From fork-admin@xent.com Thu Sep 12 21:21:39 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C7E16F03 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:21:39 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:21:39 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8CJGPC12159 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 20:16:25 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1C992940A6; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:13:04 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from localhost.localdomain (pm1-38.sba1.netlojix.net [207.71.218.86]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B8A429409A for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:12:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dave@localhost) by maltesecat (8.8.7/8.8.7a) id MAA07568; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:22:41 -0700 Message-Id: <200209121922.MAA07568@maltesecat> To: fork@example.com Subject: dylsexics of the wrold, untie! From: Dave Long Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:22:40 -0700 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.7 required=7.0 tests=AWL,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: > (and no it wasnt me even though the spellingis > oddly familar) Not that this is news to FoRKs, but: > ... randomising letters in the middle of words [has] little or no > effect on the ability of skilled readers to understand the text. This > is easy to denmtrasote. In a pubiltacion of New Scnieitst you could > ramdinose all the letetrs, keipeng the first two and last two the same, > and reibadailty would hadrly be aftcfeed. My ansaylis did not come > to much beucase the thoery at the time was for shape and senqeuce > retigcionon. Saberi's work sugsegts we may have some pofrweul palrlael > prsooscers at work. The resaon for this is suerly that idnetiyfing > coentnt by paarllel prseocsing speeds up regnicoiton. We only need > the first and last two letetrs to spot chganes in meniang. -Dave