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I had a new day resolution I put into effect on January 1st, and it was not to use any computer. (Phones etc. acceptable).
I've been suffering from Information Creep recently, for example rather than just watching Indiana Jones over the xmas period, I find myself reaching for the laptop to go to the IMDB to see if I'm older than he was in the Temple of Doom (alas, I am). I then get distracted by other internet related stuff and lose track of the bloody film completely. (Not that terrible in this particular case). This sort of thing happens too much - the internet is a continual defocusing distraction.
But not on January 1st. Didn't check the news/bank balance/spelling of words/age of actors/codeproject/anything else. It's a bit like giving up smoking because you get the craving but all-in-all it was a good day. I'm intending to carry this on every Saturday from now on.
Worth a go, if you're tough enough.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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ADD?
Not being funny here, some people who are easily distracted have a "tendency" to have some degree of ADD.
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No more so than the next I'd say. This is common, a lot of people I have spoken to have the same tendency. In fact, a lot of people I go to the pub with have a hard time just getting drunk, leering and talking nonsense without getting engaged with their phone for protracted periods. I don't ever do this, so I think I'm better than a lot.
If it is an addiction, or a 'life-style choice', then it may not become apparent that you're hooked until you stop. We don't need to look too far from here to see people who live on the net..
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I have a day (Saturday) totally off for over 40 years...It's a good thing to have...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Totally off? What's that mean?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I do no get into the room where my computers are...Phone is off...I'm a family man 1000000%
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Wouldn't have anything to do with Shabbos (Shabbat) would it?
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs Jim<</xml>
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Of course it has - that's the origin. However I've learned over the years that there are other benefits than please God...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: other benefits than please God...
Eat bacon ?
if(this.signature != "")
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MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
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MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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Never tried, but if it makes one a better person... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Simple Math on that
Bacon + eat + you = happy you
happy you + other people = more happy people
=> Bacon = more happy people => better you
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
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Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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This is good idea. I have three young kids who demand my attention the whole time and it makes trying to do anything extremely frustrating! Again, it's a hard thing to do but I'm learning the best way to handle it is to not try to do anything and just devote the time to them.
And since pretty much everything I do these days involves a computer, this is a step in that direction, on Saturdays at least.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I found that if the phone or the keyboard not at hand it is much easier to pay attention to the kids (I have four) - so the physical separation works best...and the weekday not matters at all...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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It means we had to wear clothespegs on our noses as we hosed him down.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Nothing for public vehicle containing note of feline atom is confounding the naughty reader! (11)
(And I've counted it twice this time!)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: the naughty reader
But Men Only is (3, 4).
veni bibi saltavi
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I know nothing of this magazine of which you speak; certainly, they were not "better than cash" at my school when I was younger... :InnocentWhistleSmiley:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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obfuscation
o - nothing
bus - public vehicle
f - note - containing - bfus
feline - cat
ion - atom
One day I aspire to having a signature.
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Spot on! 
Your turn tomorrow!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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VoidBusC#LionSuperhero ??? I an indeed confounded.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Sorry too many letters.
One day I aspire to having a signature.
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Well done! You are, of course completely right!
Well, if I'm honest, not completely right.
Some of it is slightly wrong.
OK, most of it.
OK, OK, nearly all of it is wrong in every single way possible.
But you tried! And we should all respect you for that.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I am confounded, how does that make me naughty?
Life is too shor
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Well ahem, if I read "naughty" that way, instead of what I just realised you intended, I guess I am naughty.
Life is too shor
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