Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:40:35 -0700 From: David Syphers <dsyphers@u.washington.edu> To: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING Message-ID: <200408311440.35836.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040831211834.GA16465@ack.Berkeley.EDU> References: <20040829213449.GA33843@hub.freebsd.org> <20040831205243.GJ53236@over-yonder.net> <20040831211834.GA16465@ack.Berkeley.EDU>
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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. +++
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