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offline khrimson from the fridge on 2009-12-22 17:33 [#02353611]
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Rain man dies at 58


 

offline Cliff Glitchard from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2009-12-22 17:41 [#02353613]
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i always thought 'the snowman' was a christmas sequal.

nothing like it.


 

offline jnasato from 777gogogo (Japan) on 2009-12-22 18:16 [#02353619]
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r i p


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2009-12-22 18:54 [#02353633]
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RIP.

lol @ Cliffy


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-12-22 18:57 [#02353637]
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Aw! :'(

This is the first time I have been genuinely sad at someone,
that is announced on this board, dying! :(

Almost feel like someone I know has died. Well, not quite
that far.

Thanks for the info anyway, cos I don't look at news.

RIP Kim Peek.


 

offline freqy on 2009-12-22 20:42 [#02353653]
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reading a book.

reads the left page with his left eye and the right page
with his right eye

30 times as fast. :O



 

offline freqy on 2009-12-22 20:43 [#02353654]
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*

well...

15 times as fast x 2


 

offline freqy on 2009-12-22 20:49 [#02353655]
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and with 80 percent recall, right down to the letter. : O



 

offline RussellDust on 2009-12-22 21:40 [#02353662]
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You frighten me Tractern


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2009-12-23 01:32 [#02353706]
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Damn.


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-12-23 08:04 [#02353750]
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lol, good. :)


 

offline HIGHLANDER from Israel on 2009-12-23 12:54 [#02353799]
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Peek was good @ music 2 apparently


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-12-23 18:05 [#02353925]
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Although never a musical prodigy, Peek's musical abilities
as an adult were receiving more notice when he started to
study the piano. He apparently remembered music he heard
decades ago and could play it on the piano, to the extent
permitted by his limited physical dexterity. He was able to
give running spoken commentary on the music as he played,
for example, comparing a piece of music to other music he
had heard. In listening to recordings he could distinguish
which instruments play which part and was adept at guessing
the composers of new music by comparing the music to the
many thousands of music samples in his memory.

Wiki

Mm, right you are! Didn't know that, thanks! :)


 

offline ASSWHOLE from ASSWHOLE on 2009-12-23 18:16 [#02353950]
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It's sad when humans die, but please stop worshiping this
useless freak of nature.

This guy was nothing but a human photocopier. His
extraordinary memory contributed NOTHING to this planet.

Why?

Because he couldn't think independently.



 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-12-23 18:22 [#02353959]
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But...

No, wait, there's no use trying to reason with people like
you.


 

offline ASSWHOLE from ASSWHOLE on 2009-12-23 18:25 [#02353961]
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There's nothing to discuss, and you know it.

I am right on this.



 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2009-12-23 18:31 [#02353970]
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Do you think independently in the true sense of the word
arse? Who's that idiot on here that'll argue this to the
death?



 


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