Subliminal Learning Thru the PC? 30
dieckert_heath asks: "I spend so much time in front of the PC, I recently started wondering if there was a way to learn what interests me (cisco routers and networking in general) via subliminal messages flashed on my PC. Anyone done anything like this?" Good idea! I wonder why no one hasn't thought of it, until now?
Sad thing is... (Score:1)
Re:Sad thing is... (Score:2)
If I read this on Tuesday, I'd think it was a real one. In fact, I saw the Ask Slashdots first today and thought "wow, they didn't even do their usual April Fools thing."
Just what I was thinking. (Score:3, Funny)
All hail Bill Gates, our benevolent leader.
Lendrick
You mean you didn't know... (Score:2)
Re:You mean you didn't know... (Score:2, Funny)
Wait, what you meant to say is:
Subliminal messages are clearly NOT built into Windows XP. On a completely unrelated note, Microsoft is great. Buy only Microsoft products. Give *ALL* of your money to Microsoft.
Subliminal.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Subliminal.. (Score:5, Funny)
I tried something like that (Score:3, Funny)
Physics through osmosis... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I tried something like that (Score:3, Funny)
What if (Score:2, Insightful)
Very scary thought of someone being able to pump something into my mind I don't want...so I'd have to be able to see source of that so I would know it wasn't going to make me want to buy the latest version of windows xp....
Re:What if (Score:2)
You Will:
Been done (Score:2, Interesting)
They intended to help you stop smoking, stop eating, live healthier, increase self esteem, pay for registration fees. You were able to select banks of things you wanted to get into your subconcious. You could drill-down and select specifics. Not a bad setup but:
It was very intrusive and didn't work well. NOt a bad idea but if it worked better then i'm sure you would;ve heard about it.
Re:Been done (Score:1)
Subliminal doesn't work. (Score:1)
While right now I cannot give you a pointer to any of the many scientific studies that prove subliminal messages don't work, I know they don't, and my knowledge is reinforced every now and then, especially while browsing the web.
Oh... Shit!
Google! (Score:2)
And you thought you were being silly.
Re:Google! (Score:3, Insightful)
However, binaural beats are cool to play with. There's a lot of discussion about this somethines on the alt.dreams.lucid newsgroup.
If you want to try "brainwave" stuff, check out either Cool Edit from Syntrillium software (Windows) or use the open source program sbagen. The latter is pretty cool, and I have hopes for it, but it's not nearly as easy to work with as Cool Edit.
Can't say the brainwave sync stuff has done much for me except help me fall asleep more easily. Of course, I haven't been a diehard user, so I'm no authority.
xsublim (Score:4, Funny)
It exists as an Xscreensaver module called xsublim.
man 1 xsublim
We used it to program a friend to randomly lick their keyboard.
This is a real program, written by Greg Knauss, of Suck.com [suck.com] fame.
Re:xsublim (Score:2)
Limitless potential! Now all I've gotta do is get some friends to "xhost +" my box . . . Bwahahahahaha!
Good Insight (Score:3, Funny)
I used to think that there was something intrinsically interesting about all those pr0n sites that I visited.
That is, until I found out the ugly truth: that they were flimsy front organizations displaying subliminal messages about computer technology, the OSI layer model, router configuration, and other lurid topics.
You can imagine that I was simply outraged at having been used in this way.
I thought I really wanted Britney in the worst way, when, all along, it was really just her routers that formed the basis of her great attraction.
Subliminal Foolery (Score:1)
*click*
*type type type*
Hmmm.. let's play some FreeSpace2 while the Boss isn't looking
Alright, you alien bastards in your color-coordinated Judas Priest ships, time to die!!
Why, I think I'll punch my credit card information in to the chat window...
TFTP server on my machine... Sure!
Firewall..? Who needs one! *click* *click* *click*
Yes, I think I'll send my porn collection to the global address list..
****connection lost****
a great idea for research (Score:1)
It's all bullshit (Score:2)
Idea stolen from MAD! (Score:2, Insightful)
Anyhow, the problem with subliminal messages - if they at all work - as a thing for learning is that they target one's sub-consciousness. What good is it learning everything there is to know about Cisco routers and networking when you have to be put into hypnosis in order to retreive the information ? Heck, I have a hard time remembering things I learn the ordinary way.
X-10, you fool! (Score:2)
Subliminal telnet (Score:1)
I can only point you to the following internet standard:
Subliminal Telnet [faqs.org]
So yes, someone thought of it before.
Dave.
Put your computer under your pillow (Score:2)
Had a roomate once who dispensed with the pillow and slept with his head on a book. Never asked him why. His pillow stayed in the closet.
Yes, but... (Score:2)
Subliminal learning (Score:2)