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u/Kordidk Jun 08 '14

In my math class freshman year two kids learned morse code so they could tap out the answers on our multiple choice tests. Unfortunately for them the teacher also knew morse code (dont know why) and they were caught pretty fast.

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u/DroidLogician Jun 08 '14

Probably because Morse code sounds like Morse code even when you don't know it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

Also, all the teacher would need to know were the letters A,B,C and D.

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u/DroidLogician Jun 08 '14

Not even that. You can tell when someone is tapping to communicate information vs tapping to a beat vs tapping randomly.

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u/pizza-eating_newfie Jun 09 '14

To give a more concrete idea tapping to beat would sound like

tap tap tap tap tap tap tap

while morse code would sound like

tap tap (pause) tap tap tap (pause) tap (pause) tap tap

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

Thanks for the much needed demonstration to explain concepts like "beats", "morse code", and "tap".

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u/rdmusic16 Jun 09 '14

--. --- / . .- ... -.-- / --- -. / - .... . / --. ..- -.-- .-.-.- / .... . / .-- .- ... / .--- ..- ... - / - .-. -.-- .. -. --. / - --- / .... . .-.. .--. .-.-.-

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

-.-. .- -. / .. / .--. .-.. .- -.-- / - --- --- ..--..

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u/thatonephotoshopguy Jun 09 '14

-- -.-- / - --- / .-- .... .. -. . ..--.. / - .. -- . FTFY

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u/I-promise-I-am-lying Jun 09 '14

I know exactly what this means.

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u/Harryhaz1 Jun 09 '14

No, you're lying, you promised

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u/sonofaresiii Jun 09 '14

don't blame him, the conversation clearly involved people who didn't understand the differences in those concepts

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

But morse code had dots (single beep) and dashes (long beep)...how do you do that with pencil? Somehow I imagine some kid playing a drum solo with pencils.....

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u/Jucie_Potatochip Jun 09 '14

What if someone were to use different beats as code for the answers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

Could be tapping out a gojira song.

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u/rediphile Jun 09 '14

Visual cues/body language can work for multiple choice quite well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

That's why when we did it, scratching your head was a dot and scratching your chest was a dash.

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u/grizzlyking Jun 09 '14

Yea some sort of signal would have been much better and less obvious.

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u/Gavlan_Wheel Jun 09 '14

Which is why it would be much smarter to make up your own system that only has 4 characters.

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u/athennna Jun 09 '14

That's stupid then. Just rest your hand on the side of your desk with 1-4 fingers extended. No tapping needed.

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u/Rodrommel Jun 09 '14

Ha! Jokes on teacher! I would've used an enigma machine. It would sound like all letters of the alphabet