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Mind + computer > mind

Obviously, isn’t it?  Well, my brother posted this garbled piece of text, which is supposed to show you how awesome your mind is.

7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5, 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15.
R3-P057 1F U C4N R35D 7H15… !!!

And I agree, it is. But I think that mind with some extra computing power is even better. It took me just a few seconds to instruct my computer how to do a readable translation for me. Much less time than it takes me to read the garbled text.  For those of you with a Linux command line nearby:

$ cat message.txt | tr 715340 TISEAO

For those of you without a shell nearby and not an amazing mind, here is a “deciphered” version of the text:

THIS MESSAGE SERVES TO PROVE HOW OUR MIND CAN DO AMAZING THINGS, IMPRESSIVE THINGS! IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS HARD BUT NOW, ON THIS LINE YOUR MIND IS READING IT AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT, BE PROUD! ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE CAN READ THIS.
RE-POST IF U CAN RESD THIS… !!!

Background thinking

Sometimes, when I get really excited about an idea (say a project), I notice that there is a lot of background thinking goes on in my brain.  It’s an amazing process.  I am sure it’s there, as I lose a great deal of concentration and appear staring at the same point for hours.  But at the same time, I can’t get close to what is going on.  I am receiving results of this process every few days, but I there is no way for me to control or direct the way the thinking goes.

This type of thinking also produces the best results.  If I force myself into thinking about something, I can’t get outcome half as good.  Even when I try hard.  And the worst part is that it’s not easy to put something into background thinking.  If I force something into it, it just falls our right back.

With that, I have these questions to ask:

  • Do you understand what I am talking about?
  • Do you have any similar experience?
  • Do you know how to control this better?

P.S.: If this post seems disorganized, it’s because of background thinking taking place in my head right now…

MRI results

Results from Maxim’s MRI brain scan have arrived today. I am no doctor, of course, but I can read English and look at pretty pictures. And from what I’ve understood – everything is OK. There are no anomalities, tumors, or things like that.

We’ll be visiting Dr.Simos in the nearest future (like tomorrow or so) to get a confirmation of our understanding of these results and also to work out the further path.

I’ll keep you posted.

MRI brain scan

Maxim’s MRI brain scan was scheduled for today.

MRI brain scan is a procedure that is used to diagnose all sorts of internal problems. Most often – brain issues.

Maxim needed MRI brain scan to see if there is anything that pressures his facial nerve. The right side of his face is still not very active and we slowly start worrying about it. Facial nerve problems usually cure themselves between the age of 6 month and 2 years. But it’s always good to be on the safe side.

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