Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 23:54:48 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: unknown@riverstyx.net, bright@rush.net, hodeleri@seattleu.edu, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Music to code by Message-ID: <19990521235447.B91996@mAd> In-Reply-To: <199905212147.OAA04190@usr07.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Fri, May 21, 1999 at 09:47:06PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905210156060.24494-100000@hades.riverstyx.net> <199905212147.OAA04190@usr07.primenet.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 09:47:06PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Sorry, but I just don't get this whole thread; how can anyone code > at their best while listening to music? The idea that my phone > might ring or that someone might show up and demand my attention I agree to some extent, but it's also true that music, because it's predictable and known (well, unless you listen to the radio) can filter out other distractions. There have been a few times where I was ready to take a fist to my hdd (or, at least the PC casing around it) simply for going "click" at unexpected times. Probably wouldn't have heard those clicks with music playing. -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19990521235447.B91996>