Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:28 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <3a439b82-71cc-6aff-65dd-630c0707ff3f@example.net> <0d5d463f-af08-46aa-97e3-ef251ba64cc4@example.net> <451210c3-9b3d-91f1-be43-d06211f3b30f@example.net> <812b41ff-53e1-48d3-8088-d186fa65d90a@example.net> <1b7bd80a-ac41-bea3-6dec-3235537bd0b9@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="59893"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62953 On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:43:48 +0100, D wrote: > >> It is interesting when the act of focusing takes away from the activity >> such as carrying a glass of water. If you consciously try to balance it >> to avoid spilling, it gets worse, if you trust your instincts, it >> generally goes better. My theory is that when you consciously try to do >> it, you engage a lot of extra machinery which adds latency, and that is >> why you get "out of sync" vs when you try the intuitive way. > > 'Zen and the Art of Archery' It's an interesting feeling when it all > clicks. I always shot stick bows right handed with no sights. On good days > it just happens. When my right eye developed a cataract I switched to a > left handed compound bow. Compound bows have a sights and I could use them > effectively. Time goes on and I had a couple of operations on my left eye > and couldn't use the sights effectively. I was going to give the bow away > but then realized I'd always shot recurves instinctively, why not > compounds. I took the sights off and it seems to be working. This is the truth! Or basketball, sometimes (when I was young) I just "feel" that this shot will be a success. I have a longbow and it is quite a nice hobby! Sadly I only get to shoot it about 1 month per year or so. But... once the fortress of solitude is built, I will be able to go outside and shoot every single day! =) Now... if I could just find a good plot and a reasonable price! =/ > Handguns can be the same. The sights are there and you sort of see them > but when you're firing in under .3 seconds there isn't a whole lot of > thinking going on. Reminds me of the book Shoot to kill by Fairbairn, I think his philosophy was a lot about the intuitive way to shoot.