Re: [time-nuts] On Finding Things

2010-08-08 Thread Steve Rooke
On 08/08/2010, Matt Osborn wrote: > On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 02:38:53 +1200, Steve Rooke > wrote: > >>Well, that does make a lot of sense, it's just a pity that searching >>for the item you want frequently ends up fruitless but I agree that if >>you search for anything, your sure to find it. > > Senior

Re: [time-nuts] On Finding Things

2010-08-07 Thread Matt Osborn
On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 02:38:53 +1200, Steve Rooke wrote: >Well, that does make a lot of sense, it's just a pity that searching >for the item you want frequently ends up fruitless but I agree that if >you search for anything, your sure to find it. Senior moments are lifesavers; after a few moments I

Re: [time-nuts] On Finding Things

2010-08-07 Thread Steve Rooke
..@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of Steve Rooke > Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 9:56 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] On Finding Things > > > What your saying is that it is a form of selective bl

Re: [time-nuts] On Finding Things

2010-08-07 Thread J. L. Trantham
time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] On Finding Things What your saying is that it is a form of selective blindness where the brain filters out an item it does not want to see but if your looking for something specifically, I wonder why this happens. I have experienced this many

Re: [time-nuts] On Finding Things

2010-08-07 Thread Steve Rooke
What your saying is that it is a form of selective blindness where the brain filters out an item it does not want to see but if your looking for something specifically, I wonder why this happens. I have experienced this many times, I try to find something that I had just a moment ago and cannot fin

Re: [time-nuts] On Finding Things

2010-08-07 Thread Steve Rooke
On 08/08/2010, Brooke Clarke wrote: > Hi Steve: > > In the movie "Zero Effect" Daryl Zero says: > "Now, a few words on looking for things. When you go looking for > something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of > all the things in the world, you're only looking for one of

[time-nuts] On Finding Things

2010-08-07 Thread Arthur Dent
Brooke Clarke posted this quote, which I really like: "Now, a few words on looking for things. When you go looking for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of all the things in the world, you're only looking for one of them. When you go looking for anything at all

[time-nuts] On Finding Things

2010-08-07 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Steve: In the movie "Zero Effect" Daryl Zero says: "Now, a few words on looking for things. When you go looking for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of all the things in the world, you're only looking for one of them. When you go looking for anything at a