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    today I learned precisely why it's important that we define pushdown automata as nondeterministic when we're talking about recognizing non-trivial context-free languages. We didn't talk about strategies for dealing with that nondeterminism though... but I know of two or three anyway.

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    today i learned how to release the eight seals of the apocalypse mwuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahaah


    ....oh, and i learned why people say "if it's not broke dont fix it"......damn bitcomet 0.71

    ...ohhh, and i also learned that
    Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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    Today (well, yesterday) I learned that computers have cases for a reason, and it's not a good idea to thoughlessly reach inside one while it is turned on unless one is prepared to be attacked by a fan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kippykinkel
    ...ohhh, and i also learned that
    Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
    Yay for Gestalt...

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    Quote Originally Posted by kippykinkel
    today i learned how to release the eight seals of the apocalypse mwuhahahahahahahahhahahahahahaah


    ....oh, and i learned why people say "if it's not broke dont fix it"......damn bitcomet 0.71

    ...ohhh, and i also learned that
    Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
    Wow...I actually read that without a problem. Today I learned that kippykinkel can type in a way to piss people off but still manage to communicate.


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    Today I learned that people's attention spans are amazingly focused and myopic. My class of 100 was told to watch a video of people passing a ball around a room, after the video played we were asked if anyone had seen the woman with the umbrella walk right through the middle of the people passing the ball, only two people noticed. I also learned that a lot of cognitive psychologists from the 50's and 60's were remarkably foolish and oblivious.

    @kippykinkel don't do that shit! just because it can be decoded unconsciously doesn't mean that it's not more taxing (annoying) tn the mind to confirm what's being said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yukimura
    Today I learned that people's attention spans are amazingly focused and myopic. My class of 100 was told to watch a video of people passing a ball around a room, after the video played we were asked if anyone had seen the woman with the umbrella walk right through the middle of the people passing the ball, only two people noticed.
    I've seen the exact same video, only instead of a woman with an umbrella, it's a guy in a gorillla suit. About 10 people saw it (I wasn't one of them) out of ~100. Pretty cool.

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs

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    Today I learned School rumble rulez! Nuff said.
    Also learned I shouldn't stay up 3 consecutive days in a row......
    Don't believe in yourself, believe in me, who believes in you.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucifus
    Today I learned School rumble rulez! Nuff said.
    YES!! school rumble does rule! it's so awesome! teehehe.

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