Good if you were I'd be worried - probably running for cover actually ;) larry
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:05:45 -0500, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not really. I just tend to be very open about my past. If I was venting I'd > be going on how I'm starting to dislike working where I am because the older > code sucks rancid donkey dong, I'm blamed for any error as I'm trying to fix > them, the code is so convoluted that any one template has over 40 includes > in it, the tests I have to do on one product feed are all on 'live' data and > there's no current plan to clean it all up right, just to 'patch' it better > and write from new somewhere down the line. > Now that's venting. > > Well, I am pissed at work, but not in a venting way yet. When you write code > and have to merge it with someone elses code, any error becomes yours even > if it's from the old code. And being asked "are you done yet" does not help. > > > Are you venting again Michael? > > > > larry > > > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:53:06 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Aggression? Oh, I had that. I had a nasty temper when I was a child and > > went > > > to a psychologist to learn to control it. I'm better now. :) > > > Actually, I was a bit too much in control. When I started writing, > > Judith > > > always told me I was using a 'passive' voice. I notice even now that > > unless > > > something really (really, really) pisses me off, I tend to downplay it. > > > But once something hits my threshold, I let loose. I've had loooooong > > rants > > > about the code I'm working with over here at mothernature. I've > > threatened > > > to "do things that would shock the marque de sade" to the people at > > beyond > > > solutions (I don't care much for their code). I vent verbally, but I do > > > vent. > > > You know, I'm going to have to talk to a psychologist to make sure that > > I am > > > functional and don't need any 'help'. Great, another thing to do. :) > > > > > > > No data just a speculation. > > > > > > > > However, there is evidence of multiple problems evident in people with > > > > ADHD. > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/7y2uh > > > > > > > > > > > > For the entire search on adults with adhd: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/6m7ou > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:08:23 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I wonder what the relationship between paranoia and ADD is. I > > probably > > > > have > > > > > some form of ADD and my perception is amazing. No ego here, but I > > see > > > > > everything around me. I'm also uncomfortable with being watched and > > have > > > > > some form of paranoia. Sounds like I'd be great in a predator rich > > > > > environment. > > > > > > > > > > > A guy I know is an evolutionary psychologist at NIMH. He's been > > > > > > speculating that adhd may have had a selection advantage at one > > point. > > > > > > Easily distracted for instance may mean that you're more likley to > > > > > > notice the predator that's sneaking up on you than someone who is > > > > > > focused on something else. > > > > > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:52:21 -0500, Sandy Clark > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > One book I read "Add a Different Perception" by Thom Hartmann > > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/- > > > > > > /1887424148/qid=1106074208/sr=1 > > > > > > > -3/ref=sr_1_3/002-8620599-8030463?v=glance&s=books > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Theorizes that ADD is actually an inherited trait and that the > > > > reason it > > > > > > is > > > > > > > more prevalent in America is that the people who came over to > > > > America > > > > > > would > > > > > > > have been more apt to be adventurous, willing to try new things, > > > > etc. > > > > > > In > > > > > > > other words, more ADD. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know how true it is, but its an interesting theory as > > to > > > > why > > > > > > ADD is > > > > > > > more prevalent in America than in Europe. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sandy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:37 PM > > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Adult ADD > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder whether there are certain fields that attract people > > with > > > > these > > > > > > > symptoms. Sitting in front of the computer all day with the > > > > opportunity > > > > > > to > > > > > > > browse the Web whenver my mind starts to wander definitely helps > > me > > > > get > > > > > > > through the day. I can spend a few minutes just loking at some > > > > random > > > > > > thing > > > > > > > and then re-focus on my work. I spent close to a year in law > > school > > > > > > before I > > > > > > > realized I could never sit in a library all day and read cases > > for a > > > > > > living. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As to Dana's speculation about why it only occurs in this > > country, I > > > > > > would > > > > > > > suggest that the only difference between Americans and everyone > > else > > > > is > > > > > > that > > > > > > > we like to classify everything in medical terms. It is part of > > the > > > > > > American > > > > > > > desire to understand the world around us. I think it comes in > > part > > > > from > > > > > > > being a culturally young society where there are no > > "traditional" > > > > > > > explanations and therefore no bias against research into things > > that > > > > > > would > > > > > > > be dismissed in other societies. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143254 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
