lookin' good

[Gregory Nowak]

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
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