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Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: aldo_14 on August 16, 2005, 07:51:47 am
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/16/emotion_induced_blindness/

must find the correct button to press......

(:rolleyes:  Believe it or not, I typed that above sentence and this one with mt eyes closed,,,,)
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Fragrag on August 16, 2005, 08:02:07 am
Ack, if you aim right you'll never get blind

(Note: I haven't read the article)
Title: Re: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Wild Fragaria on August 16, 2005, 08:12:41 am
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Originally posted by aldo_14
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/16/emotion_induced_blindness/

must find the correct button to press......

(:rolleyes:  Believe it or not, I typed that above sentence and this one with mt eyes closed,,,,)


That's pretty impressive (type with your eyes closed).  Is it because of your years of typing experience?
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Singh on August 16, 2005, 08:14:22 am
Its pretty easy to type with one's eyes closed after you've learnt the ins and outs of the keyboard ya know...... :p


(yes, I typed that out while blind)
Title: Re: Re: Porn makes you blind
Post by: aldo_14 on August 16, 2005, 09:01:19 am
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Originally posted by Wild Fragaria


That's pretty impressive (type with your eyes closed).  Is it because of your years of typing experience?

no, I think it's because I looked at the keyboard just before I typed the first letter and it burned an image in my mind for a few seconds.  If you type longer, I think you lose the accuracy as that fades.  If you make a single mistake, yer screwed.

I was actually trying to make a mistake by typing blind, though.  Nuts, eh?
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: kode on August 16, 2005, 09:09:30 am
could be that, but after a couple of years of typing you actually get a feel for where the keys are.

as the others, this was typed without looking at the keys. well, I admit, I misspelled "without" first, and I knew I did so I had to see how many keys to remove with backspace, but other than that... it's a ***** if I'd want to learn dvorak now, though.
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: EtherShock on August 16, 2005, 09:47:03 am
I typed this out with my eyes closed...and in dvorak too! ^_^

Anyway, this opens Pandora's Box for subliminal messages.
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Flipside on August 16, 2005, 09:51:41 am
So looking at a picture of a naked woman for ten seconds means that you won't pay much attention when, for example, a picture of a teacup appears afterwards? And they spent how much finding this out?
Title: Re: Re: Re: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Wild Fragaria on August 16, 2005, 09:56:13 am
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Originally posted by aldo_14

no, I think it's because I looked at the keyboard just before I typed the first letter and it burned an image in my mind for a few seconds.  If you type longer, I think you lose the accuracy as that fades.  If you make a single mistake, yer screwed.

I was actually trying to make a mistake by typing blind, though.  Nuts, eh?


I see.  So that's your secret :D
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Wild Fragaria on August 16, 2005, 09:58:08 am
Quote
Originally posted by Flipside
So looking at a picture of a naked woman for ten seconds means that you won't pay much attention when, for example, a picture of a teacup appears afterwards? And they spent how much finding this out?


Perhaps you should give it a try and see if the result matches the one in the article ;)
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: phreak on August 16, 2005, 09:58:43 am
i found this article a bit funnier:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15/austrian_signs/
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Nuclear1 on August 16, 2005, 10:00:24 am
It's not really that difficult to type with your eyes closed, you know, once you get the feel of the keyboard in your head (and, admittedly, once you're a total nerd).

I personally don't like typing with my eyes closed, simply because I don't do it very much anyway. It takes my attention off of more... important things :nervous:

And yes, I just wrote all of that with my eyes closed. And this part too!
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Flipside on August 16, 2005, 10:34:39 am
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Originally posted by Wild Fragaria


Perhaps you should give it a try and see if the result matches the one in the article ;)


:lol: Well, the thing is, just because the scientist says that an image of a teacup is a more important thing to look for than a naked woman, doesn't mean that your brain agrees, you have countless generations of genes replying 'bollox' ;)
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: aldo_14 on August 16, 2005, 10:53:45 am
Pff, why watch a bevvy of attractive semi or unclad women in suggestive poses when you can have a nice cup of char?
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: BlackDove on August 16, 2005, 10:59:59 am
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Originally posted by Flipside


:lol: Well, the thing is, just because the scientist says that an image of a teacup is a more important thing to look for than a naked woman, doesn't mean that your brain agrees, you have countless generations of genes replying 'bollox' ;)
Too true :lol:
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: pyro-manic on August 16, 2005, 02:59:44 pm
I think "duh" sums it up. :nod:
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: EtherShock on August 16, 2005, 05:01:07 pm
:lol: Imagine if that article was published by an American source Phreak.
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Cobra on August 16, 2005, 08:49:15 pm
*types sentence with eyes closed*

meh, as i've seen porn pop-up ads, i can definitely tell you that porn doesn't make you go blind.
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Charismatic on August 16, 2005, 09:05:27 pm
Typeing blind is fine. No problem, and its not hard at all. See im doing it now. YAY!
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Cobra on August 17, 2005, 12:29:05 am
nah, or else you wouldn't have just 2 grammar errors. ;)
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Ace on August 17, 2005, 12:32:00 am
(http://post.extremus.net/photopost7/data/508/1optical_illusion.jpg)
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Cobra on August 17, 2005, 12:33:19 am
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: aldo_14 on August 17, 2005, 04:27:13 am
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Originally posted by Cobra
*types sentence with eyes closed*

meh, as i've seen porn, i can definitely tell you that porn doesn't make you go blind.


Corrected.

I'll let you get back to Nasty Housewives scheizer video XVII now.
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: TopAce on August 17, 2005, 05:20:15 am
A pair of scissors placed in the right place can sooner make you blind than porn.

I'm wondering: How many men have gone blind because of porn. :nervous:
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: aldo_14 on August 17, 2005, 05:25:15 am
That surely depends on how many  have girlfriends or not?
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Grug on August 17, 2005, 06:46:48 am
:lol:

I don't even look at the keyboard anymore, just at what I'm typing.

I make more errors from just generally typing in a rush than from not seeing the keys...
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Cobra on August 17, 2005, 12:27:05 pm
i think it's decided that almost all of us can type without looking at the keyboard. ;)
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: TopAce on August 17, 2005, 02:19:24 pm
Well,m not always. I need more practice, I think.

[EDIT] Not bad, only one typo.
Title: Porn makes you blind
Post by: Corsair on August 17, 2005, 02:26:55 pm
Brilliant, Holmes. You look at something you like and therefore you try to keep it in your head for a little bit. I can't believe that nobody figured that out before.

Ahh, science. Gotta love it.