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   Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe
   
   
   I read half way through this before realizing that there was something wrong with it. I was amazed to say the least.

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   Ahhh, they have figured out how dyslectic people read I see.
   
   I must admit that your message is sort of garbled to read, but other then that, it makes total sense to me.
   I think I will print it to show other people how some text looks to me.
   
   Thanks adn heva a ncie dya,
   
   Ylorea
   
   p.s. Normal text is a lot easier to read I must say

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   Heh, I've known that for a couple years. It is pretty interesting, though.

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   Iv'e no dbout it wlil dlvoeep itno smoe sort of ctpriyc "leet"-esque ntesepak sooner or later.
   
   ephe!

5. ntesepak = netspeak, right?

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   I think that one gave me more trouble because it's technically two words.
   How aubot net seapk?
   
   Not to be picky...just trying to work out the kinks in this thing for myself.

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   ...I reflexively tend to notice incorrectly-spelled words, although I can still read the mutilated words...
   
   And you're right, Eph. Some words are already ending up that way.

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   Elevtindy enourores intimarofon but I see your point. I could understand it quite quickly, but noticed the spelling mistakes immediately. However, I agree. WOW!!!! (Walking on Water). Some of us already use a very similar anagramatic code. Tell me how quickly you got the first three words, which are specially designed to confuse.
   
   I certainly had to take a moment to suss out some words, but context helps, so once you’ve got Cambridge, University just follows. I wonder how easy IMPORTANT would have been as a single word? Since I’ve been on the internet, I’ve noticed how many times people key letters in the wrong order. I quite often have to correct myself. In an ordinary text, this misspelling is quite distracting, but then it doesn’t have to follow these rules. Try this, it’s very easy. Sdrawkcab etirw ot desu I.
   
   The question was 6 times 9, which is fifty four, which is 42 in base thirteen. So, if you turn to page 42 of the Illuminatus Trilogy, the fifth line, fourth word (54), is RIGHT. (interestingly, line six, word nine, is NINE).

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   There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary, and those who don't?
   
   Anyone wanna take a crack at this one? :D

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   *Applauds Araith* Where have I seen that before?

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    There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary, and those who don't?
    
    Anyone wanna take a crack at this one? :D

    
    
    Let me rephrase this: There are 1 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.
    The 0, that do not and the 1 that do.
    
    By the way I belong to the category 0.
    
    Yours,
    
    Ylorea

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    *Applauds Araith* Where have I seen that before?

    
    
    It's a popular geek thing. You can find shirts, mugs, and bumper stickers with it at the Thinkgeek website.
    
    Behold, the power of binary!

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    There are three kinds of people. Those who can count, and those who can't.

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    There are scharnizaktor kinds of Argrinoots. Those who zlurmpackt, and those who smeek.

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    I am afraid it does not translate very well into English, but lets try anyway. I hope you guys get the drift.
    
    A popular joke among mathematicians:
    
    A math teacher meets up with his college and informs him: I have spent two hours trying to teach my pupils that two halves are equal, but the bigger half of them still does not understand.

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