Can someone please explain Triskaidekaphenia to me, or is that a jumbled word? ;)
I cannot even begin to Julie - although I'm wondering whether it has something to do with the number that follows twelve :) I won't mention it in case it's a phobia...
edit: or an addiction :)
another edit: oh well there you go *point at previous post* leapfrogging posts again :)
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There is a piece of vacuum inside everyone's head, so you've haven't narrowed the field at all David. A very safe comment indeed. :-)
@Mike - I take great offense that you say there is a vacuum inside my head. Wouldn't I know it if one of your vacuums got loose and was running amok inside my noggin? I assure you, there is nothing, NOTHING, inside my head!...Oh wait...crud. I need to rethink this.
In the olden & golden days b/4 this modern fad for scanning and such, the insides of heads were only inspected closely if things were going badly. The vast number of brains out there were quite un-inspected either during life or after demise. So one could in blind certainty refer to Gray's Anatomy feeling secure in obtaining The Structural Truth.
Fast forward to now, where seriously detailed anatomical descriptions are available in generality and with negligible risk* to the patient. Now the Gray's Anatomy Brain Plan is in significant minority some thirty years into our scanning era. Opinions vary, but estimates are around at least 1/3 of people are missing an entire bit of brain if compared to the old standard. That might be an entire lobe, or sub-lobe, or merely a fold or two of the really brocolli-cabbagey areas. On functional testing almost all of those have either no problems in life and/or are undifferentiable from norms ( even bearing in mind that 'the norm' is clearly now quite polluted with respect to traditional analyses ).
Partly this is thought to be due to 'neuroplasticity', a rather over-stated effect, allowing in early childhood some re-application of functions to other areas. For the rest it is probably also habit, training and experience producing 'workarounds'. In any event variation is the rule. In my view this is to be celebrated, not decried. So the question is :
.... have you looked in/at your brain recently ?? :-)
[\Boring Neurophysiological Interlude]
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Parliamentary Lemma : your average local representative is not the full quid nor likely ever was. But you all knew this beforehand ....
* Difficulties with injected contrast materials and the like, if used. Thanks to very sensitive solid state detector design X-radiation dose from a modern CT scanner is rather less than increased cosmic ray impacts encountered during a long commercial plane flight. But don't tell the lawyers : they still would like to construct a decent revenue stream from this 'problem' eg. cell phones and/or power lines and/or YourLocalCorporateBigBagOfMoney causing cancers. But heck, don't let truth - especially lack of correlation when properly studied in the long term - get in the way of a profitable franchise. See The Erin Brockovich Institute Of Biochemistry. It's right next to The Jane Fonda University Of Nuclear Engineering.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
*circle Mike's B-52's warily* y-e-e-e-s ... there um... always is... am I seeing double or are there two of those... *put exploratory finger out to test vision demarcation boundaries* Oh. *speed-plonk Chris's flowers in sudden puddle of B-52* just the one then. And... there's never enough of it either David - disappears much quicker than it appears *lengthy scowl*
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There is a piece of vacuum inside everyone's head
Well there's 2 pieces of vacuum in my vacuum which probably accounts for Phil's erm... space. Hoovered them up during a mid-repair suck test. Works fine now :) Much better than my last one. That went COMPLETELY bonkers. Seized the edge of the carpet in its teeth - chewed a six inch by 3 foot strip of it and then caught fire quite a lot. I think I was designed more for... well... brooms really... They've NEVER caught fire on me.
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[Boring Neurophysiological Interlude]
On the contrary :) VERY interesting! I think about brains a lot :) Constantly rummaging about in mine :) To be honest it's a bit of a tip in there... but I... manage :)
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RE: Can someone please
I cannot even begin to Julie - although I'm wondering whether it has something to do with the number that follows twelve :) I won't mention it in case it's a phobia...
edit: or an addiction :)
another edit: oh well there you go *point at previous post* leapfrogging posts again :)
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Moving along now to Boinc and
Moving along now to Boinc and the two Setis. Catch ya later.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: (Opens door, sticks
Enters stage left
Does a triple somersault
Bows to applause
Throws flowers to audience
Exits stage right
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Good to see non-commutation
Good to see non-commutation being recognised as important for some activities in daily life. :-)
Here's another example :
*a full and notable day, well remembered for perpetuity*
*has a Flaming B-52*
versus :
*has a Flaming B-52*
*err .... ummm*
There is a piece of vacuum inside everyone's head, so you've haven't narrowed the field at all David. A very safe comment indeed. :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: There is a piece of
@Mike - I take great offense that you say there is a vacuum inside my head. Wouldn't I know it if one of your vacuums got loose and was running amok inside my noggin? I assure you, there is nothing, NOTHING, inside my head!...Oh wait...crud. I need to rethink this.
I'm not done with you mister! I'll be back.
(Slams door)
Phil
Phil
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
[Boring Neurophysiological
[Boring Neurophysiological Interlude]
In the olden & golden days b/4 this modern fad for scanning and such, the insides of heads were only inspected closely if things were going badly. The vast number of brains out there were quite un-inspected either during life or after demise. So one could in blind certainty refer to Gray's Anatomy feeling secure in obtaining The Structural Truth.
Fast forward to now, where seriously detailed anatomical descriptions are available in generality and with negligible risk* to the patient. Now the Gray's Anatomy Brain Plan is in significant minority some thirty years into our scanning era. Opinions vary, but estimates are around at least 1/3 of people are missing an entire bit of brain if compared to the old standard. That might be an entire lobe, or sub-lobe, or merely a fold or two of the really brocolli-cabbagey areas. On functional testing almost all of those have either no problems in life and/or are undifferentiable from norms ( even bearing in mind that 'the norm' is clearly now quite polluted with respect to traditional analyses ).
Partly this is thought to be due to 'neuroplasticity', a rather over-stated effect, allowing in early childhood some re-application of functions to other areas. For the rest it is probably also habit, training and experience producing 'workarounds'. In any event variation is the rule. In my view this is to be celebrated, not decried. So the question is :
.... have you looked in/at your brain recently ?? :-)
[\Boring Neurophysiological Interlude]
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Parliamentary Lemma : your average local representative is not the full quid nor likely ever was. But you all knew this beforehand ....
* Difficulties with injected contrast materials and the like, if used. Thanks to very sensitive solid state detector design X-radiation dose from a modern CT scanner is rather less than increased cosmic ray impacts encountered during a long commercial plane flight. But don't tell the lawyers : they still would like to construct a decent revenue stream from this 'problem' eg. cell phones and/or power lines and/or YourLocalCorporateBigBagOfMoney causing cancers. But heck, don't let truth - especially lack of correlation when properly studied in the long term - get in the way of a profitable franchise. See The Erin Brockovich Institute Of Biochemistry. It's right next to The Jane Fonda University Of Nuclear Engineering.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
I see Chris is in training
I see Chris is in training again :)))
*circle Mike's B-52's warily* y-e-e-e-s ... there um... always is... am I seeing double or are there two of those... *put exploratory finger out to test vision demarcation boundaries* Oh. *speed-plonk Chris's flowers in sudden puddle of B-52* just the one then. And... there's never enough of it either David - disappears much quicker than it appears *lengthy scowl*
Well there's 2 pieces of vacuum in my vacuum which probably accounts for Phil's erm... space. Hoovered them up during a mid-repair suck test. Works fine now :) Much better than my last one. That went COMPLETELY bonkers. Seized the edge of the carpet in its teeth - chewed a six inch by 3 foot strip of it and then caught fire quite a lot. I think I was designed more for... well... brooms really... They've NEVER caught fire on me.
On the contrary :) VERY interesting! I think about brains a lot :) Constantly rummaging about in mine :) To be honest it's a bit of a tip in there... but I... manage :)
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Goodnight everyone.
Goodnight everyone. :-)
Bill04
RE: RE: ...there is a
I'm sure you all realize I meant outer space. As in, involving locales not of this Earth.
Probably would have been less boring if I'd been more than 28% awake while reading it.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: Goodnight everyone.
Ditto.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.