[sdiy] Re: Help! Fatman problems!

[harry]

50% of my engineering solutions come while asleep. Sometimes I come in to work
late explaining that they owe me for the solution on my own time  ;^)

Actually 100% of them come in my sleep... but I throw away 50% when I wake up
because they violate widely held immutable laws of physics. What works in the
subconscious sometimes doesn't make it into production.

Once... I offered to contact the ghost of a deceased employee.  The next day I went
into work with the solution... "good news - bad news".  I said the answer is "xxx"
but
"where are you gonna send the consulting fee to ?"

H^) harry   (working on something totally different right now ;^)



jbv wrote:

> Grant Richter :
>
> > I don't claim any factual scientific basis for any of this speculation, I
> > have just noticed I troubleshoot most efficiently when my body is
> > comfortable.
>
> IMHO it's based on the well-known concept (at least in psychology &
> ergonomics) of workload : the human body & brain can only handle a
> limited workload in a time unit (expressed in bits by seconds in case of
> a "mental" work); therefore, one can suppose that making your body
> comfortable allows more bandwidth (sorry for the metaphor) to your
> brain...
>
> And speaking of troubleshooting, I also noticed along the years (and
> other software coders I spoke with seemed to share the same experience)
> that when it comes to debug a piece of software, if your mind stumbles
> on a specific bug that you can't explain, instead of wasting hours (and
> often nights) on it, it's often better to switch to a totally different
> activity, like going to a restaurant or a movie theater for a couple of hours...
> Then the solution to your problem pops up in your mind, while you're
> thinking / talking about a totally different topic... As if your mind was unable
> to solve the problem when it focuses on it...
> Very often, after spending a whole evening on a hidden bug, I just gave up,
> took my car and drove home. And 15 to 45 min later, still in my car, as my
> mind was wandering on completely different issues, suddenly the origin of
> the bug appeared clearly in my mind...
>
> And finally, at the risk of drifting off-topic, I'd like to point out that for
> years
> psychologists have demonstrated that the simple fact of explaining your
> problem to someone else (like ppl on a milaing list) is often a big help and a
> giant foot step to finding yourself the solution to your problem...
>
> JB

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