is physically a liquid?

no, its not really a solid or a liquid. the molecules arent lined up in as straight or as tight as a solid, but its not as wild and loosey-goosey as a liquid. a picture would explain better but i cant find one

thanks history channel! ;)

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Reply #58 – August 08, 2007, 09:23:22 AM

Quote from: cougarcragar;167015

This interests me. I'm skeptical of these two ideas, but I'd like to see some more information on them.
Does glass have some resilient features that have been unexplored? I would think that the fracture point of a sphere of glass would far exceed the bouncing point.
I suppose a sphere a steel could be plausible, but I'm curious about glass.

On another note: Has anybody heard the theory that glass is physically a liquid?

All I know is that on our humvees in Iraq, the glass armor stopped more flying debris than any other part of the trucks armor. Debris was always getting through the steel plating no problem....but the glass would just buldge waaayy out and stop the blast and steel and all. I have pictures of this after a big IED but I am not allowed to post these kind of pictures. But glass is more of a liquid than a solid is what they tell us.
:birdsmily:

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Reply #59 – August 09, 2007, 12:16:40 AM

Glass flows...very, very slowly.

Measurements of OLD glass (like found in the stained glass windows some very old European churches) are actually a little bit thicker near the bottom, and thinner near the top.