Instead of working 3 hours, you work on something in 1 hour sessions for 3 days. You retain the information a lot better.
There's a big trade-off to this, though. One has to be careful in defining what you mean by "work on".
I'm in graduate school. Lots of maths, physics, etc. It's really easy to get bogged down in complicated problems. I've found that if I go to sleep after working *for a long time* on a problem, then it becomes easier to solve. However, I have to have REALLY worked on the problem. A couple of hours doesn't cut it; you have to really dig in, ignore slashdot (gasp!), get some Zeppelin on the radio, and maybe only take breaks for the bathroom. Only after several hours (at least 4, for me) of that does the "sleeping on it" do any good.
Granted, there is no clear distinction between unconscious and subconscious. If I get smashed in the head, and fall unconscious, that is not subconscious. To me, the distinction between unconscious and subconscious, is that unconscious simply does not have conscious involvement. It just happens. Subconscious creeps into consciousness and a decision is based on the "subconscious" data, but there may not be any conscious thought of the subconsciously observed thing.
I read this three times, then realized it'd be much better to get really drunk and let my quasiprotodemipericonscience work it out.
Ultimately, science is all about answers. Religion is all about questions.
Which begs the question: Suppose a question is asked, and can't be answered. It falls into the religious realm? If it's answered at a later time, then it suddenly becomes science?
My take: perhaps. It seems to be a historical trend.
This conversation is, perhaps, one of the most insightful and civilised (I won't define those terms) I've ever seen on sladhdot. Thanks to both of you for not taking offense at the other, and discussing things in a controlled manner. Plus, you both make very good points.
what you're talking about is not a general law of physics but a specific law of quantum mechanics which is known as the "uncertainty principle". [...] How much precision you are allowed is related to the Planck constant.
Funny. Most physicists would argue that the quantum law is the general one, and the "everyday" law is a consequence of the smallness of Plank's constant.
If you want anti-cliff-off-driving protection (in the automotive world, called "insurance") - that's extra.
Funny. I thought "anti-cliff-off-driving protection" is supposed to keep one from driving off the cliff in the first place, and not just pay one (or one's survivors) a lot of money after the fact. I'd call such protection "brakes", and argue that every car should have some effective brakes, and not as add-ons.
60GHz signals are absorbed by oxygen (much like 2.4GHz is absorbed by water), so the FCC figured that frequency must be useless and the public might as well be allowed to play with it.
Ha! There's such an easy fix to that, but I'm afraid to post it here because some free-bandwidth zealot will take me seriously and do something about it...
The conceptual mechanism of turbulence is more understood now - it seems that turbulence is caused by finite-dimentional strange attractors in phase space (good news because navier-stocks equations phase-space is infinetly-dimentional).
Damnit! I follow every link to "strange attractor", because I figure that someday one is going to show Anjelina Jolie. Leave it to slashdot to disabuse me of that notion every damned time...
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Amen. There's some kind of pervasive groupthink around/. that says if it isn't about AIDS or starving children in Africa, it's a waste of science.
No way! Include those wicked humanimal hybrids that Bush has revealed to us all!
... much of the equipment at Oak Ridge (perhaps at Hanford, too; I can't remember) had to be massively cooled. Normally one would use commoner metals to pipe things about in, but a lot of the copper in the US was bound up in important things like electrical wiring for warplanes, etc. So the Manhattan Project borrowed other things -- like silver -- from Fort Knox, and made things like pipes out of that, keeping careful track, of course, as to where it went. Fascinating stuff. Massive amounts of the wartime research depended on silver, even though it often directly involved in experiments.
Photoshop may be a breeze once you've been trained on it. [...] I tried to find a class at the local community college, but they went through a lot of spending cuts and that was one of the programs that was cropped.
Now that's some powerful software -- it can crop itself!
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Instead of working 3 hours, you work on something in 1 hour sessions for 3 days. You retain the information a lot better.
There's a big trade-off to this, though. One has to be careful in defining what you mean by "work on".
I'm in graduate school. Lots of maths, physics, etc. It's really easy to get bogged down in complicated problems. I've found that if I go to sleep after working *for a long time* on a problem, then it becomes easier to solve. However, I have to have REALLY worked on the problem. A couple of hours doesn't cut it; you have to really dig in, ignore slashdot (gasp!), get some Zeppelin on the radio, and maybe only take breaks for the bathroom. Only after several hours (at least 4, for me) of that does the "sleeping on it" do any good.
Go with your gut. That's been sage advice for longer than any of us have been alive. I guess now there's research to back it up.
"Nossir. Sorrysir. When I said you were speaking out of your ass, that was actually a compliment. See, Slashdot has this post..."
Granted, there is no clear distinction between unconscious and subconscious. If I get smashed in the head, and fall unconscious, that is not subconscious. To me, the distinction between unconscious and subconscious, is that unconscious simply does not have conscious involvement. It just happens. Subconscious creeps into consciousness and a decision is based on the "subconscious" data, but there may not be any conscious thought of the subconsciously observed thing.
I read this three times, then realized it'd be much better to get really drunk and let my quasiprotodemipericonscience work it out.
Who ever said that render farms had to do with computers?
"Nothing to see here. Please move along" comment.
Aim? Who needs aim? They invented automatic weapons for people like me that don't feel like aiming. :)
You and the Vice President....
Ultimately, science is all about answers. Religion is all about questions.
Which begs the question: Suppose a question is asked, and can't be answered. It falls into the religious realm? If it's answered at a later time, then it suddenly becomes science?
My take: perhaps. It seems to be a historical trend.
This conversation is, perhaps, one of the most insightful and civilised (I won't define those terms) I've ever seen on sladhdot. Thanks to both of you for not taking offense at the other, and discussing things in a controlled manner. Plus, you both make very good points.
what you're talking about is not a general law of physics but a specific law of quantum mechanics which is known as the "uncertainty principle". [...] How much precision you are allowed is related to the Planck constant.
Funny. Most physicists would argue that the quantum law is the general one, and the "everyday" law is a consequence of the smallness of Plank's constant.
If you want anti-cliff-off-driving protection (in the automotive world, called "insurance") - that's extra.
Funny. I thought "anti-cliff-off-driving protection" is supposed to keep one from driving off the cliff in the first place, and not just pay one (or one's survivors) a lot of money after the fact. I'd call such protection "brakes", and argue that every car should have some effective brakes, and not as add-ons.
sorry, i have mistaken these two words
It could have been so much worse. Try confusing "forearm" with "foreskin".
Ha! Like they expect us to believe th -- OOOH! Shiny!
60GHz signals are absorbed by oxygen (much like 2.4GHz is absorbed by water), so the FCC figured that frequency must be useless and the public might as well be allowed to play with it.
Ha! There's such an easy fix to that, but I'm afraid to post it here because some free-bandwidth zealot will take me seriously and do something about it...
The conceptual mechanism of turbulence is more understood now - it seems that turbulence is caused by finite-dimentional strange attractors in phase space (good news because navier-stocks equations phase-space is infinetly-dimentional).
Damnit! I follow every link to "strange attractor", because I figure that someday one is going to show Anjelina Jolie. Leave it to slashdot to disabuse me of that notion every damned time...
Amen. There's some kind of pervasive groupthink around /. that says if it isn't about AIDS or starving children in Africa, it's a waste of science.
No way! Include those wicked humanimal hybrids that Bush has revealed to us all!
Yes, but what about those of us who want to live for more then 20 years?
Eat lots of other animals. For the best results, eat those who've only eaten lots of sweet fruits. Mmm!
I used to microfiche, but my eyes aren't good enough, any more. Baiting those tiny little hooks is a b*tch.
Cue the "since this is Slashdot, you have to be a masterbaiter..." jokes.
...torrent of the article?
Hey, I thought I'd forestall the jokes. You know, by making one. It's an advanced technique.
...that hoes on their backs actually were the backbone of the 'net.
...is to replace every instance of "Excel" in your post with "women". Seriously.
OK, so my facts needed some checking. Here's a link that should know whereof it speaks:
h -Review/Magazine/1981/81fepi2.htmlrel=url2html-276 97http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Research-Rev iew/Magazine/1981/81fepi2.html >
ahref=http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Researc
Haha. A big meta-bravo to you! (Seriously.)
... it was going to be about story cloning on slashdot. Then I realized there can be no doubt about that.
Photoshop may be a breeze once you've been trained on it. [...] I tried to find a class at the local community college, but they went through a lot of spending cuts and that was one of the programs that was cropped.
Now that's some powerful software -- it can crop itself!