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Or I can't get it out of my brain...
What do you guys do when a tune has been churning around for several weeks in your brain, with not indications that it is going to leave anytime soon? I hum it when I go to work, I hum it when I am making food, it is in my brain when I lay down to sleep... It is there all the time!
I had two traditional ways of handling such situations: Either play so much similar music that the one running around in my brain is drowned in the other stuff. Or, playing it so many times that I get sick of it: Oh no, not that one again! ... Sorry, neither trick has helped me this time.
It really doesn't matter which tune we are talking about, but if you are curious: This time it is William Albright: Burnt Fingers< a>[^] - maybe the most harmoniously complex ragtime tune ever made. Every time I listen to it, I enjoy all those nice twists and modulations. I have known the tune for years, but about a month ago I had to "defend" it for for a friend thinking that ragtime in general is harmoniously "primitive". To convince my friend, I really had to start listening closely to point out the details. After that, it stuck...
What do you do in such situations?
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My three cures for an earworm:
- listen to the tune in its entirety (somemtimes fixes it)
- infect your brain with a different earworm
- spread it to someone else (doesn't always work, but makes you feel better - at least if the outgoing earworm is ABBA or similar)
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: ABBA
Please limit yourself to what is acceptable in The Lounge. 
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Start here: here, then go here, and for better quality, here.
ps - nice rag, by the way.
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I was SO expecting this song[^] 
And that song might just be the cure for you 
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I was hale expecting it too, I read the title singing.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Noooooooooo!
I've now got that one st... naa naa naa.
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Listen to it until it goes away. Got stuck a week with Stargazer just a couple of weeks ago, defeated it by repeatedly listening.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: Stargazer
As far as earworms go, that's pretty damn good one! 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Definitely, I alreaqdy loved that song but then my wife discovered it and I lived two weeks with Stargazer either in my brain or playing somewhere in the house.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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So glad I'm immune to earworms. Along with that, I have no musical talent at all, but, well, prices must be paid.
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You just need a proper distraction.
Take some slightly spoiled food.
As much hot sauce to it as you can find.
Ingest.
Then it's only a matter of a short amount of time and your thoughts will most definitely be elsewhere.
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Play something else.
I take Cymbalta as part of a migraine-prevention regimen. An interesting side effect of taking anti-depressants for me is that if I listen to music, it keeps playing in my head afterward. The best example is driving home from work, I'll be listening to the iPod in the car. Later in the evening I'll hear the same song, and I'll even wake up the next morning with it playing in my head. It's not obtrusive, and easily ignored. My guess is that the anti-depressant, most of which affect serotonin levels, have a minor effect on short-term memory.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Could cause spikes in infections? Rioters getting sick? Yes please.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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What else needs to be said, Rioter sets himself on fire[^]
They are all idiots! 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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These people are mostly anarchists. You expect them to be smart enough to SD? 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Last week I did a new clean install on my Windows 10 machine. When the install was done, I checked the startup list to see which apps in the list can be disabled. I found one app called simply "Program". It had no publisher, no icon, nothing.  I disabled it and scanned the registry to see if it was listed anywhere. I found no entries. A Google search produced very little, other than the fact that it is probably malware. I could not get rid of it. A Defender scan came up clean.
However, this morning it was gone. It just disappeared. Does anyone have any idea of its origins and purpose? How did it get in the computer? Thanks!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I'm pretty sure Microsoft stamps all their executables with a file info resource containing copyright info and version and stuff so if it doesn't have it then it probably didn't come from them.
I'd be a little concerned.
Real programmers use butterflies
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No idea, but after reading the witch... I would consider another fresh install (including new download of the media tool). Just in case.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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It's not an application, it's a message from your boss. He's not happy with the amount of work you are getting done...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Quote: it's a message from your boss
Not Likely! I retired 10 years ago! Ugh! Do you think the old bos never missed me after I retired? 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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