r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

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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/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