Hmmmm, dream, well then I'mm off on some rant about beautiful blonds and well....um this never seems to work. Damn, that must be my problem.<grin> I've been told my brain is a horrifying place. --- Scott On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > The human brain is an interesting organ, is it not? > I've often heard it said that you shouldn't think directly > at a problem to help you solve it. > Instead, think around it, and the solution will most likely come to you. > Dreaming is a good state to think around a problem. > Greg > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 04:31:51PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Scott: > > > > I can't tell you how often this has worked for me. Particularly, on a > > large programming project many many years ago, it actually became a > > reliable pattern for me. I would find myself stuck sometime late in the > > evening--usually around midnight. I just couldn't figure what was wrong. I > > learned to go to sleep. > > > > Sure enough. Somewhere around maybe 4, maybe 5, I'd jump out of bed having > > awakened with a start. I actually dreamed the solution. Over and over > > again, time after time, I'd run to the computer and make the change. > > Bingo! Everything worked. And, then, it was on to the next problem, and on > > to the next point of frustration and confusion, etc., etc., etc. > > > > PS: Lest you think I lived on 4 hours sleep, that's approximately correct. > > But these were pgrogramming jags of one to three weeks--with weeks off > > inbetween. Meanwhile, I would also take a nap of around half an hour > > somewhere early to mid afternoon. It's the nap that actually kept me going > > on this kind of crazy schedule. > > > > Ah, the days of being free and fancy loose to just write, write, write. > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > > Learn how to make accessible software at > > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
