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
news:qci0n0dv24m56i8qmr0seo6trbf3hc1c3l_at_4ax.com...
> 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.
Received on Tue Nov 09 2004 - 02:47:23 CST
