From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 1 19:45:48 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 8565216A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:45:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from w1.paulbunyan.net (w1.paulbunyan.net [209.191.199.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1334D43D5F for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:45:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joshua@joshualokken.com) Received: from slackey (er155.ips.paulbunyan.net [209.191.208.155]) by w1.paulbunyan.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i81JjWQA004027; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:45:32 -0500 From: "Joshua Lokken" To: "'David Syphers'" , "'Mike Hunter'" Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:45:31 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c4905c$3dd35eb0$56171aac@slackey> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200408311440.35836.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 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: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 19:45:48 -0000 David Syphers wrote: > 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. >>=20 >> So it's deceptive to think that using the left hand would correspond >> to the *idea* of something on the left. >=20 > 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. Actually, it's the inverse; the left brain handles right-side operations, and vice versa. > Apart from the one guy who gave a patch, this has been a very > entertaining (if useless) thread :) Indeed ;) --=20 Joshua Lokken --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.749 / Virus Database: 501 - Release Date: 9/1/2004 =20