On 20-Sep-08 23:54, Jim Charter wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> On 20-Sep-08 7:49, Jim Charter wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I don't really follow off topic too much so don't know if htis had 
>>> been posted, but I found it amusing.  Scored 8.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/5tkxcc
>>
>>
>> - Isn't this not also a monitor test?
> 
> I don't quite follow your logic there but maybe.  

simple, if you monitor translation from RGB value to color is non linear 
there are certain colors that are harder to distinguish. As we all know 
here, there is such a thing as gamma correction, which is different for 
different monitors, and IIRC different for Mac vs PC.

> Apparently the test is 
> seeking some threshold level of gradation for perception. Or maybe just 
> color blindness.  I'm guessing that mental inconsistencies become a 
> factor before monitor inconsistencies but what do I know?  

Evolutionary the retina was brain tissue, somehow I don't think this is 
what you meant.

> Notice that you are asked to make 21 discriminations, the same as we do 
> in the irtc and tc-rtc.

I wish trtc and tc-rtc would be a one dimensional as this one.

>> - I scored 4. is that usual for my age? i.e. can I get a histogram of 
>> my age group?
> 
> Easy to guess this is collecting data for some purpose and the age 
> groups/gender are part of it.  Over several tries my score actually 
> ranged from 0 to 20.  Doing nothing I got scores ranging from 900's to 
> 1100's

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