   breakthrough
  you know when you get stuck trying to figure out how to implement certain things in your game.  and you just cant figure it out.  well i have had this problem for the past couple of days and it has been pissing me off.  so much that i put the project aside a few days and spent my time playing x-box.  well i came back to my project tonight and the answer finally hit me.  I love having breakthroughs like that.  it refocusing me into completing the thing knowing that i just overcame a major obstacle.   "A soldier is a part of the 1% of the population that keeps the other 99% free"  - Lt. Colonel Todd, 1/38th Infantry, Ft. Benning, GA 
  behold the power of the XBox! ;  Xbox is a mind control device.  That idea you had is microsofts not yours, you cant use it or else you will be sued for piracy.   [edited by - Samosa on February 9, 2004 9:38:14 PM];  It''s well known that taking a little bit of time away from a problem is a good way to help you recollect yourself to solve it.Getting angry at problems doesn''t help either.For more information on problem solving, consult your school library.Suggested reading:  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ;quote:Original post by samosa  Xbox is a mind control device.  That idea you had is microsofts not yours, you cant use it or else you will be sued for piracy.   [edited by - Samosa on February 9, 2004 9:38:14 PM]rofl ;  don''t laugh, it''s true. Did you have an electronium hat on or something? It harnesses the power of sun spots to produce cognitive radiations. Very useful in those moments.  ;  The shower.The best place to do hard core problem solving.  I think it has something to do with sensory deprivation... the white noise from the shower-head, the comfortable ambient temperature, patterned white tiles.  Nothing to provide your brain anything to analyze other than the problem at hand.It was classic how they used that in Hunt for Red October trying to figure out Ramius''s strategy for defecting.  "He has to make the want to crew -want- to get off.  How do you make a crew to want to get off a submarine?  How do you make a crew want to get off a nuclear subma--" ;  [Moved to lounge] 