Re: Attention Experienced Professionals

I can't begin to say how many times I've struggled with a problem for days and finally decided to post the problem to a newsgroup; before I could receive a reply, the answer to the problem came to me--as if the exercise of writing the question put my mind into gear toward solving the problem. I used to feel foolish for posting such obvious questions. But the answer wasn't obvious until after I clicked, "Send." Why is that?

-- 
Richard Hollenbeck
(my first name then -ddoott- then my last name then aa-tt  + v, e, r, i, z,
o, n,-ddoott-n, e, t)

"Lemming" <thiswillbounce_at_bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:21:02 -0400, Kenneth Downs

> <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote:


>

> >A colleague of mine and I had a certain approach to tough problems we

could


> >not work out.  I might start by saying, "I'm having trouble, maybe you

can


> >find my bug."  Then I would begin explaining, and then say, "Oh, forget

it,


> >I just figured it out."

> >

> >After awhile we dropped the part about helping, and would approach each

> >other by saying, "I'm going to explain to you what I'm doing and figure

out


> >a problem about halfway through the explanation..."  The other would

> >chuckle and patiently listen.

>

> At my favourite client's site, we used to call it cardboarding: "Hey

> Mark, sit still a minute, I need a cardboard programmer ..."

>

> It works almost every time.


>

> Lemming

> -- 

> Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat.