[QUOTE=Mark Rose;361476]Some of them must be really clueless. I type faster than 70 wpm, and I could tell you where every key is by memory.[/QUOTE]

I am quite aware of "finger learning" being separate from "eye-brain knowing". I am a fairly decent touch typist. I sometimes volunteer in a Community Center computer lab. On some of the keyboards, the labels have worn off heavily used keys such as F, R, and E. I have found myself confused when trying to assist someone at a keyboard on which "F" is completely gone, the bottom arm of "E" is gone, and the front portion of "R" has worn off. I had to put my hands in position to be sure of what was where.

Finger learning is also essential in playing music.
Your remark reminded me of this as well:

[QUOTE]The more high-tech the equipment, the more buttons it has. However, everyone must have been highly trained, because the buttons aren't labelled.[/QUOTE]From the movie cliches list (under computers):
[URL]http://www.moviecliches.com/cliche1.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=Nick;361488]Finger learning is also essential in playing music.
Your remark reminded me of this as well:

From the movie cliches list (under computers):
[URL]http://www.moviecliches.com/cliche1.html[/URL][/QUOTE]

You are absolutely correct regarding musical performance. I almost put in mention of learning piano long before I learned touch typing. Even though "finger learning" is probably a misnomer, that is always how it felt when learning a piece of music. My playing ability only reached its best when I had memorized the music, which coincided with no longer having to consciously think about what was going on. At that point, thinking could be a pitfall.

(off topic movie cliche rant) one that always bugs me is how prison cells are wired to the normally open contact so that they open when the power is lost. I defy you to find this in the real world. Or how a single button can open every prison cell door. (not listed but should be on the next page under prisons.)

I am one of the faster typists you can see. Proof is my long posts, you don't imagine I waste days to write them. But it come with a stratagem:[B] I have to see the keyboard[/B]. I don't look to the keys continuous, only from time to time, and I can type blind, but with a slower speed (and more frequent corrections, like I type a wrong key, type backspace, type the right key). I also can remember by heart where all the keys are (i.e. I "know" where they are), and I can paint the keyboard on paper without having one in front of me, but when I type, I still have to look to the keys from time to time to get to full speed.

During I was in school we used to have small spontaneous contests and I was almost always winning, therefore the colleagues started playing jokes with me like turning the light off :smile:, or (when this was not possible, like in the computer lab or so) calling to each other and saying something like "hey Jack, you are closer to the switch, turn off the light" (it was daylight and the light already off).

[QUOTE=chappy;361505](off topic movie cliche rant) one that always bugs me is how prison cells are wired to the normally open contact so that they open when the power is lost. I defy you to find this in the real world. Or how a single button can open every prison cell door. (not listed but should be on the next page under prisons.)[/QUOTE]

In North America and possible elsewhere, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_air_brake"]railway brakes[/URL] require air pressure to engage the brakes. When the air leaks out, the brakes release, and trains run away (unless the hand brakes are set).

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/physicists-between-wormholes-spooky-action-distance-203000460.html"]Physicists Find a Link between Wormholes and Spooky Action at a Distance[/URL]

[QUOTE]Wormholes and entanglement—two of science fiction's favorite concepts from modern physics—may in reality be two sides of the same coin, physicists say. The findings may offer a way to solve puzzling mysteries about black holes and perhaps help reconcile theories of gravity and quantum physics, which has been the dream of physicists since the mid–20th century.[/QUOTE]

Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venting off Jupiter Moon
[url]http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-europa-water-vapor/[/url]
[url]http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/12/12/europa_possible_geyser_observed_using_hubble.html[/url]

[URL="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/male-and-female-brains-really-are-built-differently/281962/"]Male and Female Brains Really Are Built Differently[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/faulty-brain-wiring-may-contribute-dyslexia"]Faulty brain wiring may contribute to dyslexia[/URL]

[URL="http://science.time.com/2013/12/05/ancient-human-genes-cause-new-confusion-for-science/"]Ancient Human Genes Cause New Confusion For Science
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[URL="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201312/tongue-twisters-reveal-quirky-brain-functions"]Tongue Twisters Reveal Quirky Brain Functions[/URL]

[URL="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/nonoparticle-pills-1127.html"]Pills of the future: nanoparticles[/URL]

This is a great set of articles! Thanks, Rogue!

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