Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:57:35 -0700 From: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.Berkeley.EDU> To: Joshua Lokken <joshua@joshualokken.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING Message-ID: <20040901195735.GA14677@ack.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <000001c4905c$3dd35eb0$56171aac@slackey> References: <200408311440.35836.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> <000001c4905c$3dd35eb0$56171aac@slackey>
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On Sep 01, "Joshua Lokken" wrote: > 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. > >> > >> 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. > > 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 ;) I think people forgot to look at the "X-Troll-Content" header in my original mail :) Mike
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