Something to waste ten minutes of a really boring day...
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Megan Forbes wrote: was born left handed and forced to write with my right hand. How come? :confused: Nick Seng (the programmer formerly known as Notorious SMC)
God, I pity me! - Phoncible P. Bone
Nick Seng wrote: How come? I had the misfortune of going to a convent for my first bit of schooling. The older nuns though left-handedness was evil. Quite common in older times (my Dad had exactly the same thing happen to him - a shame I didn't speak out and say anything to him till many years later), but luckily it doesn't really happen anymore.
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
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I am an artist. I knew it! Your Brain Usage Profile Auditory : 35% Visual : 64% Left : 47% Right : 52% jhaga, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is likely that you would have slightly different results each time you complete this self-assessment quiz. You are a well-rounded person, distinctly individualistic and artistic :|, an active and multidimensional learner :cool:. At the same time, you are logical and disciplined, can operate well within an organization, and are sensitive towards others without losing objectivity ;P. You are organized and goal-directed. Although a "thinking" individual, you "take in" entire situations readily and can act on intuition. You sometimes tend to vacillate in your learning styles. Learning might take you longer :-O than someone of equal intellect, but you will tend to be more thorough and retain the material longer than those other individuals :-D. You will alternate between logic and impulse. This vacillation will not normally be intentional or deliberate, so you may experience anxiety in situations where you are not certain which aspect of yourself will be called on X|. With a slight preference for visual processing, you tend to be encompassing in your perceptions :zzz:, process along multidimensional paths and be active in your attacking of situations or learning . Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself -- and of others :laugh: -- while maintaining an "openness" which tempers that tendency. Indecisiveness :~ is a problem and your creativity may not be in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, obvious and the more functional. CodeProject House, Paul Watson wrote: ...and the roar of John Simmons own personal Nascar in the garage. Meg flitting about taking photos.Chris having an heated arguement with Colin Davies and .S.Rod. over egian values. Nish manically typing *censur*. Duncan racing around after his pet *c.* Michael Martin and Bryce loudly yelling *c.* C.G. having a fit as Roger Wright loads up *c.* . Anna waving her *c.* and Deb scoffing chocolates in the corner. ...Good heavens!
Hey! You got exactly my text! Give it back!:laugh: But my numbers are slightly different: Auditory : 43% Visual : 56% Left : 52% Right : 47%
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
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Nick Seng wrote: How come? I had the misfortune of going to a convent for my first bit of schooling. The older nuns though left-handedness was evil. Quite common in older times (my Dad had exactly the same thing happen to him - a shame I didn't speak out and say anything to him till many years later), but luckily it doesn't really happen anymore.
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
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:omg: That must've been tough :( Megan Forbes wrote: Quite common in older times LOL, you're not that much older than me! :) Nick Seng (the programmer formerly known as Notorious SMC)
God, I pity me! - Phoncible P. Bone
Nick Seng wrote: Quite common in older times LOL, you're not that much older than me! Lol, I meant it happened more in the 50's, and that I was probably one of the last to have it happen :)
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
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But how accurate was your description? Mine was pretty good. I don't honestly know, what do you think? When you read that description did you think Paul Watson, or did you think Paul Hogan? I live with myself too much to easily know where I start and stop. Others with a detached view of me should have a better idea. :)
Paul Watson
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Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
Paul Watson wrote: I don't honestly know, what do you think? Seems pretty close. At least the organized, logical parts, and the "learn from experience" part. Not sure about this part though: In keeping with this, you focus on details until they manifest themselves in a unique pattern and only then work with the "larger whole." Seems you get a grasp of the "larger whole" faster than that. You're question though brings up something interesting though. Is it possible now to really know someone, without talking to them face-to-face? Without seeing their surroundings and how they react to them? or without reading body-language? BW I just remembered why so many of us die alone, covered in pizza, with keyboard imprints on our foreheads. Paul Watson
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Paul Watson wrote: I don't honestly know, what do you think? Seems pretty close. At least the organized, logical parts, and the "learn from experience" part. Not sure about this part though: In keeping with this, you focus on details until they manifest themselves in a unique pattern and only then work with the "larger whole." Seems you get a grasp of the "larger whole" faster than that. You're question though brings up something interesting though. Is it possible now to really know someone, without talking to them face-to-face? Without seeing their surroundings and how they react to them? or without reading body-language? BW I just remembered why so many of us die alone, covered in pizza, with keyboard imprints on our foreheads. Paul Watson
brianwelsch wrote: You're question though brings up something interesting though. Is it possible now to really know someone, without talking to them face-to-face? Without seeing their surroundings and how they react to them? or without reading body-language? Is it the Zen Budhists who say something about the mind and the body form a being, neither aspect must be in domination of the other. Or something like that. Definitley there are aspects of me you will never come to know without physically meeting me. But there is the flip side to this; There are aspects of my mental self that you will never get to know through only physically meeting me. It is like girls and their friends. They can spend all day with each other at work or school chatting up a storm. Then they head home, pick up the phone and spend another 4 hours chatting up a storm. What the heck do they not get over with when they are face to face that they can chat about on the phone? Basically IMO my body gets in the way when I talk face to face with people. I don't think there is a person alive who can totally subsume thier awareness of their physical self when talking face to face. One is always aware of how you have your hands place, how are your legs crossed, your body stance, your lifting of eyebrows etc. etc. The other person is also aware of your physical state and that impinges on what they are thinking and trying to communicate. So in short; Best to have both. Get to know people online and have a physical relationship with them (no, not sleep with them, but an in-person relationship, face to face.) If I had to pick one which got closest to the whole of the person then I would pick online. At least for me because I am a lot less inhibited by my body online than I am offline.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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Paul Watson wrote: I don't honestly know, what do you think? I don't know you well enough to say. Paul Watson wrote: I live with myself too much to easily know where I start and stop. It's a good thing to know. Even if you're wrong ;P
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Taka Muraoka wrote: Even if you're wrong Is it possible for me to know where I start and stop without being aware of that knowledge?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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brianwelsch wrote: You're question though brings up something interesting though. Is it possible now to really know someone, without talking to them face-to-face? Without seeing their surroundings and how they react to them? or without reading body-language? Is it the Zen Budhists who say something about the mind and the body form a being, neither aspect must be in domination of the other. Or something like that. Definitley there are aspects of me you will never come to know without physically meeting me. But there is the flip side to this; There are aspects of my mental self that you will never get to know through only physically meeting me. It is like girls and their friends. They can spend all day with each other at work or school chatting up a storm. Then they head home, pick up the phone and spend another 4 hours chatting up a storm. What the heck do they not get over with when they are face to face that they can chat about on the phone? Basically IMO my body gets in the way when I talk face to face with people. I don't think there is a person alive who can totally subsume thier awareness of their physical self when talking face to face. One is always aware of how you have your hands place, how are your legs crossed, your body stance, your lifting of eyebrows etc. etc. The other person is also aware of your physical state and that impinges on what they are thinking and trying to communicate. So in short; Best to have both. Get to know people online and have a physical relationship with them (no, not sleep with them, but an in-person relationship, face to face.) If I had to pick one which got closest to the whole of the person then I would pick online. At least for me because I am a lot less inhibited by my body online than I am offline.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
Paul Watson wrote: Basically IMO my body gets in the way when I talk face to face with people Aren't we modest? ;P You're right though, phone and online conversations allow you to totally disregard your body language. Much like sitting outside at night, or lying in the dark. It's more intimate intellectually because all you have to connect with each other is your mind. BW I just remembered why so many of us die alone, covered in pizza, with keyboard imprints on our foreheads. Paul Watson
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Paul Watson wrote: Basically IMO my body gets in the way when I talk face to face with people Aren't we modest? ;P You're right though, phone and online conversations allow you to totally disregard your body language. Much like sitting outside at night, or lying in the dark. It's more intimate intellectually because all you have to connect with each other is your mind. BW I just remembered why so many of us die alone, covered in pizza, with keyboard imprints on our foreheads. Paul Watson
Much like sitting outside at night, or lying in the dark. Oh man, so true. Though it must be said if you like her and she likes you then the physical attraction just gets heightened in situations like that. You focus in on her voice and it becomes sexier, richer, more sultry. The darkness, lack of sight just adds to the tension. :-O
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
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http://www.mindmedia.com/brainworks/first-paragraph.jsp[^] Your Brain Usage Profile Auditory : 43% Visual : 56% Left : 66% Right : 33% But where's the missing 1%?! I've been robbed!!! :mad: you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant and show a preference for visual learning, although not extreme in either characteristic. You probably tend to do most things in moderation, but not always. Your left-hemisphere dominance implies that your learning style is organized and structured, detail oriented and logical. Your visual preference, though, has you seeking stimulation and multiple data. Such an outlook can overwhelm structure and logic and create an almost continuous state of uncertainty and agitation. You may well suffer a feeling of continually trying to "catch up" with yourself. Your tendency to be organized and logical and attend to details is reasonably well-established which should afford you success regardless of your chosen field of endeavor. You can "size up" situations and take in information rapidly. However, you must then subject that data to being classified and organized which causes you to "lose touch" with the immediacy of the problem. Your logical and methodical nature hamper you in this regard though in the long run it may work to your advantage since you "learn from experience" and can go through the process more rapidly on subsequent occasions. You remain predominantly functional in your orientation and practical. Abstraction and theory are secondary to application. In keeping with this, you focus on details until they manifest themselves in a unique pattern and only then work with the "larger whole." With regards to your career choices, you have a mentality that would be good as a scientist, coach, athlete, design consultant, or an engineering technician. You can "see where you want to go" and even be able to "tell yourself," but find that you are "fighting yourself" at the darndest times.
Software is everything. It also sucks. Charles Fishman [^] Awasu 1.0.4 (beta)[^
Auditory : 47% Visual : 52% Left : 50% Right : 50% Cool! I would have thought I was leaning much more to the left (not politically, though :P). John
"We want to be alone when we hear too many words and we feel alone when it has been a while since anyone has spoken to us." Paul David Tripp -- War of Words -
http://www.mindmedia.com/brainworks/first-paragraph.jsp[^] Your Brain Usage Profile Auditory : 43% Visual : 56% Left : 66% Right : 33% But where's the missing 1%?! I've been robbed!!! :mad: you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant and show a preference for visual learning, although not extreme in either characteristic. You probably tend to do most things in moderation, but not always. Your left-hemisphere dominance implies that your learning style is organized and structured, detail oriented and logical. Your visual preference, though, has you seeking stimulation and multiple data. Such an outlook can overwhelm structure and logic and create an almost continuous state of uncertainty and agitation. You may well suffer a feeling of continually trying to "catch up" with yourself. Your tendency to be organized and logical and attend to details is reasonably well-established which should afford you success regardless of your chosen field of endeavor. You can "size up" situations and take in information rapidly. However, you must then subject that data to being classified and organized which causes you to "lose touch" with the immediacy of the problem. Your logical and methodical nature hamper you in this regard though in the long run it may work to your advantage since you "learn from experience" and can go through the process more rapidly on subsequent occasions. You remain predominantly functional in your orientation and practical. Abstraction and theory are secondary to application. In keeping with this, you focus on details until they manifest themselves in a unique pattern and only then work with the "larger whole." With regards to your career choices, you have a mentality that would be good as a scientist, coach, athlete, design consultant, or an engineering technician. You can "see where you want to go" and even be able to "tell yourself," but find that you are "fighting yourself" at the darndest times.
Software is everything. It also sucks. Charles Fishman [^] Awasu 1.0.4 (beta)[^
Your tendency to be creative and free-flowing is accompanied by sufficient ability to organize and be logical, allowing you a reasonable degree of success in a number of different endeavors. You take in information methodically and systematically which can then be synthesized rapidly. In this manner, you manage to function consistently well, although certainly less efficiently than you desire. You prefer the abstract and are a theoretician at heart while retaining the ability to be practical. You find the symbolism in a great deal of what you encounter and are something of a "mystic." With regards to your lifestyle, you have the mentality which would be good as a philosopher, writer, journalist, or instructor, or possibly as a systems designer or social worker. Perhaps most important is your ability to "listen to your inner voice" as a mode of skipping over unnecessary steps to achieve your goals. Hmmm...
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http://www.mindmedia.com/brainworks/first-paragraph.jsp[^] Your Brain Usage Profile Auditory : 43% Visual : 56% Left : 66% Right : 33% But where's the missing 1%?! I've been robbed!!! :mad: you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant and show a preference for visual learning, although not extreme in either characteristic. You probably tend to do most things in moderation, but not always. Your left-hemisphere dominance implies that your learning style is organized and structured, detail oriented and logical. Your visual preference, though, has you seeking stimulation and multiple data. Such an outlook can overwhelm structure and logic and create an almost continuous state of uncertainty and agitation. You may well suffer a feeling of continually trying to "catch up" with yourself. Your tendency to be organized and logical and attend to details is reasonably well-established which should afford you success regardless of your chosen field of endeavor. You can "size up" situations and take in information rapidly. However, you must then subject that data to being classified and organized which causes you to "lose touch" with the immediacy of the problem. Your logical and methodical nature hamper you in this regard though in the long run it may work to your advantage since you "learn from experience" and can go through the process more rapidly on subsequent occasions. You remain predominantly functional in your orientation and practical. Abstraction and theory are secondary to application. In keeping with this, you focus on details until they manifest themselves in a unique pattern and only then work with the "larger whole." With regards to your career choices, you have a mentality that would be good as a scientist, coach, athlete, design consultant, or an engineering technician. You can "see where you want to go" and even be able to "tell yourself," but find that you are "fighting yourself" at the darndest times.
Software is everything. It also sucks. Charles Fishman [^] Awasu 1.0.4 (beta)[^
Auditory : 46% Visual : 53% Left : 43% Right : 56% Hmm, no real surprise here. demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue." Great, they think I'm schizophrenic! --
"The money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its rule by preying upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is concentrated in a few hands and the Republic destroyed." -- Abraham Lincoln
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http://www.mindmedia.com/brainworks/first-paragraph.jsp[^] Your Brain Usage Profile Auditory : 43% Visual : 56% Left : 66% Right : 33% But where's the missing 1%?! I've been robbed!!! :mad: you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant and show a preference for visual learning, although not extreme in either characteristic. You probably tend to do most things in moderation, but not always. Your left-hemisphere dominance implies that your learning style is organized and structured, detail oriented and logical. Your visual preference, though, has you seeking stimulation and multiple data. Such an outlook can overwhelm structure and logic and create an almost continuous state of uncertainty and agitation. You may well suffer a feeling of continually trying to "catch up" with yourself. Your tendency to be organized and logical and attend to details is reasonably well-established which should afford you success regardless of your chosen field of endeavor. You can "size up" situations and take in information rapidly. However, you must then subject that data to being classified and organized which causes you to "lose touch" with the immediacy of the problem. Your logical and methodical nature hamper you in this regard though in the long run it may work to your advantage since you "learn from experience" and can go through the process more rapidly on subsequent occasions. You remain predominantly functional in your orientation and practical. Abstraction and theory are secondary to application. In keeping with this, you focus on details until they manifest themselves in a unique pattern and only then work with the "larger whole." With regards to your career choices, you have a mentality that would be good as a scientist, coach, athlete, design consultant, or an engineering technician. You can "see where you want to go" and even be able to "tell yourself," but find that you are "fighting yourself" at the darndest times.
Software is everything. It also sucks. Charles Fishman [^] Awasu 1.0.4 (beta)[^
Your Brain Usage Profile Auditory : 47% Visual : 52% Left : 68% Right : 31% RB, you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant with a balanced preference for auditory and visual inputs. Because of your "centrist" tendencies, the distinctions between various types of brain usage are somewhat blurred. Your tendency to be organized and logical and attend to details is reasonably well-established which should afford you success regardless of your chosen field of endeavor, unless it requires total spontaneity and ability to improvise, your weaker traits. However, you are far from rigid or overcontrolled. You possess a degree of individuality, perceptiveness, and trust in your intuition to function at much more sophisticated levels than most. Having given sufficient attention to detail, you can readily perceive the larger aspects and implications of a situation or of learning. You are functional and practical, but can blend abstraction and theory into your framework readily. The equivalence of your auditory and visual learning orientation gives you two equally effective sensory input systems, each with distinctive features. You can process both unidimensionally and multidimen- sionally with equal facility. When needed, you sequence material while at other times you "intake it all" and store it for processing later. Your natural ability to use your senses is also synthesized in your way of learning. You can be reflective in your approach, absorbing material in a non-aggressive manner, and at other times voracious in seeking out stimulation and experience. Overall you tend to be somewhat more critical of yourself than is necessary and avoid enjoying life too much because of a sense of duty. You feel somewhat constrained and tend to sometimes restrict your expressiveness. In any given situation, you will opt for the rational, and learning of almost any type should be easy for you. You might need certain ideas explained to you in order to fit them into your scheme of things, but you're at least open to that!
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http://www.mindmedia.com/brainworks/first-paragraph.jsp[^] Your Brain Usage Profile Auditory : 43% Visual : 56% Left : 66% Right : 33% But where's the missing 1%?! I've been robbed!!! :mad: you are somewhat left-hemisphere dominant and show a preference for visual learning, although not extreme in either characteristic. You probably tend to do most things in moderation, but not always. Your left-hemisphere dominance implies that your learning style is organized and structured, detail oriented and logical. Your visual preference, though, has you seeking stimulation and multiple data. Such an outlook can overwhelm structure and logic and create an almost continuous state of uncertainty and agitation. You may well suffer a feeling of continually trying to "catch up" with yourself. Your tendency to be organized and logical and attend to details is reasonably well-established which should afford you success regardless of your chosen field of endeavor. You can "size up" situations and take in information rapidly. However, you must then subject that data to being classified and organized which causes you to "lose touch" with the immediacy of the problem. Your logical and methodical nature hamper you in this regard though in the long run it may work to your advantage since you "learn from experience" and can go through the process more rapidly on subsequent occasions. You remain predominantly functional in your orientation and practical. Abstraction and theory are secondary to application. In keeping with this, you focus on details until they manifest themselves in a unique pattern and only then work with the "larger whole." With regards to your career choices, you have a mentality that would be good as a scientist, coach, athlete, design consultant, or an engineering technician. You can "see where you want to go" and even be able to "tell yourself," but find that you are "fighting yourself" at the darndest times.
Software is everything. It also sucks. Charles Fishman [^] Awasu 1.0.4 (beta)[^
Here is mine Auditory : 43% Visual : 56% Left : 44% Right : 55% Thomas, you possess an interesting balance of hemispheric and sensory characteristics, with a slight right-brain dominance and a slight preference for visual processing. Since neither of these is completely centered, you lack the indecision and second-guessing associated with other patterns. You have a distinct preference for creativity and intuition with seemingly sufficient verbal skills to be able to translate in any meaningful way to yourself and others. You tend to see things in "wholes" without surrendering the ability to attend to details. You can give them sufficient notice to be able to utitlize and incorporate them as part of an overall pattern. In the same way, while you are active and process information simultaneously, you demonstrate a capacity for sequencing as well as reflection which allows for some "inner dialogue." All in all, you are likely to be quite content with yourself and your style although at times it will not necessarily be appreciated by others. You have sufficient confidence to not second-guess yourself, but rather to use your critical faculties in a way that enhances, rather than limits, your creativity. You can learn in either mode although far more efficiently within the visual mode. It is likely that in listening to conversations or lecture materials you simultaneously translate into pictures which enhance and elaborate on the meaning. It is most likely that you will gravitate towards those endeavors which are predominantly visual but include some logic or structuring. You may either work particularly hard at cultivating your auditory skills or risk "missing out" on being able to efficiently process what you learn. Your own intuitive skills will at times interfere with your capacity to listen to others, which is something else you may need to take into account. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers