From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 1 19:57:41 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 0959B16A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:57:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ack.Berkeley.EDU (ack.berkeley.edu [128.32.206.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B519E43D54 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:57:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mhunter@ack.Berkeley.EDU) Received: (from mhunter@localhost) by ack.Berkeley.EDU (8.11.3/8.11.3) id i81JvZb14812; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:57:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:57:35 -0700 From: Mike Hunter To: Joshua Lokken Message-ID: <20040901195735.GA14677@ack.Berkeley.EDU> References: <200408311440.35836.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> <000001c4905c$3dd35eb0$56171aac@slackey> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c4905c$3dd35eb0$56171aac@slackey> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: 'David Syphers' 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 19:57:41 -0000 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