Perception or Reality
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I often think my right trouser pocket where I keep my phone vibrates and there is nothing on the phone. This even happens when the phone isn't in the pocket. Probably got a massive tumor on my thigh from years of keeping the mobile in there.
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Phantom vibration syndrome: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-06-12-cellphones_N.htm[^] I'm dubious that they really understand this, though.
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You ever have those moments where you are not sure if something really just happened or if your brain is messing with you? Here are a few I've experienced:
- I was writing on a whiteboard during a physics class in college. The board seemed to pulsate. I thought I was about to pass out or something (my friend recently had a seizure, so I was all paranoid I could have one too), so I explained my predicament to my teacher and classmates. Turns out the whiteboard was just wobbly and moved when I applied pressure to it. :-O
- While using the restroom at work, everything seemed to turn dark for a fraction of a second a few times in a row. My first instinct was that my eyesight was giving out on me. I then realized it was just a light flickering. :-O
- In high school, I showed up to Calculus class with my homework in hand ready to give to my teacher. Before I could hand it to her, she showed me that she already an exact replica of the paper in her hand. This was an open assignment that allowed the student to come up with some solid and calculate the volume, so it was not likely somebody else came up with the same exact vase-like figure I did. I was very confused and wondered what kind of magic was at work. Then I realized I emailed her the paper the previous night (one of my first experiences with email), and she had printed it out. :-O
Any of you have similar mind-boggling experiences (while not on mind-altering substances)?
Driven to the ARMs by x86.
I've had too many to count when under the affluence of incohol, but there is one stone cold sober moment that scares the s*** out of me whenever I recall it. For many years, I was foredeck hand on a racing yacht (actually, various yachts, around 30 - 40 ft). One day we were racing about 5 miles off Sydney heads and we'd just finished a spinnaker run. I had stuffed the spinnaker down the foredeck hatch and went to stow the pole. I remember absolutely nothing between standing up next to the mast and dangling by one elbow from the outboard end of the pole, about 8 feet off the side of the boat. None of my crewmates could tell me what happened, either. Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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Phantom vibration syndrome: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-06-12-cellphones_N.htm[^] I'm dubious that they really understand this, though.
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I thought I was the only one! This happens to me too! I've proven that it couldn't be the phone because it has happened when my phone was not in my pocket.
Driven to the ARMs by x86.
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I've had too many to count when under the affluence of incohol, but there is one stone cold sober moment that scares the s*** out of me whenever I recall it. For many years, I was foredeck hand on a racing yacht (actually, various yachts, around 30 - 40 ft). One day we were racing about 5 miles off Sydney heads and we'd just finished a spinnaker run. I had stuffed the spinnaker down the foredeck hatch and went to stow the pole. I remember absolutely nothing between standing up next to the mast and dangling by one elbow from the outboard end of the pole, about 8 feet off the side of the boat. None of my crewmates could tell me what happened, either. Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
That probably isn't a good sign. :~ I've had a similar experience, though for a known reason. I somehow ended up walking with my friends and couldn't remember how I had gotten there. I remembered standing under a tree talking with them at lunch, and then suddenly I was 100 feet away walking with them. Turns out I was turning my face red (it's kind of like holding your breath, but occurs much faster) and apparently did it too long while my friend got his camera out. I passed out and hit my head on a cement corner. I lost my memory from when I started to turn my face red to a couple minutes after that. I still haven't recovered those couple minutes.
Driven to the ARMs by x86.
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I thought I was the only one! This happens to me too! I've proven that it couldn't be the phone because it has happened when my phone was not in my pocket.
Driven to the ARMs by x86.
AspDotNetDev wrote:
when my phone was not in my pocket
same
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. A crisis on your part does not constitute one on mine.
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In a very early class on programming we were going over a programming test we had taken. The teacher plunked one of the problems from the test up on the board and asked how many decisions would have to be applied to it (it was a flow-charting exercise). I glanced at it and thought 'four'. Several people in the class answered 'four' verbally. Then the teacher went on to explain that some student had done it in three because that student had figured out that one of the decisions wouldn't have to be made if one of the other tests was made first; it would never get to that branch. He proceeded to demonstrate. I was envious and a little annoyed with myself for not recognizing something so obvious. Got the test back- my solution on the test was the one he had demonstrated. I had been the person who spotted the 'obvious'. My handwriting and everything. I had a wtf moment, of course. I've had other since; putting a checkbook into a junk mail envelope and finding it there later. Vaguely recalling that I must have done it. Putting something away (like a document or keys) into a place that I know I'd never lose it because I would always look there first and then proceeding to forget that I'd even had it. I've got a strategy for where I place the important items like keys, glasses, wallet and cell phone so I don't have to go through this when I'm in a hurry. Which leads to the personal frisk on my way out the door every morning. I think it has to do with mental states that are so extreme from your norm that memories created in that state are simply not accessible when you aren't in it. Or perhaps some kind of dementia. I recommend you start drinking liquor regularly so you can tell yourself you were drunk and not just out of your mind. :laugh:
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smcnulty2000 wrote:
Which leads to the personal frisk on my way out the door every morning.
now I'm know I'm not the only one who does that religiously :laugh: ...
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. A crisis on your part does not constitute one on mine.
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That probably isn't a good sign. :~ I've had a similar experience, though for a known reason. I somehow ended up walking with my friends and couldn't remember how I had gotten there. I remembered standing under a tree talking with them at lunch, and then suddenly I was 100 feet away walking with them. Turns out I was turning my face red (it's kind of like holding your breath, but occurs much faster) and apparently did it too long while my friend got his camera out. I passed out and hit my head on a cement corner. I lost my memory from when I started to turn my face red to a couple minutes after that. I still haven't recovered those couple minutes.
Driven to the ARMs by x86.
AFAIK, I didn't get a whack on the head. The only signs of physical injury were bruising on the inside of my elbow and 'strain' around the shoulder.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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on a serious note though, I have an Android phone that stays on vibrate 95% of the time due to work etc.. Now you have to understand when this thing vibrates it VIBRATES. this thing could be shaped a little differently and be sold for a different purpose if you know what I mean.... Once in a while though I SWEAR I feel my belt vibrate and check the phone... nothing, nada... those are the days I start to wonder about my sanity
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. A crisis on your part does not constitute one on mine.
Not an Android feature, it's the same with a BlackBerry :-) sometimes even when I don't carry it :confused:
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smcnulty2000 wrote:
Which leads to the personal frisk on my way out the door every morning.
now I'm know I'm not the only one who does that religiously :laugh: ...
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. A crisis on your part does not constitute one on mine.
Make it three then :). I actually do that any time I leave a place.
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Make it three then :). I actually do that any time I leave a place.
Regards Senthil _____________________________ My Home Page |My Blog | My Articles | My Flickr | WinMacro
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You ever have those moments where you are not sure if something really just happened or if your brain is messing with you? Here are a few I've experienced:
- I was writing on a whiteboard during a physics class in college. The board seemed to pulsate. I thought I was about to pass out or something (my friend recently had a seizure, so I was all paranoid I could have one too), so I explained my predicament to my teacher and classmates. Turns out the whiteboard was just wobbly and moved when I applied pressure to it. :-O
- While using the restroom at work, everything seemed to turn dark for a fraction of a second a few times in a row. My first instinct was that my eyesight was giving out on me. I then realized it was just a light flickering. :-O
- In high school, I showed up to Calculus class with my homework in hand ready to give to my teacher. Before I could hand it to her, she showed me that she already an exact replica of the paper in her hand. This was an open assignment that allowed the student to come up with some solid and calculate the volume, so it was not likely somebody else came up with the same exact vase-like figure I did. I was very confused and wondered what kind of magic was at work. Then I realized I emailed her the paper the previous night (one of my first experiences with email), and she had printed it out. :-O
Any of you have similar mind-boggling experiences (while not on mind-altering substances)?
Driven to the ARMs by x86.
You should buy a book that lists all illnesses and mental conditions, and all their symptoms. You'll have endless fun, suffering them one by one.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You ever have those moments where you are not sure if something really just happened or if your brain is messing with you? Here are a few I've experienced:
- I was writing on a whiteboard during a physics class in college. The board seemed to pulsate. I thought I was about to pass out or something (my friend recently had a seizure, so I was all paranoid I could have one too), so I explained my predicament to my teacher and classmates. Turns out the whiteboard was just wobbly and moved when I applied pressure to it. :-O
- While using the restroom at work, everything seemed to turn dark for a fraction of a second a few times in a row. My first instinct was that my eyesight was giving out on me. I then realized it was just a light flickering. :-O
- In high school, I showed up to Calculus class with my homework in hand ready to give to my teacher. Before I could hand it to her, she showed me that she already an exact replica of the paper in her hand. This was an open assignment that allowed the student to come up with some solid and calculate the volume, so it was not likely somebody else came up with the same exact vase-like figure I did. I was very confused and wondered what kind of magic was at work. Then I realized I emailed her the paper the previous night (one of my first experiences with email), and she had printed it out. :-O
Any of you have similar mind-boggling experiences (while not on mind-altering substances)?
Driven to the ARMs by x86.
Your brain is messing with you... and please, could you stop posting those strange things in the "old ladies macrame forum"? we find your posts like... if they were from another world... we love macrame... email? what is that? :rolleyes:
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on a serious note though, I have an Android phone that stays on vibrate 95% of the time due to work etc.. Now you have to understand when this thing vibrates it VIBRATES. this thing could be shaped a little differently and be sold for a different purpose if you know what I mean.... Once in a while though I SWEAR I feel my belt vibrate and check the phone... nothing, nada... those are the days I start to wonder about my sanity
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. A crisis on your part does not constitute one on mine.
Odd. Even the iPhone feels like it's vibrating when it's clearly not...