From owner-freebsd-chat Sat May 22 18:31:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.atl.bellsouth.net (mail2.atl.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 230CB1514C for ; Sat, 22 May 1999 18:31:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wghicks@bellsouth.net) Received: from wghicks.bellsouth.net (host-209-214-71-175.atl.bellsouth.net [209.214.71.175]) by mail2.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA08863; Sat, 22 May 1999 21:31:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wghicks (wghicks@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wghicks.bellsouth.net (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id VAA00966; Sat, 22 May 1999 21:32:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net) Message-Id: <199905230132.VAA00966@bellsouth.net> To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net Subject: Re: Music to code by In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 May 1999 17:35:18 PDT." <37474D46.1DE54874@seattleu.edu> Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 21:32:52 -0400 From: W Gerald Hicks Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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 > is enough that I can't get to my deepest level of concentration > due to anticipating the mere possibility of interruption. My best > work is always achieved at home or in an office with the door closed. > > Is it just that other people don't concentrate very deeply when > coding, or is it that they just don't code very deeply? When I'm really coding it's usually total silence. A lot of the work we do here involves also involves system assembly and setup which is time consuming but not really challenging. That's a good time to get the lab rocking :-) Cheers, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message