Fun waste of Time.
Posted by john vanlandingham
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Professional Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
There was a thread on Wimmin in Rally on www.rallyforum.com and there was something about reaction time and I always have poo-pooed the idea if reaction time being particularly important and I 'splained why.
The some guy put a link to a online reaction time tester http://getyourwebsitehere.com/jswb/rttest01.html And people began putting their times up. So what do you guys think? Reaction time important? You should know there was a link to a British study which showed age of fastest time:20, and most consistant 30. Lets discuss and post your times and if you're asleep or chronic arthritis and multiple broken bones like me. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/04/2008 01:20AM by john vanlandingham. |
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Do women have faster reaction times on average?
video gamers prolly have some real good reaction times... I'm not crusty or rusty yet... I'm a spry, froggy 27 year old man. .2199999999999999 was my best average score of 5. After 3 trials .201 being my fastest click of all time. But no matter what can't seem to break into the .19's!!!! Get .246 consistently without extreme focus, effort, holding my breath, duct taping the mouse rigid to the desk, or putting my eyeball against the monitor. For best times: pretend you're Bruce Lee then strike the mouse with Cobra Style. Michael LeCompte Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/04/2008 01:51AM by pikespeakgtx. |
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.0778 avg....ok I cheated by clicking superfast the whole time.... .007 FTMFW
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Professional Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
You flakeyboys this was a 2 part thang with the idea of is there sumpin, like fast reflexes, that supposedly gives silly boys an advantage.
Here's from the other forum:
And then came the thread on staright reaction time. This if from the morning, one cup, no ciggie.
Later after being in afternoon traffic:
And one of the boys there asking about any reaction time studies then finding one himself:
John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/04/2008 11:03AM by john vanlandingham. |
Mark Mark Malsom Godlike Moderator Location: Denver, CO Join Date: 02/06/2006 Posts: 153 Rally Car: Subaru Impreza |
jeremy clarkson did a small series called "speed" that deals a bit with this. in episode 2 "superstars of speed" he gets to play slaps or something like that with michael shumaker. then they cut to a doctor that talks about how everyone has just about the same reaction time as everyone else and the difference is how people are wired internally and how they can deal with all the different things happening at once. he makes the argument that he should be able to drive faster than most people due to experience but they also go on to show that that's not the case. they do show how people are tested to see if they would be good fighter jet pilots and the tests are amazingly simple.
here's the episode specifically dealing with reaction times and all that. episode 1 is also really good -Mark www.nocoastmotorsports.net |
Jon Burke Jon Burke Godlike Moderator Location: San Francisco, CA Join Date: 01/03/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,402 Rally Car: Subaru w/<1000 crashes |
did it twice, got an average of .20x both times. fastest time was .176.
33 personally, I put more money on the ability to anticipate a situation. ie. when you drop your pencil on your desk, do you try to frantically grab it before it goes over the edge? or do you simply put your hand underneath the edge of the desk and catch it when it rolls off? I feel I've avoided several accidents not by fast reflexes, but by anticipating what my actions will do and taking the best course of action. ie traffic stops suddenly, and do you slam on your brakes (potentially not stopping fast enough and slamming into the person in front of you), or do you pull off the road, or into the next lane to avoid the car in front of you all together, whether you stop fast enough or not? Its easy to just react....reacting in a way to give you the best outcome (or at least, the best odds of success) is the real skill. Jon Burke - KI6LSW Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/ |
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Jon Burke Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > did it twice, got an average of .20x both times. > fastest time was .176. > > 33 > > > personally, I put more money on the ability to > anticipate a situation. > > > ie. when you drop your pencil on your desk, do > you try to frantically grab it before it goes over > the edge? or do you simply put your hand > underneath the edge of the desk and catch it when > it rolls off? > > I feel I've avoided several accidents not by fast > reflexes, but by anticipating what my actions will > do and taking the best course of action. > > ie traffic stops suddenly, and do you slam on your > brakes (potentially not stopping fast enough and > slamming into the person in front of you), or do > you pull off the road, or into the next lane to > avoid the car in front of you all together, > whether you stop fast enough or not? > > Its easy to just react....reacting in a way to > give you the best outcome (or at least, the best > odds of success) is the real skill. > > Jon Burke - KI6LSW > RallyX Team Up TwoMountains > Team Blog: > it seems you missed the memo about how common sense is not allowed on the internet |
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12xalt Wrote:
> > > > it seems you missed the memo about how common > sense is not allowed on the internet > > > ah shit, should I delete/edit my post? haha common sense doesn't seem to be allowed on CA highways either. Jon Burke - KI6LSW Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/ Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/04/2008 11:59AM by Jon Burke. |
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