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You remember the feeling but not the details.
This is also called middle age  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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I usually have my Aha! moments in "the office" anything more is just TMI. However, I think we all have Aha moments. It's one of the benefits in our profession.
Just along for the ride.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Gotta love those: when that moment of sheer inspiration hits and everything else just falls into place 
I've had many but I found sometimes the best time for them is my early morning soak before going to work. Relaxing in the hot water seems to free the mind 
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My Aha moment came when I became a pencil sketch animation for an afternoon.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Truly a great video. 
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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Constantly. It's an indicator that you are doing some real coding and not just some boiler plate stuff and plumbing. Just yesterday I was giving the rendering of my XNA user interface an overhaul. When drawing a tree of forms or controls you have to juggle with several coordinate systems and also have to perform clipping on partially hidden controls, no matter what coordinate system you must use at the moment. There were some bugs like hidden controls that were not clipped or objects which were drawn at the wrong places due to some confusion in the coordinate systems. A mess, because everything I tried had side effects on other things, And finally, after a while, I had gathered enough information and everything fell into place at once.
And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
"Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"
And I smiled and was happy
And it came worse.
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I quite agree, it's an exaggeration to say it happens daily, but it certainly feels that way.
What is more unique, is when you are with a group of senior, bright people, pondering a problem and you realize you are the one that is delivering the correct solution to the problem. The hairs don't go up on the back of my neck, but I feel a heat there and a lightheartedness as though I have levitated a few inches higher. It's like I can't believe for that brief moment, I was the smartest one in the room. It's sort of a delicious tickle.
But a more interesting moment, is when you are with a group of people discussing a problem, and usually there is an older and wiser head that comes up with the solution that will be followed, but then you realize everyone is looking at you. The realization that you have become that "older and wiser" head is a little daunting. You no longer have a safety net and are expected to supply the solution. There will be no warning when this occurs.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Yes, that is a VERY sobering moment! Especially when you realize you don't have "the" answer, and you can't even think of ANY answer. Humility at its best.
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Oh I haven't hit that one yet. 
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Yes, it happens when I'm about to hit the "post message" button on CP.
Watched code never compiles.
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Yeah, often.
I have done this alot with all sorts of problems. Even dreamed of solutions.
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Nothing to say.
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Me too, wake up in the middle of the night ..."Aha!!... or Got it!!!", after this, I need to write the solution, or in the worst case, start to work at that time... yeap, happens from time to time, and is priceless!!!
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Yeah, it is amazing how good the solutions are that one dreams up.
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Nothing to say.
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I have one every time I manage to pull off a righteous dump (that's getting more difficult to do as I get older).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: getting more difficult to do as I get older
You're not alone. Either it won't come at all or too much comes.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: You're not alone.
What? You go along to give John moral support? No wonder he has an arsenal.
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Any support I provide is from afar.
Anyway, you know you're getting old when you realise that it's stupid to pass up on a toilet opportunity.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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You know you're getting old when you think you need to fart, but you're afraid to because you don't know what's really going to come out...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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I won't even risk a fart these days unless I'm within wobbling distance of the can.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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The two of you need to hold hands, in a toilet, farm far, far from the rest of us. This is getting entirely too bizarre. Next you'll be swapping Viagra stories...
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: it's stupid to pass up on a toilet opportunity
Wheeler Rule #1: Never miss an opportunity to pee.
This became rule #1 after spending two hours in a traffic jam with a full bladder. My kidneys hurt for days afterward.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Hmm, does that have anything to do with your previous comment:
Nagy Vilmos wrote: Either it won't come at all or too much comes.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I have one every time I manage to pull off a righteous dump (that's getting more difficult to do as I get older).
Classic. 
Just along for the ride.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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I come across those moments when I figure out what the management has sold and the gap that's left towards our product. sometimes it even turns into a falling Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
regards Torsten
I never finish anyth...
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I feel more often its a "DOH!" moment, as Why didn't I think of that much earlier or How could I have missed that. Just earlier today I was trying to get some AjaxToolkits working and I couldn't understand why my changes weren't coming through.
Till DOH!, I edited one page and viewed another. After that everything came together and I had been right all along.
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