----- Original Message -----
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: Cats
> On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Bob Shannon wrote:
>
> > Off topic, but...
> >
> > Most cats don't watch TV simply because they cannot see the picture!
> >
> > Cats have a 'flicker fusion rate' of about 400 hz, as opposed to the
> > human rate of about 20 hz.
> >
> > So to a cat, a TV set is a flickering mess. Some cats are able to 'get'
> > the idea and put the picture
> > together, usually only if there is a lot of motion to track.
> >
> > But a still image in a TV is nearly invisible to a cat. They cannot
> > quite see the beam sweeping, but
> > they are far closer to that than we are.
>
> So, what cat did they interview who spilled the beans on this?
>
> --
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
> International Man of Intrigue and Danger
http://www.vintage.org
>
> [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage
mputers ]
> [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at
http://marketplace.vintage.org ]
>
>
Received on Sun Nov 09 2003 - 13:57:20 GMT