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Did you see it?

Yeah, I read from left to right, you old school conformist! :-) I also read 5 lines at a time, thanks to Speed Reading Class.

Are you telling us, that BrowserUk cannot walk and chew gum at the same time?

Or that people can't talk on a cellphone, and drive at the same time?

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.
Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh
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Re^14: Should I use threads? Perl/DHCP/Radius
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 25, 2010 at 16:01 UTC
    Or that people can't talk on a cellphone, and drive at the same time?

    Sure they can. Just as people can drive when they're drunk. With similar results!.

    As for speed reading. There is a big difference between reading the words, and understanding them.

    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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      Well if you accept that people can talk on the cell phone and drive at the same time, then we have established that humans do indeed multitask in their thought processes. I'l bet there is one independent process for each of our senses, so 5, and maybe 6 independent loops, for psychic types.

      So....eventloops rule the human mind

      I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.
      Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh
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        . I'l bet ... So....eventloops rule the human mind

        Ah. So now you're a expert research biologist. Though you know, you may well be right. It would explain why they suffer the same problems as event loops.

        Which is why when a guy sees a girl in a short skirt, he fails to notice the oncoming truck. And why the women on the cell phone hearing about her girlfriend's latest conquest, fails to notice the brake lights on the car in front and tail-shunts it.

        Ie. Processing the current event completely excludes a timely response to any other event; including the more urgent ones.

        Threads don't suffer this problem. Which is why battleships and attack subs use threads. Multiple, dedicated, human brains, each to monitor and respond to their own critical events.

        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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