Rob, I have a similar problem with my short-term memory, but I don't think nearly as extreme; however, I'll be working on something, my mind will wander, and I'll forget what I was doing. But I'm only 22, I don't drink, and I've never done drugs.
On 6/8/05, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:49 PM 6/7/2005, you wrote: > > > >--- Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am slowly but surely rescuing my Gentoo System > > > with the latest Live > > > CD. It is truly a miracle to have this tool, but > > > you need to take some > > > time experimenting with how to use it, For > > > example, mounting boot and > > > root partitions and the proc system. I will soon > > > have my system up and > > > running but I had to go in and remove the * from my > > > passwd file using vipw > > > so that I could get into the new system. I am still > > > getting messages of > > > "segmentation fault" after I perform certain > > > operations. I am not sure > > > what is causing that, but the cure is to re untar > > > the stage-3 tarball onto > > > my Gentoo partition. Anyway I lost my Grub disk, so > > > I am taking a vacation > > > until I find it. I am a disabled hacker who has no > > > short term memory, so > > > whenever I lose something, I have to take on an > > > orthagonal persuit, haha. > > > > > > God Bless, > > > > > > Rob. > > > >Are you serious about not having short term memory? > >That must be difficult. > > > >Bless you too, > > > >Zac > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Discover Yahoo! > >Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! > >http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html > >-- > >gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > Hi Zac, > > I am pleased to meet you here on this wonderful list. > > Oh, this is OT, but perhaps not for the "Absent Minded Professor Type" > hacker. Remember that there is a fine line between genious and insanity, > LOL, per Nikola Tesla, my phantom mentor. Yes, it seems to be true, no > short term memory. Yesterday I got my Disabled Motorist Permit, so I can > park right next to the mall or store. If I venture out into the parking > lot, I lose my car. It is a green Camry so it looks like 1000 other cars, > so I have to contact security and they come help me find my car. > > It is not so bad as my doctors have competing theories. 1. Theory is that > I burnt out my short term memory using drugs and alcohol, LOL. I have been > clean and sober for years now, but I am 43 years old. 2. Theory is that > since driving and parking is primarily an unconcious activity, I am > unconsciously parking and not REGISTERING my car's location in > memory. Thus it is always lost when I go to find it. Thus the solution > is to sit in my car an meditate after parking so that suddenly I am living > "in the moment" and the car location REGISTRATES in my brain. I am going > to try this last procedure, as I don't want to be having Alzheimer's > disease in my 40's. > > Thanks for all who listen. Now you know alot about me and who I am here in > Hillsboro, Oregon, where all sun is liquid sunshine i.e rain, haha. I am > Rob, disabled Berkeley BSEE, now turned Gentoo Linux hacker. I hope I can > have coffee with Linus the next time he is up here. He works only 3 miles > from where I live. > > Best regards, and sorry for this very OT OT subject. > > Sincerely, Rob N3FT > > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- - Mark Shields -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
