Releasing your photographic memory
John Mechalas
<Crow> Jeez, Mike, it's another Delphi weenie!
<Tom> They're _everywhere_!
<Mike> Calm down guys...this may be important. Give him a chance.
<Crow> Why? It's never worked before.
> When is the last time you forgot where you put your car keys?
<Tom> I don't remember.
> Or forgot some items at the grocery store?
<Crow> You mean like nuts? Fruits? Dolts?
<Mike> Doles...not dolts!
<Tom> Does it really matter?
> Or forgot the name of that file that is somewhere in your hard drive?
<Tom> I'd be happy to pay you Tuesday, for the filename today.
> NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!
<Crow> Aaaaugh!!! Don't DO that!
> Wouldn't it be great to have MEMORY AT THE SPEED OF SITE?
<Mike> *Sally Struthers voice* Would _you_ like to have memory at the
speed of site?
<All> Sure! We all would!
<Tom> Uh...just how fast _is_ site, anyway?
<Crow> It's like the speed of lite, only slower.
> To be able to:
> * Remember a list of 100 words, in any order, after just hearing it once!
<Tom> Yes, now you, too, can learn worthless skills and annoy your friends!
> * Repeat a 30 digit number after hearing it just once!
<Mike> Tonight, on "The Misfits of Science"
> * Remember and recall each and every computer file name and location!
<Tom> Serve the computer. The computer is your friend.
> These and hundreds of other memory based task have one thing in
> common...
<Crow> They're lame!
> they can be learned. Yes, you can LEARN how to accomplish
> amazing memory feats.
<Mike> That word "amazing"...I don't think it means what you think
it means.
> Everyday task can now be easy and stress free.
<All> But what about Scarecrow's brain?!
> Memory is just like our muscles.
<Tom> It's red and squishy.
> Once we become strong and in good shape by daily exercise,
<Crow> we can beat up little kids and take their lunch money.
> we take a break and before we realize it, we're out of shape again.
<Mike> Get off the _diet_ roller-coaster!
> You know the old saying,
<Tom> "I'm made of liquid metal"
> "If you don't use it, you lose it".
<Mike> Hey! That's disgusting!
> Well, our brain functions in the same manner.
<Crow> You mean it--
<Mike> Crow!
> Without daily "exercise",
<Tom> Demons will possess your soul.
<Mike> No, Tom, that's "exorcise".
> normal functions become slower and less efficient and eventually become
> dysfunctional.
<Crow> Hey! Keep their personal lives out of this!
> Science tells us that we use less than 10% of our brain power.
<Mike> And in a moment, the results of that trial.
> Does that mean that we are 90% brain dead and don't even realize it?
<Tom> This is what we call "dramatic irony".
> An example: Joe says "Aha! I remember everything because I write it down!"
> Writing is good,
<Crow> it's just the authors that stink.
> but only to the level that it actually helps us remember, because writing
> things down is simply a support system for the memory.
<Mike> With trusses and joints and stuff.
> Constantly writing things down without using your imagination
<Tom> or your brain...
> to remember can atrophy the mental faculties and dull them
<Crow> Is this irony again?
<Mike> I think so.
> (didn't know that did you?)
<Tom> No, but I'm learning through example.
> Daily use of our imaginations to remember and recall things exercises our
> brain and uses our mental storage faculties,
<Crow> But are they tenured?
> therefore increasing our mind power and causing our brain to function more
> efficiently with clarity and acuity. From a technical angle, neurological
> scientists have demonstrated
<Tom> the desperate need for lobotomies.
> that the area of the brain receiving use generates energy that, in turn,
> creates increased blood flow to that area.
<Mike> Well, duh!
> Over a period of time, if one area of a given region of the brain is in
> use more than another, the increased blood supply becomes physiological
> habit.
<Tom> Just say "No!" to blood.
<Mike> This is your brain.
<Crow> This is your brain on blood.
<All> Any questions?
> So just as our physical muscles
<Mike> Not to be confused with our _mental_ muscles.
> build with continued use and enriched blood supply, so do your
> mental powers increase and grow stronger through continued use.
<Crow> There's something missing from this analogy.
<Tom> You mean like a "connection"?
> If you would like to learn how you can improve your memory
<Mike> "you WILL bow down before me!"
> and increase your mind power through proven science based methods and
> years of research,
<Tom> Is there a shorter course available?
> please send us your name, address, phone number, and fax number,
<Tom> Oh, I don't THINK so!
> with any comments,
<Crow> You're LAME!
<Mike> It STINKS!
<Tom> You're not my real father!
<Crow and Mike> Huh?
> to our Internet E-mail address BRAIN...@delphi.com.
<Mike> Brainpower?
<Crow> At Delphi?
<Tom> Now where _did_ I put the list of oxymorons..?
<Mike> Come one guys...let's get out of here...
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<Mike> In honor of today's commercial advertisement, cleverly disguised
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<Tom> Yes, from the same people who brought you "Moron-Free" and "PC
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<Mike> The "Lame-O-Meter", or LOM for short, is a small device that
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<Tom> With this wonderful invention, you can be finally be prepared for
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<Mike> And, the LOM was designed with flexibility in mind! You can
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<Crow> Sure thing, Mike! The LOM comes with three settings, allowing
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<Tom> What would you expect to pay for such an item? $10? $100?
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<Tom> Some parts, batteries, instructions, manuals, and meter not
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<Mike> What do you think, sirs?
--
John Mechalas \ If you think my opinions are Purdue's, then
mech...@expert.cc.purdue.edu \ you vastly overestimate my importance.
Purdue University \ Stamp out and abolish redundancy.
School of Aeronautical Engineering \ If you can read this you are too close.
Daniel G. Pouzzner
heh heh heh...
i seem to have reflexively zipped past the original post, but this guy
from purdue is really funny sometimes!
for future reference: if you think too much you will get migraines.
that's my theory anyway. i think way too much and i have a more or
less continuous migraine.
ties in with this bullshit about blood flow, since migraines are when
your cerebral blood vessels (sp?) (checked webster, it is spelled that
way) start spasming. my brain is in eternal fibrillation. oh well...
--
-daniel (dou...@athena.mit.edu) i've been here and i've been there and
key 0B 99 0D 4F E8 55 9A 95 i've been inbetween. i talk to the wind,
print 43 C1 7F B5 DF 8F E3 33 my words are all carried away.
key: finger dou...@ai.mit.edu the wind cannot hear.