Comments on: tres cool https://lailalalami.com/2003/09/tres-cool/ Author of The Dream Hotel, The Other Americans, The Moor's Account, Secret Son, and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:33:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dud https://lailalalami.com/2003/09/tres-cool/#comment-615 Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:33:25 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/tres-cool/#comment-615 …and a PS on the subject of reading text.

Cover up the bottom half of a line of text leaving the top half of the characters visible. More often than not, you’ll have no difficulty reading the text. Now reverse this and cover the top half. Suddenly it’s incomprehensible. (Agreed?
Or is that just me ? )

And does this only work with this alphabet ?

]]> By: Dud https://lailalalami.com/2003/09/tres-cool/#comment-614 Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:06:31 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/tres-cool/#comment-614 But deosnt tihs dpeend etnirely on an abscene of abmiguity ? eg:

The nkaed forset ragner gesruted pourdly at the szie of his pines.

( Srory I cuoldnt tihnk of a lses puelire exmaple..)

]]> By: Al https://lailalalami.com/2003/09/tres-cool/#comment-613 Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:50:08 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/tres-cool/#comment-613 Oh well… I thought I was onto something 🙁

I still think it is cool, though. I’m afraid it would totally destroy my connectionist models…

]]> By: moorishgirl https://lailalalami.com/2003/09/tres-cool/#comment-612 Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:43:29 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/tres-cool/#comment-612 Maybe not Cmabrigde. The email chain is analyzed here. And of course LanguageHat is always on top of things like this.

BTW, I got it twice in the last week, and again this week, in French. I expect to get it a few times more.

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