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Post #28,448 by wharris2 2/15/02 3:50:26 AM Reply	Interesting snippet --begin clip Count the number of "F"s in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS Managed it? .Scroll down only after you have counted them, okay? How many? 3? Most people count 3. Wrong, there are 6, no joke. Read it again. Use the search feature in your browser, email client or text editor if you don't believe it. ---end clip I also only counted 3 at first. Amazing what the mind and eye will do to fool you. Most of the work of government does not need to be done. - Attributed to Ronald Reagan, under whose administration the government expanded, of course.
Post #28,461 by ben_tilly 2/15/02 8:21:43 AM Reply	Very simple We think "F", we think of an "F" sound, we scan the snippet and count where we hear "F"s because our eyes long ago went to grabbing words and combinations of words so we no longer see the letters. The ones that participate in other sounds are therefore missed. Cheers, Ben
Post #28,473 by SpiceWare 2/15/02 9:17:44 AM Reply	very interesting I had to use search to find the other 3. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #28,483 by Yendor 2/15/02 10:03:54 AM Reply	Got this in email a couple days ago... Found 6 the first time through. :) -YendorMike Real programmers use "vi a.out".
Post #28,487 by drewk 2/15/02 10:32:28 AM Reply	Me too. (old editing trick) When spell checking something, read it from back to front. Your mind doesn't gloss over things so easily that way. (Course I didn't need to do that for this one. I was expecting the angle just from the question. [Damn I'm good. {Damn, I need something better to brag about.}]) We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists. -- [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/opinion/BIO-FRIEDMAN.html\|Thomas Friedman]
Post #28,507 by CRConrad 2/15/02 12:13:46 PM Reply	Hey Droo, you're the Master Of Nested Parentheses! (HTH! :-)
Post #28,619 by static 2/16/02 2:39:30 AM Reply	Oh yes... ... it only works once. :-) I saw this for the first time when I was probably about 9 or 10. (I found all 6 F's on the first try.) But once you know there are 6 to find, you will always find 6. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #28,710 by Silverlock 2/17/02 12:54:36 AM Reply	For a minute there I thought this was re the "bobbit" story. With this much manure around, there must be a pony somewhere.

Interesting snippet - (wharris2) - (7) - Feb. 15, 2002, 03:50:26 AM EST

Very simple - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 15, 2002, 08:21:43 AM EST

very interesting - (SpiceWare) - Feb. 15, 2002, 09:17:44 AM EST

Got this in email a couple days ago... - (Yendor) - (2) - Feb. 15, 2002, 10:03:54 AM EST

Me too. (old editing trick) - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 15, 2002, 10:32:28 AM EST

Hey Droo, you're the Master Of Nested Parentheses! (HTH! :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - Feb. 15, 2002, 12:13:46 PM EST

Oh yes... - (static) - Feb. 16, 2002, 02:39:30 AM EST

For a minute there I thought this was re the "bobbit" story. -NT - (Silverlock) - Feb. 17, 2002, 12:54:36 AM EST

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