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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I'm thinking about hooking up high voltage electrodes to my alarm and connect them to various parts of my body.
You've been talking to my Dad haven't you?  He's threatening the same thing...
When I can talk about 64 bit processors and attract girls with my computer not my car, I'll come out of the closet. Until that time...I'm like "What's the ENTER key?"
-Hockey on being a geek
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Sounds like your dad is a smart guy! 
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Talk to the hand!
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
hooking up high voltage electrodes to my alarm and connect them to various parts of my body
Ok, if you're in to that sort of thing  ...
Software Zen: delete this;
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I agree with you, if you are talking about chronic over-working. You're right that a lot of times, if you come to work unrefreshed, or stay up all night, you start writing crappy code. So many times I've been stuck, and have the choice of staying up until I fix whatever is irking me, or saying, "Ah screw it, I'll figure it out in the morning." And more often than not, the latter is the better choice. I hit the problem fresh in the morning, and often figure it out quickly.
That being said, there's definitely something to be said for timely overtime, when it is really needed. Sometimes it's because of unrealistic schedules, sometimes it's because something unexpected came up at the last minute... but I always find it more productive to suck it up, work some extra hours for a few weeks, then whine about it later and try to make sure it doesn't happen again.
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Navin wrote:
Sometimes it's because of unrealistic schedules, sometimes it's because something unexpected came up at the last minute...
Unfortunately, that always proves to be the exception to my rule. In my case, the major offender is an old product (it runs under OS/2 for cryin' out loud). Every special thing a customer wants seems to hit the piece I'm responsible for, and nobody schedules that kind of stuff in with everything else I'm doing. Also, the people who quote the schedule for these kinds of things assume I'm say 70% available for their project, when my actual availability is more like 20%. The good news is this old product is going to be 'end-of-life'd during 2004.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
Every special thing a customer wants
Customers. They mess everything up.
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 I totally agree with u!
What would life be without programmers and salesmen?
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I don't sleep much at night, but it's definitly not my computer that's keeping me awake...
A student knows little about a lot.
A professor knows a lot about little.
I know everything about nothing.
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Is that in a Monty Python "Nudge! Nudge! Wink! Wink! A nod's as good as a wink to a blind man? Know what I mean?" kind of way?
--Colin Mackay--
"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but perseverance." (H. Jackson Brown)
"Does she like photography?" - Eric Idle
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Yep 
A student knows little about a lot.
A professor knows a lot about little.
I know everything about nothing.
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Bob Stanneveld wrote:
Yep
Is that to the question about your original comment being Monty-Python-esque, or to the question I deviously placed after my signature in my previous post?
--Colin Mackay--
"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but perseverance." (H. Jackson Brown)
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Wish it was to the question after your signature! 
A student knows little about a lot.
A professor knows a lot about little.
I know everything about nothing.
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Bob Stanneveld wrote:
it's definitly not my computer that's keeping me awake...
Yeah Yeah ... stop bragging
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A student knows little about a lot.
A professor knows a lot about little.
I know everything about nothing.
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who tell me sleeping reason
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I've found that if you sleep in installments, your body and mind are fooled into thinking that you've getting enough sleep.
4am - 6am and then 3pm - 5pm is what I typically do.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Browsy
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
- Mother Teresa
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Amazing. I thought that I was the only one. For 2 1/2 years, I lived on 2 hours at night and 1 1/2 hours in the middle of the day. Of course, I did sleep 10-11 hours Saturday nights to make up for it.
Paul
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Yep. 2-4 hours M-F and then ALL DAY on Saturday if possible.
Doctor: Do you ever wake up grouchy in the morning?
My Wife: Hell no. I let the old bastard sleep as long as he wants.
ATB
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You get very old very soon
- Anders
Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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Well, up until 8 months ago, I would get 8 hours of sleep or so. Now, I have an 8 month old daughter so I don't get as much as I use to.
So my lack of sleep isn't from programming, unless you consider a little daughter who's programming me......
Nick
This are my own opinions. You know the rest.....
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Typically 8 hours, although it depends. I've read that sleeping 7 to 8 hours a day is optimal for your body - any more or any less isn't as good.
I tend to find that true... sometimes if I sleep in, I feel like crap the whole rest of the day. And, of course, if I don't sleep that much, I feel like crap as well.
Anyone else besides me take naps during the day?
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How do you take a nap? At work I could never get away with this?
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Yeah, it was much easier before I had an office mate.
Seriously though, for me naps are usually on the weekend. I'll have an occasional late weekday nap if I feel I need it, leave work a little early, take a nap, and then either to back to work or to the gym or what not.
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