From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 21:40:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F039716A581; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:40:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3EC943D48; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:40:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dsyphers@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) ESMTP id i7VLePTB016162; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:40:25 -0700 Received: from [192.168.1.104] (c-24-18-235-11.client.comcast.net [24.18.235.11]) (authenticated bits=0)i7VLeOVe027488 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:40:24 -0700 From: David Syphers To: Mike Hunter Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:40:35 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20040829213449.GA33843@hub.freebsd.org> <20040831205243.GJ53236@over-yonder.net> <20040831211834.GA16465@ack.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <20040831211834.GA16465@ack.Berkeley.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200408311440.35836.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:40:26 -0000 On Tuesday 31 August 2004 02:18 pm, Mike Hunter wrote: > * Nerves from the brain cross over at neck-level to the opposite side of > the * body, and nerves from the other side of the brain reciprocate. The > end * result is that the opposite sides of the body are supplied by the > opposite * sides of the brain. > > So it's deceptive to think that using the left hand would correspond to > the *idea* of something on the left. Is there any reason to think that the idea of "left" is dealt with by the left side of the brain? Sounds highly unlikely to me. You certainly don't think of "front" only with the prefrontal cortex, or "back" only with the occipital lobe. Apart from the one guy who gave a patch, this has been a very entertaining (if useless) thread :) -David -- +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot. +++