When I need it I can't find it!
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About five years ago I bought a set of unusual drills in Lidl. A taper drill, a stepped hole drill, a drill for widening holes, and so on. You know the sought of thing, an "it's bound to be useful sometime" buy. Every now and then I see the box in the shed and think to myself, "One day, I'm going to find that really useful." Finally, yesterday, the day came. I had a job where I wanted to make a conical indentation in a screw head. One of those drills would be perfect but, could I find the box? Of course not. Next week, when I don't need it anymore, it will be lying somewhere in the shed that I have already looked. I realize that this is just another manifestation of Murphy's famous law but, does it happen to you too? Andy
I think this is very much true with the five external hard disks with me. Which hard disk has the file I need now? I remember having saved it somewhere, but where?
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I think this is very much true with the five external hard disks with me. Which hard disk has the file I need now? I remember having saved it somewhere, but where?
At least you can use FileLocator or similar to find it. It's more complicated in the shed! Andy
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At least you can use FileLocator or similar to find it. It's more complicated in the shed! Andy
Agree. Maybe I should have used my bookshelf example. Sometimes I find it difficult to the find the needed book. I have more about a 1000 books in my personal collection.
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About five years ago I bought a set of unusual drills in Lidl. A taper drill, a stepped hole drill, a drill for widening holes, and so on. You know the sought of thing, an "it's bound to be useful sometime" buy. Every now and then I see the box in the shed and think to myself, "One day, I'm going to find that really useful." Finally, yesterday, the day came. I had a job where I wanted to make a conical indentation in a screw head. One of those drills would be perfect but, could I find the box? Of course not. Next week, when I don't need it anymore, it will be lying somewhere in the shed that I have already looked. I realize that this is just another manifestation of Murphy's famous law but, does it happen to you too? Andy
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About five years ago I bought a set of unusual drills in Lidl. A taper drill, a stepped hole drill, a drill for widening holes, and so on. You know the sought of thing, an "it's bound to be useful sometime" buy. Every now and then I see the box in the shed and think to myself, "One day, I'm going to find that really useful." Finally, yesterday, the day came. I had a job where I wanted to make a conical indentation in a screw head. One of those drills would be perfect but, could I find the box? Of course not. Next week, when I don't need it anymore, it will be lying somewhere in the shed that I have already looked. I realize that this is just another manifestation of Murphy's famous law but, does it happen to you too? Andy
Thats thing with Lidl, bakery and tools! I must confess to doing that more than once, That will be useful one day, One day comes tool is ???, botch it and scarper.
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About five years ago I bought a set of unusual drills in Lidl. A taper drill, a stepped hole drill, a drill for widening holes, and so on. You know the sought of thing, an "it's bound to be useful sometime" buy. Every now and then I see the box in the shed and think to myself, "One day, I'm going to find that really useful." Finally, yesterday, the day came. I had a job where I wanted to make a conical indentation in a screw head. One of those drills would be perfect but, could I find the box? Of course not. Next week, when I don't need it anymore, it will be lying somewhere in the shed that I have already looked. I realize that this is just another manifestation of Murphy's famous law but, does it happen to you too? Andy
I do that with code: write a routine (again) that I already wrote previously while "in the zone".
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Agree. Maybe I should have used my bookshelf example. Sometimes I find it difficult to the find the needed book. I have more about a 1000 books in my personal collection.
What? You don't file them alphabetically? Insert a book; rearrange all the other books to make room.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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That just gives me two things that can grow legs and run away ... :-D
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When you have children they run away even quicker.
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What? You don't file them alphabetically? Insert a book; rearrange all the other books to make room.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
My books are in five different languages - English, Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi. And on different subjects - Indian Philosophy, Mathematics, Programming, Engineering, Physics. Since my library room is small in size, the books sometimes get mixed up, and it takes an effort to search. Some of the books are stacked vertically so that a book at the bottom of the pile gets hidden.
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About five years ago I bought a set of unusual drills in Lidl. A taper drill, a stepped hole drill, a drill for widening holes, and so on. You know the sought of thing, an "it's bound to be useful sometime" buy. Every now and then I see the box in the shed and think to myself, "One day, I'm going to find that really useful." Finally, yesterday, the day came. I had a job where I wanted to make a conical indentation in a screw head. One of those drills would be perfect but, could I find the box? Of course not. Next week, when I don't need it anymore, it will be lying somewhere in the shed that I have already looked. I realize that this is just another manifestation of Murphy's famous law but, does it happen to you too? Andy
I started woodworking about 2 years ago in earnest. Watched a lot of YouTube Wood Worker content creators. They all talk about loosing their tape measure WHAT ? ? That is not going to happen to me. It is only half a two car garage WRONG oh so much not true One Work Bench 72" by 35" One Table Saw 60" by 36" Top One Assembly Table 5' by 30" One Tool Bench 4' by 25" Too Many Places to Hide is the issue I don't like the pocket clip on the 16' Tape Measure Spend more time looking for the Tape Measure than I care to admit OH and the 6 inch Machinist Ruler Great Hide & Seek player I believe in a place for everything and everything in it's place Believe it or NOT Taught to us in High School Wood Working Class Thank You Mr. Frank One YouTube guy has 48 Tape Measures I think he has an Obsession OR more money than common sense
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My books are in five different languages - English, Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi. And on different subjects - Indian Philosophy, Mathematics, Programming, Engineering, Physics. Since my library room is small in size, the books sometimes get mixed up, and it takes an effort to search. Some of the books are stacked vertically so that a book at the bottom of the pile gets hidden.
Certainly one must have sections. You need more "art" books. :-D
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Certainly one must have sections. You need more "art" books. :-D
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
Gerry Schmitz wrote:
Certainly one must have sections
Not by definition. Modern automated libraries tend store everything in complete chaos. When a book is returned, it is put into the first empty folder, in cases with a lot of numbered folders, of the appropriate size. This process includes scanning a bar code of the case, the folder and the book, and this is entered into a search index in the library, before the robot drives the case back to its shelf. Whenever someone later asks for the book, the library catalog provides the bar code for the book. This code is looked up in the search index, and the robot is sent out to retrieve the correct case. At the sorting table, a camera scans the folder bar code tags for the one in the index, and a mechanical arm lifts the book from the folder. The folder is now free for any other returned book, and the index entry for the book being removed is removed from the index. The National Library of Norway maintains a library of about two million volumes this way, mostly older books that are not any longer found in smaller libraries spread across the country. Users can browse the catalogs of this central depot library from any public library, or their own PCs, and order the book to be delivered to their local library. The library has an absolute time limit of 24 hours from the order is entered to the book is on the road, but during working hours the delay is usually no more than a couple hours (waiting for the pickup truck to arrive). Of course the library catalog has sections. They may have an "art" section, listing the book. Another section may be "French books", and the book is listed there as well. And maybe in the "antique books"
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Certainly one must have sections. You need more "art" books. :-D
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
Gerry Schmitz wrote:
Certainly one must have sections
Not by definition. Modern automated libraries tend store everything in complete chaos. When a book is returned, it is put into the first empty folder, in cases with a lot of numbered folders, of the appropriate size. This process includes scanning a bar code of the case, the folder and the book, and this is entered into a search index in the library, before the robot drives the case back to its shelf. Whenever someone later asks for the book, the library catalog provides the bar code for the book. This code is looked up in the search index, and the robot is sent out to retrieve the correct case. At the sorting table, a camera scans the folder bar code tags for the one in the index, and a mechanical arm lifts the book from the folder. The folder is now free for any other returned book, and the index entry for the book being removed is removed from the index. The National Library of Norway maintains a library of about two million volumes this way, mostly older books that are not any longer found in smaller libraries spread across the country. Users can browse the catalogs of this central depot library from any public library, or their own PCs, and order the book to be delivered to their local library. The library has an absolute time limit of 24 hours from the order is entered to the book is on the road, but during working hours the delay is usually no more than a couple hours (waiting for the pickup truck to arrive). Of course the library catalog has sections. They may have an "art" section, listing the book. Another section may be "French books", and the book is listed there as well. And maybe in the "antique books" section as well. That is the great thing about it. I have copied my huge movie / music library to the PC (still fighting with the copy protection on some BD/DVDs, but most I can handle). I all the time have these questions like 'Is this a blues or a rock album? Where shall I put it?' Or, 'How did I classify that Nina Simone song - blues, soul, rock?' The Explorer 'Find file' helps a bit, but my archive is so huge that it is slow. I can only search on directory/file name; other properties are not searchable (MP3 tags are almost non-existent in my archive, and when present, they are often highly debatable.) So I have a database index design ready for implementation, for looking up on music/movies on more or less arbitrary criteria. The directory structure of my music/mov
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About five years ago I bought a set of unusual drills in Lidl. A taper drill, a stepped hole drill, a drill for widening holes, and so on. You know the sought of thing, an "it's bound to be useful sometime" buy. Every now and then I see the box in the shed and think to myself, "One day, I'm going to find that really useful." Finally, yesterday, the day came. I had a job where I wanted to make a conical indentation in a screw head. One of those drills would be perfect but, could I find the box? Of course not. Next week, when I don't need it anymore, it will be lying somewhere in the shed that I have already looked. I realize that this is just another manifestation of Murphy's famous law but, does it happen to you too? Andy
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About five years ago I bought a set of unusual drills in Lidl. A taper drill, a stepped hole drill, a drill for widening holes, and so on. You know the sought of thing, an "it's bound to be useful sometime" buy. Every now and then I see the box in the shed and think to myself, "One day, I'm going to find that really useful." Finally, yesterday, the day came. I had a job where I wanted to make a conical indentation in a screw head. One of those drills would be perfect but, could I find the box? Of course not. Next week, when I don't need it anymore, it will be lying somewhere in the shed that I have already looked. I realize that this is just another manifestation of Murphy's famous law but, does it happen to you too? Andy
C:\> dir /s filename.ext
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About five years ago I bought a set of unusual drills in Lidl. A taper drill, a stepped hole drill, a drill for widening holes, and so on. You know the sought of thing, an "it's bound to be useful sometime" buy. Every now and then I see the box in the shed and think to myself, "One day, I'm going to find that really useful." Finally, yesterday, the day came. I had a job where I wanted to make a conical indentation in a screw head. One of those drills would be perfect but, could I find the box? Of course not. Next week, when I don't need it anymore, it will be lying somewhere in the shed that I have already looked. I realize that this is just another manifestation of Murphy's famous law but, does it happen to you too? Andy
Remote controls are famous for vanishing into another dimension only to be reborn after you have replaced them. Just happened last Friday, I swear. Had to replace 2 different remotes, TV and Roku. Old ones haven't been been found so still in another dimension.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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Remote controls are famous for vanishing into another dimension only to be reborn after you have replaced them. Just happened last Friday, I swear. Had to replace 2 different remotes, TV and Roku. Old ones haven't been been found so still in another dimension.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
Do you suppose it's the same dimension that socks go to from the dryer? 🤔
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Do you suppose it's the same dimension that socks go to from the dryer? 🤔
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When you have children they run away even quicker.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else. PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.1.0 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: SimpleWizardUpdate
And seldom come back!
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I do that with code: write a routine (again) that I already wrote previously while "in the zone".
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
I find that as I get older the "zone" becomes ever more fragile. Anything over about three months old (on a good day) and I can't even remember that I wrote it, let alone where it is! Andy
