From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 21 20:53:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp11.bellglobal.com (smtp11.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA012151D4 for ; Fri, 21 May 1999 20:53:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: from localhost.nowhere (ppp18322.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.130.2]) by smtp11.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA11546; Fri, 21 May 1999 23:55:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.nowhere (8.9.3/8.9.1) id XAA92068; Fri, 21 May 1999 23:54:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 23:54:48 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Terry Lambert 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> References: <199905212147.OAA04190@usr07.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <199905212147.OAA04190@usr07.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Fri, May 21, 1999 at 09:47:06PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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