so I've been reading up on one subject, compulsively
the true kind of compulsion, the life diminishing kind
and one person I know says the subject isn't worth it.
after about 100 repetitions it begins to sink in,
and maybe I'll have stopped it.
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: repetition |
21 Mar 2006 10:38:45 AM |
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Contrarian wrote...
so I've been reading up on one subject, compulsively
the true kind of compulsion, the life diminishing kind
and one person I know says the subject isn't worth it.
after about 100 repetitions it begins to sink in,
and maybe I'll have stopped it.
i tried a couple of times to learn c++, but couldn't retain
enough to get through the third chapter before forgetting the
syntax i'd learned in the first. maybe i need to read it a
hundred times.
-lisa
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| User: "cal" |
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| Title: Re: repetition |
21 Mar 2006 11:28:58 AM |
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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns978D7676B6C9Dmccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
i tried a couple of times to learn c++, but couldn't retain
enough to get through the third chapter before forgetting the
syntax i'd learned in the first. maybe i need to read it a
hundred times.
i think hands-on is best for learning that stuff. just grab a compiler and
start coding. c/c++ are my fave languages. they were my bread & butter
for years.
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: repetition |
21 Mar 2006 11:34:20 AM |
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cal wrote...
"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns978D7676B6C9Dmccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
i tried a couple of times to learn c++, but couldn't
retain enough to get through the third chapter before
forgetting the syntax i'd learned in the first. maybe i
need to read it a hundred times.
i think hands-on is best for learning that stuff. just grab
a compiler and start coding. c/c++ are my fave languages.
they were my bread & butter for years.
i have a compiler, and the book was very much based on hands-on
learning. i've taught myself other languages (chiefly xbase- i'm
old ;-) but this is more than i can do myself.
-lisa
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| User: "cal" |
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| Title: Re: repetition |
21 Mar 2006 12:36:31 PM |
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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns978D7FE1CFB52mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
cal wrote...
"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns978D7676B6C9Dmccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
i tried a couple of times to learn c++, but couldn't
retain enough to get through the third chapter before
forgetting the syntax i'd learned in the first. maybe i
need to read it a hundred times.
i think hands-on is best for learning that stuff. just grab
a compiler and start coding. c/c++ are my fave languages.
they were my bread & butter for years.
i have a compiler, and the book was very much based on hands-on
learning. i've taught myself other languages (chiefly xbase- i'm
old ;-)
ha, that's not old.
but this is more than i can do myself.
if you want to take another crack at it, i'm willing to give you a hand. ask
questions, i'll try to answer.
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: repetition |
21 Mar 2006 01:16:43 PM |
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cal wrote...
"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns978D7FE1CFB52mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
cal wrote...
"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns978D7676B6C9Dmccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
i tried a couple of times to learn c++, but couldn't
retain enough to get through the third chapter before
forgetting the syntax i'd learned in the first. maybe i
need to read it a hundred times.
i think hands-on is best for learning that stuff. just
grab a compiler and start coding. c/c++ are my fave
languages. they were my bread & butter for years.
i have a compiler, and the book was very much based on
hands-on learning. i've taught myself other languages
(chiefly xbase- i'm old ;-)
ha, that's not old.
but this is more than i can do myself.
if you want to take another crack at it, i'm willing to
give you a hand. ask questions, i'll try to answer.
i've got a good intro book, and a dictionary. it's just very
hard for me to learn technical things. i had too much ect a
few years ago, and my memory still isn't what it had been. the
book makes perfect sense until i realize i've forgotten
everything that came before. i think i'm going to take a
longer rest.
thanks for the offer!
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| User: "purpleveggie" |
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| Title: Re: repetition |
21 Mar 2006 02:01:14 AM |
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Contrarian wrote:
so I've been reading up on one subject, compulsively
the true kind of compulsion, the life diminishing kind
and one person I know says the subject isn't worth it.
after about 100 repetitions it begins to sink in,
and maybe I'll have stopped it.
but maybe you start counting from 1 again once you have reached 100?
get stuck in a big loop.
cant stop
yikes
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