On Wednesday, 6 June 2018 12:03:32 UTC-3, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 6/6/18 9:43 AM, justan wrote:
Wayne.B Wrote in message:
On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:58:34 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On 6 Jun 2018 01:36:24 GMT, Keyser Soze wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 14:22:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/5/2018 8:08 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 6/5/18 6:29 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 6/4/2018 8:17 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 16:51:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/4/2018 4:41 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 6/4/18 4:37 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

Cold, rainy two days so I've been holed up doing next to nothing.

Tired of politics and listening to all the political pundits so
I've been watching a PBS series on Amazon Prime video about
how the human brain works.

Not a lot is understood but what is know is freaking me out.

For example:

Sight. We don't often think about how it works but most assume
it's like a CCD camera or something where images are focused on
the retina, transmitted to the brain via the optic nerves and
we "see".

Doesn't work that way at all.

We are not actually "seeing" anything. What we are visualizing is
the
brain's (specifically the Thalamus section) interpretation of the
electrical impulses it receives via the optical nerves which it
compares to a vast data base of previously acquired and created
visualizations that have been generated, stored and updated since you
first opened
your eyes as an infant. What you "see" is your own, personal
reality and not necessarily what others "see". You "see" a
tree and, unless there's something unique or special about it,
the thalamus just draws from the data previously stored and
adds that to the generated image. The amount of new data
it processes is very small compared to the amount of previously
acquired data it uses to create the visualization.

First time I drove to the store after watching this, I was
thinking about it and started wondering if the car I saw
slowing down ahead of me was really there. :-)




Well, that last thought of yours implies you are eating too many magic
'shrooms.



Reminded me of the Nissan Pathfinder I briefly owned. It had the
automatic braking system that would apply the brakes if you were
about to smash into something.

Curious as I was, I decided not to see how well it worked.


I was always afraid it would slam on the brakes when I was pulling a
NASCAR move changing lanes and get me rear ended by a truck.



It must work pretty well. Many car manufacturers have it available as
an option or as standard equipment now-a-days. You don't hear of many
accidents occurring because it activates when it shouldn't.



I think those towing big campers should have to mount a big screen TV on
the outside of the back side of their motel rooms on wheels with cameras
pointing forward on the front of the tow vehicle so that drivers behind
them can see the road ahead. Being behind those behemoths while they bob
and weave and strain to get up hills on the interstate is not a pleasant
experience.


They pay taxes to use the roads just like you do. What's the difference
between being behind one of them or behind a big box or trailer truck?




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To 'Airree they are a symbol of wealth and success, therefore worthy
of his scorn and ridicule.


There’s nothing about towing or sleeping in a camper that appeals to me. I
especially wouldn’t tow one to West Virginia to be at a bluegrass venue at
what likely will be a rainy weekend. I wouldn’t go to a bluegrass concert
at Constitution Hall, and I don’t dislike the music. I used to like the
Dillards.

Harry, you need to stop your fixatin on me and my RV. Go talk to the shrink upstairs about this
issue.

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If 'Airree owned an RV it would be the finest in the world.


The finest RVs start at 2 mil on up. But I suppose if Fat Harry
owned a Hatteras, the finest RV wouldn't be beyond his
reach.


Two million dollars for an RV to do what? Stay in some bug-ridden
campground with the likes of you or Herring?

Yeah but you'd get to sit around a campfire with a bunch of loud drunks blasting hillbilly music. Priceless...(Snerk)