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Tarale

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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 03-10-06 11:35 PM, in Training in Thought Patterns Link
Yeah, I probably do work too hard, but that wasn't quite what I was asking... I was asking if you thought it possible to be trained into bad thought habits and patterns through situations such as my work....

I guess like stop-start traffic is bad for a car, stop-start work is bad for my brain?

I'm just theorising, I guess. I know I work too hard when I'm at work -- I consistently answer more phone calls and resolve more problems than all of my colleagues, and if I'm rostered on Mail that week, I do more Mail too. I don't know if you've ever worked on a call centre before though and I'll try to explain better what it's like...

A typical day at my work...

I am sitting at my desk trying to read an email about an important change to an Oracle system that is used for payroll. I get to read the first paragraph, and the phone rings.

Immediately I must stop reading the email, put my headset on, switch application windows to our call logging program, and answer the phone. I then spend the next 5, 10 or 15 minutes troubleshooting a computer problem that is likely completely unrelated to the Oracle email I was reading previously. While troubleshooting, I have to log everything I suggest in our system, whist simultaneously trying to walk somebody through something, locate instructions to give to the client, or whilst VNC'ing.

When the call ends, another analyst is at my desk asking me another question. I have 60 seconds in which I must finish logging the call previous and at the same time I try to help this analyst with their question.

Depending on the question the other analyst asks, I may answer it and get to read the Oracle email again for another 10 seconds before the phone rings again.... or I may only get to partially answer it before the phone rings. Then I have to partially log the next call, ask the client to hold... fix the analyst up... go back to the client... whilst probably still trying to finish up logging the previous call too.....

... the above is not a "sometimes" thing. The above happens pretty constantly between 9 and 5pm every week day.

Oh and the Oracle email may never get read...


Now, what I was trying to ask is -- do you think that kind of environment would be a bad thing for one's mental state and do you think it could train one into bad thought patterns and behaviours?

I don't get a chance -- nor is it even an option -- to take a deep breath and relax.... or to focus on a single thing... or hell, even prioritise. A call comes in, it is the priority, drop anything and everything right then and there (I'm sure anybody who has IM'd me at work knows this....)

.... so yeah, back to my question -- do you think my work may have trained me to have concentration issues?
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 03-10-06 11:38 PM, in Project Origami Link
Originally posted by neotransotaku
I figure apple would have been first in producing this considering how they are designing computers as of late.


Care to elaborate on this comment? I'm a little baffled as to what you mean.... Apple haven't done anything that I can think of lately that makes it look like they may be returning to PDA / Newton / Tablet PC stuff....

(edited by Tarale on 03-10-06 10:38 PM)
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 03-10-06 11:54 PM, in Training in Thought Patterns Link
Nah, not saying that they're doing intentionally either.

Let's put it this way -- you can be trained -- be it through internal or external forces -- to overcome Depression. Things like Cognitive Therapy is an obvious example.

You can be trained mentally for a lot of things. I'm pretty damned sure the Armed Forces train their soldiers mentally for things.

It's just something I'm curious about. I'm not the only person in my workplace with the attention span of an 11-year-old. We're all a bit like that (some of us quite comically so at times). I just wanted to know if anybody thought it could be because of the environment we're all in, and if it's a learned behaviour.

Either that or people with short attention spans are better suited to Help Desk type jobs...

This also said, I've heard speculation also that a lot of people in this current age (with computers and IM and constant information) are suffering ADD-alike symptoms simply because we're all constantly being inundated with information...

PS. Not looking for advice here -- I'm questioning something and looking for other thoughts on it The reason it's posted here is cause I don't think it fits in that other serious forum...

(edited by Tarale on 03-10-06 10:57 PM)
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 03-11-06 12:52 AM, in What do you think about my new layout? Link
Originally posted by Alastor the Stylish
Ugh is is that hard to use percentage widths?


No, in fact if anything it's more of a pain to make a scrollbar layout.

Barring code-theft, of course....
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Posted on 03-11-06 12:55 AM, in Project Origami Link
Originally posted by neotransotaku
Originally posted by Tarale
Originally posted by neotransotaku
I figure apple would have been first in producing this considering how they are designing computers as of late.


Care to elaborate on this comment? I'm a little baffled as to what you mean.... Apple haven't done anything that I can think of lately that makes it look like they may be returning to PDA / Newton / Tablet PC stuff....


Well, apple has come out with interesting computer designs as of late. From the first iMac, to the iMac that looks like a desk lamp, to the G5 Cube, and the Mac Mini, and the evolution of the iPod into a minature portable media player, wouldn't the next step be the merge of the mac mini and the iPod?


Ah. Meh, Apple have always produced interesting designs... except for that bit where that other guy was in charge and Steve Jobs was with NeXT that is. Then they produced some pretty boring stuff and NeXT put out this platinum thing...

I'm not even going to speculate when it comes to Apple. Honestly, they're not the easiest company to predict.
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Posted on 03-11-06 05:40 AM, in Which lazy food do you eat when you are too lazy to cook? Link
Alastor-- I went through a short period where chocolate ice cream was breakfast.

Funny the things you do when you realise your parents aren't going to stop you buying 2 litres of ice cream and eating it whenever you want.

Now I tend to eat more properly. I cook most nights, but my "lazy" cooking is Tuna Mornay. It's not too much effort to make a white sauce, put tuna and sweet corn in it, and bake it with cheese on top. The toast that accompanies it is also pretty easy.

Tonight I made Spaghetti Bolognese and came to the realisation that I am fucking awesome at making Bolognese. I look forward to those leftovers when I'm not too full to eat them
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Posted on 03-11-06 10:15 AM, in Final Fantasy - Last Order Link
Originally posted by Cornellius
This is a little Anime (around half an hour) that retells the Nibelheim events.
Who saw it ?


Least descriptive post ever, but moving along.

Yes, I've seen Last Order. It's not a bad anime, even though it defintitely flies in the face of the Canon of the game. Quite a bit.

The animation style is pretty good and it was fairly interesting to see the characters and some more of the story. Aside from the non-canon parts of course, which are slightly confusing...
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Posted on 03-11-06 09:02 PM, in Training in Thought Patterns Link
I don't think I have ADD, at least I was never diagnosed with it. I've had some concentration issues all through schooling, but I dunno, it feels like it's worse lately.

Oh, and I'm lazy as hell, btw Well, at least... usually. But recently I've had trouble allowing myself to be -- I feel like I always have to be doing something or something bad will happen. o.o
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Posted on 03-11-06 09:08 PM, in website launch, nice piccies, check it out Link
Originally posted by d4s
Originally posted by Kyoufu Kawa
Nice catgirl. I'd make the wet pussy joke, but I'm afraid I'd rather shout copycat instead, as I recognize that exact pose and expression from one of the many Felicia pictures I have.

I'll call back when I find the pic.


i take it that you dont have any experience with drawing yourself.


The pic in his layout is one example of Kawa's drawing.

Copying is... I guess fine as a learning tool, to a point -- but there's a lot it doesn't teach you, like some specifics about anatomy, etc.
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Posted on 03-11-06 09:22 PM, in Which lazy food do you eat when you are too lazy to cook? Link
Originally posted by Xeogred
Mon - Sun Food Menu at Xeo's:

- Microwave Anything
- Fast food

That's all I ever eat. Our family is hardly ever together at one point and time because everyone works, and my parents have never been cooks. They'll cook some things here and there for the family, but that's maybe once a week.


Wow, compare that to me who almost never microwaves or has fast food. o.o I cook everything. I even plan it all out so I can buy stuff for it and budget for it.

Here's what I'll be eating this week

Sunday -- Lamb Chops and Vegetables
Monday -- Butter Chicken
Tuesday -- Salmon, Mashed potato and brocolli
Wednesday -- Fried Rice
Thursday -- Beef Stroganoff
Friday -- Quiche and Garlic Bread


All of which I'll be cooking myself
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Since: 11-17-05
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Posted on 03-12-06 03:57 AM, in Ghost in the Shell -- Standalone Complex Link
I know this series has been out for a while now, but I haven't previously had a chance to watch it. It's been airing with English dubbing on SBS here, but the dubbing annoyed me, so now I'm watchng a downloaded version with soft-subs.

I'm very much enjoying this series. I know it doesn't fit in (at all) with the canon of the movies; but I think it's supposed to be alternate-reality anyways. It's very enjoyable to see Section 9 acting as a 'police force' of sorts, and investigating things. The story with the Laughing Man is very interesting as well.

I haven't seen it all yet (up to ep. 13) but I'm very much enjoying it.

Anybody else like this series? I hear there's a second one too...

Oh, and I love the Tachikomas. For a mecha, they are very cute!
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Posted on 03-12-06 06:41 AM, in website launch, nice piccies, check it out Link
Well, with copying it depends what you're trying to learn/improve/achieve. Personally, I have no problem with it -- but I think it would be good if you could cite your references in those cases.

And you certainly have a definite eye for detail in coloring.
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Posted on 03-12-06 10:17 AM, in website launch, nice piccies, check it out Link
Uh... I didn't insult you? Did I? I certainly didn't mean to. The only thing I was trying to do was point out that you ARE an artist (when it was initially assumed that you were not) and clarify my position on copying. o.o
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Posted on 03-12-06 11:00 PM, in WIP (Potentially NSFW. Female Nudity) UPDATED 13/03/06 Link
... uh... comments on the updated pic...anyone? o.o I've made many changes...
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Posted on 03-12-06 11:11 PM, in Picture of my computer: Link
Well, I was under the impression I had an overheating problem a while back...

This was my way of eliminating that as a possible cause of the problem...

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Posted on 03-12-06 11:12 PM, in Could we, At least, have a spell check? Link
I don't know how hard a feature that is to code in... wouldn't the system then require an inbuilt dictionary of sorts??
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Posted on 03-12-06 11:48 PM, in Picture of my computer: Link
Originally posted by neotransotaku
shouldn't the fan be the other way? so you can suck the hot air away from the CPU?


It falls over the other way, so no.... still got the CPU down to 38 degrees celcius... which is cold.... so the problem wasn't overheating.
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Posted on 03-13-06 01:07 AM, in Any kinks (or fetishes) of yours? Link
skinny-boys with glasses.

Not sure what it is about em, I just like skinnyboys with glasses.
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Posted on 03-13-06 06:41 PM, in Ghost in the Shell -- Standalone Complex Link
See, I find the Tachikoma to be pretty interesting. I guess I just find their childlike curiosity and such to be kinda cute. I like the little Tachikoma Days mini-episode at the end too.

I haven't yet seen Ghost in the Shell: Innocence however, that's a sequel to the movie anyways, and so I don't think it's relevant to the timeline of Standalone Complex is it? AFAIK, Standalone Complex is an alternate-universe, seperate from the events in the first and second movies (there is no Puppet Master, for example).

One thing I find interesting is that this series certainly has more humor to it -- which is apparently closer to the original manga anyways. The original manga isn't as serious as the movies would have you think...
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Posted on 03-13-06 06:48 PM, in KH2 Layout Link
Looks good to me.

Was hoping to see some KH2 art though That's a KH1 piece

But looks good. Nice colors.
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