[GRLUG] hacked

[Mike Miller]

When I had my brain tumor taken out, I could not remember the first number of 4 given to me.  I had short term memory of a gold fish.  At the same time I could remember the directions to repair shops in the UP that I had delivered to 10 years before.  Memory is a very funny thing.Mike

> From: philip.robar at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:36:12 -0400
> To: awilliam at whitemice.org; grlug at grlug.org
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] hacked
> 
> 
> On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:23 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> 
> > Just to go on record: I dismiss the notion that an adult human can't
> > trivially memorize a ten character 'random' string as total and absolute
> > bull crap.
> > 
> > If you have trouble memorizing a ten character string you should
> > immediately make an appointment with a mental health professional;  soon
> > it will be an inability to memorize eight characters, then six
> > characters, then you'll get lost finding your way home [which requires
> > the equivalent of terabytes of information].
> 
> I'm guessing that you've never studied psychology as the level of ignorance of human cognition displayed above is staggering.
> 
> Nevertheless, yes, with appropriate effort and technique many can memorize a random string of 10 characters, but I wouldn't characterize the effort as trivial. And 10 characters would be pushing it for much of the population.
> 
> Phil
> 
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