Re: A2 Users - Have some fun - Take this test

["Jason Whorton" <jason@microxl.com>]

Crap, just 3.  Maybe I really need to get my PCT up and running so I can
join the proper crowd.  :-)

Thank you,
Jason Whorton
http://www.microxl.com/oldcomputers/main.html

Randy Herx wrote in message <1P6m3.942$Gu2.30903@iad-read.news.verio.net>...
>heh, I will be honest, I only spotted 4 on the first reading... funny how
>the mind works...  guess I've been away from the Apple for too long! :)
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>Cturley2 <cturley2@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> It's a fact that we Apple II users are a rather HIGH IQ group of
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>> A quick test of intelligence will prove it too. Don't cheat! Because
>> if you did, the test would be no fun. I promise, there are no tricks
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>> FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
>> SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
>> IC STUDY COMBINED WITH
>> THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.
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>> Now count the F's in that ALL CAPS sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE: do not
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>> There are six F's in the sentence. A person of average intelligence
>> finds three of them. If you spotted four, you're above average.  If
>> you got five, you can turn your nose at most anybody. If you caught
>> six, you are a genius. There is no catch. Many people forget the
>> "OF"'s. The human brain tends to see them as V's and not F's. Pretty
>> weird, huh? Pass this on to anyone you feel would enjoy it.
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>> I saw five.  How about you?
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>> Cheers,
>> Tom
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