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waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat
ltteres are at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses and you
can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed
ervey lteter by ilstef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
frmo a frined who sahll rmeian aynonomus
Posted by mitch@osafoundation.org at September 14, 2003 02:10 PMResearch on neural networks shows clearly how a system can make a best guess based upon this kind of confusion, but practically, the demo is so convincing because the probability game of identifying the word is hugely constrained by the first, last, and right set of letters.
Jeez, cognitive psychology from Fark. Wacky world.
Posted by: AndyEd at September 14, 2003 03:34 PM
Spammers have already discovered this ... it's a way to fool programs that strip out spam based on content.
Posted by: Rob Schneider at September 15, 2003 12:27 PM
frightening how easily I read that in retrospect...
Posted by: joe at September 21, 2003 01:30 PM
Je pnsee que c'est la mmee cohse en la lungae de fcranias, n'est pas?
Toby
Posted by: Toby Beresford at September 25, 2003 08:11 AM