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riVeRraT
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Message 1 of 22 (306026)
04-22-2006 9:53 PM


Well maybe this has been done before, and I know it's a stupid email, but count how many "F's" are in the following statement and post your answer.

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

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riVeRraT
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Message 9 of 22 (306184)
04-23-2006 6:34 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by Omnivorous
04-23-2006 1:32 PM


I never put the word single in front of "F", modulus added that in.
It could be taken either way.

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riVeRraT
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Message 10 of 22 (306185)
04-23-2006 6:35 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Chiroptera
04-23-2006 12:30 PM


Honesty is a treasure.
I missed them too.

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riVeRraT
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Message 12 of 22 (306201)
04-23-2006 9:27 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by NosyNed
04-23-2006 6:56 PM


Re: single F or "F's"
Ok, I really want to know what the difference is between "F's" and "F"'s
What does character string have to do with it? We are not programing.
What is amazing to me is how everyone breaks everything down around here to mean something different. I guess if we discussed it enough, we wouldn't even exist.

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riVeRraT
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Message 15 of 22 (306253)
04-24-2006 7:44 AM
Reply to: Message 14 by Omnivorous
04-23-2006 10:07 PM


Re: single F or "F's"
Then Modulous posted his inspired reply. The point is that the quote marks are supposed to surround an exact replica of what we look for; by that criterion, there were none (no "F's") in the passage.
So it amused me that Modulous had taken an exercise that demonstrates we don't always accurately process what we see and used it to demonstrate that we don't always say what we mean. So the exercise did double duty.
I didn't mean to be contentious, merely to salute Mod's sharp eye.
Ok then I agree.
I am thinking of starting another topic where we can discuss human logic. Schraf and a few others say we as humans are not naturally logical. I say we are, but it is our ability to read directions, and or print them.

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riVeRraT
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Message 17 of 22 (306344)
04-24-2006 9:01 PM
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04-24-2006 3:27 PM


Re: single F or "F's"
0

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riVeRraT
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Message 20 of 22 (306428)
04-25-2006 7:52 AM
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04-25-2006 1:47 AM


Re: single F or "F's"
I don't know why you are asking me these questions, they have nothing to do with logic, just knowledge.
I am an amateur astronomer.
I own a Meade 8" reflector on an equatorial mount. It is old, and does not have the go to software, I have to polar align it manually. I use an olympus OM-1 for taking the pictures.
To me a test on logic is more answering a question when given the necessary tools to figure it out. This does not exclude using logic to figure out the question you asked.
I believe the answer to your question is no. The reason why is we are on a tilt, and that affects the orbit of the moon. So we are in a constant tug of war between sun, earth and moon. The tilt rotates once every 27,000 years, called reccesion.
I am not 100% on this answer as I haven't done any astronomy in about 8 years. I have to dig up my pictures of hale-bopp, and hyatake, and post them. I have to scan them first.

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riVeRraT
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Message 22 of 22 (306831)
04-26-2006 6:28 PM
Reply to: Message 21 by sidelined
04-25-2006 1:08 PM


Re: single F or "F's"
But here you have no directions except the ability to think out the consequences of your knowledge.
That's my whole point. If you read the question wrong, then you will not get the answer right. But that doesn't mean your not logical.
Think of a logic circut in electronics. If you feed it the wrong numbers, is it not logical when the wrong answer comes out?

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