Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.16.MISMATCH!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: mod calculation Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:34:12 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 49 Message-ID: <19666641.1736.1321720452205.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prnv30> References: <72e972d6-cb28-4e1c-93fb-cc58ee56673e@p7g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <3b9ac79rkqgf56o6reofh3k87tmqrqklqf@4ax.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1321720452 23271 127.0.0.1 (19 Nov 2011 16:34:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:34:12 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10067 Roedy Green wrote: > Gene Wirchenko wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >> Get over the block. And that is what he ought to do. >=20 > People usually don't recognise their phobias as something they should > get over. People afraid of spiders and snakes see their phobias as a > sensible reaction to a danger. >=20 > It was quite late in life when I realised I had to get rid of my > phobia of needles. It took about three days of intensive EMDR work. > It was so strange not being afraid of needles.=20 >=20 > In my case, profs were simply scary people, unless approached in the > presence of a large number of people. I had an unconscious need of > witnesses to discourage the prof from attacking me. It didn't occur to > me at the time that my extreme reluctance to be in a room alone with a > prof was in any way unusual. I probably imagined other people felt > the same way, but were braver than I was. I did not think about it. > That was just the way the universe was. >=20 > In general, I feel uncomfortable around other people unless there is a > large audience. You might say I have reverse stage fright. >=20 > I think this comes from the fact my Mom behaved herself in the > presence of outside witnesses. >=20 > These are not rational thoughts. You can't argue yourself out of them, > any more than you can argue yourself out of feeling horny. > The most powerful tool I have discovered for neutralising them is > EMDR. > see http://mindprod.com/livinglove/methods/emdr.html That is fascinating information, Roedy, thank you. That is perhaps the most interesting and potentially useful off-topic post = I've seen here, so much so that it became honorarily on topic. I'll draw a= nother thread to the topic in that to be a programmer, Java or otherwise, i= s a human activity. Pyschological impediments reduce one's effectiveness a= s a Java programmer, as in the OP's case. Programming isn't just about the= code, the language, the logic, the models and the idioms. It's also about= the practitioner and being mentally and physically capable of the act of p= rogramming. So actually, your post is quite on topic. Your suggestion speaks to the ma= intenance and enhancement of the most universal, misunderstood and essentia= l tool in the (Java) programmer's toolkit: their own mind. --=20 Lew