An INTJ moment

[radioactivez0r]

Installed Ubuntu (my first Linux experience) on my laptop tonight, and subsequently began reading about the steps required to get my wireless working on it. I started reading, and trying, and learning, and pretty soon I was at that point where nothing else was going to get in the way until I got it working. I started feeling hungry, but I ignored it for as long as I could, because a silly thing like eating certainly wasn't going to distract me. Eventually I got stuck and figured it was a good time for a break, but it was short-lived. I don't intend on sleeping until it's working, or I'm absolutely stuck.

[qwerty]

I love that feeling. I love to turn off everything and just code something completely new. What seems like minutes passes into hours of pure unadulterated fun. Longest one was 2 days straight, I tried to sleep but that lasted 10mins before I was drawn back to it.

[Guido]

Yeah... I've woken up in the middle of the night only to start drafting coding plans that I figured out in a dream. This has only happened once, but it was pretty messed. I was so astounded at what I had figured out while I was dreaming, that I woke myself up and started coding. Pretty messed o.0

[radioactivez0r]

I got it working, but now that I have a new OS to play with, and working wireless...so much for sleep :p

[deicruxified]

Installed Ubuntu (my first Linux experience) on my laptop tonight, and subsequently began reading about the steps required to get my wireless working on it. *I started reading, and trying, and learning, and pretty soon I was at that point where nothing else was going to get in the way until I got it working. *I started feeling hungry, but I ignored it for as long as I could, because a silly thing like eating certainly wasn't going to distract me. *Eventually I got stuck and figured it was a good time for a break, but it was short-lived. *I don't intend on sleeping until it's working, or I'm absolutely stuck. *
work if you got the will has always been beautiful. one time i was working on the css lay out of our webpage, i started at 6am then i was completely hooked into it. i never came out of my room then when my eyesight got a bit hazy (coz i was doing it on notepad) i stared somewhere far in my room. i happen to spot on the clock... 5pm!! i have forgotten all about food and taking a bath. all i wanted was that to get the page done.

[Doppelbock]

Yeah... I've woken up in the middle of the night only to start drafting coding plans that I figured out in a dream. This has only happened once, but it was pretty messed. I was so astounded at what I had figured out while I was dreaming, that I woke myself up and started coding. Pretty messed o.0

I think that's a pretty good example of the INTJ's intuition at work. We tend to rely on the subconscious mind quite a bit, and solve problems while dreaming or even while awake and aren't aware our subconscious is chewing at the problem -- then, all of a sudden, EUREKA!

DB

[rwyatt365]

Installed Ubuntu (my first Linux experience) on my laptop tonight, and subsequently began reading about the steps required to get my wireless working on it. *I started reading, and trying, and learning, and pretty soon I was at that point where nothing else was going to get in the way until I got it working. *I started feeling hungry, but I ignored it for as long as I could, because a silly thing like eating certainly wasn't going to distract me. *Eventually I got stuck and figured it was a good time for a break, but it was short-lived. *I don't intend on sleeping until it's working, or I'm absolutely stuck. *

I know the feeling well. I once worked on a project that was due delivery in 48hrs but we were nowhere near ready. So I stayed up for 40hrs coding and testing until the whole thing was done. When the team came into the test lab on the next morning they wer shocked to see me there still working, and even more shocked to know I had never left.

PS - Ubuntu...cool! I installed it on my desktop. It's my first Linux exposure too. Maybe we can swap horror stories.

[Max T]

A miniature version to the above that I experience is delaying drinking water and going to the toilet. You're in a zone and switch off the distractions.

It appears to be when we're trying to solve a complex issue- for me it's when a company problem has multiple interrelationship and you crunch out a load of options and figure out which is best (putting aside the people aspect!).

Apparently this ability to focus intently is an INTJ strength.

[rwyatt365]

A miniature version to the above that I experience is delaying drinking water and going to the toilet. * *You're in a zone and switch off the distractions. * *

It appears to be when we're trying to solve a complex issue- for me it's when a company problem has multiple interrelationship and you crunch out a load of options and figure out which is best (putting aside the people aspect!).

Apparently this ability to focus intently is an INTJ strength.

Some would say obsession!

[radioactivez0r]

I would agree that it's a strength, if only because it allows me to get something done more often than I normally do, because...well, yeah I guess because it is an obsession, hah.

Re: Ubuntu, I found a forum for my exact laptop and a few extra fixes (the sound wasn't working correctly upon load) and at the moment, it seems relatively happy. It's very Mac-like in presentation, I think, and unfortunately I also read that several of my favorite PC games are usable via the Wine emulator-type app; this laptop was supposed to be for writing! :)

[deicruxified]

---MY INTJ MOMENT---

chat 1 (characters: me & boss...)

[8:48:23 AM] + kat + says: yep ... the contact person you gave us is no longer affiliated with united laboratories... but before you sent that contact, i already faxed the proposal letter to the ads and promotion department... i think this one lwould spark a little hope
[8:48:53 AM] + kat + says: let's just cross our fingers... if they won't budge... we have pfizer but then we still have to wait for a "yes"
[8:49:19 AM] + kat + says: i won't be happy as of the moment until i had their words set in stone
[8:49:20 AM] Jeff says: I am crossing my fingers hardly
[8:50:00 AM] + kat + says: ^^^ careful you might break em... if you do, you can't raise a finger anymore and you're gonna have a lot of people mess up your life

chat 2 (characters: boss, boss gf, me.. note: joe de mango [a radio host here in our country] is a tadpole giving love advises on radio when he himself can't get a descent lovelife)

[9:37:09 AM] maria lorena nicart says: kat, ..what do u think of joe the mango?
[9:37:30 AM] maria lorena nicart says: :^)
[9:37:31 AM] Jeff says: Jay-I are in the Radio scheem
[9:37:46 AM] + kat + says: he can't announce unless we pay em first
[9:38:07 AM] + kat + says: and we don't have definite sponsors yet so there's nothing to announce to begin with
[9:38:07 AM] maria lorena nicart says: no, john said he willbe the host?
[9:38:13 AM] Jeff says: we will be arranging this on behalf of speedzone this weeek
[9:38:28 AM] maria lorena nicart says: no...as an emcee
[9:38:35 AM] Jeff says: and we have two options as host
[9:38:40 AM] Jeff says: Joe De Mamngo and
[9:38:41 AM] maria lorena nicart says: ok.
[9:38:43 AM] Jeff says: wait
[9:38:48 AM] + kat + says: would you mind adding jay-i to this chat?
[9:39:03 AM] maria lorena nicart says: make sure its not a love notes thingy
[9:39:07 AM] + kat + says: she hasn't been online
[9:39:24 AM] Jeff says: John Hendrix
[9:39:34 AM] maria lorena nicart says: ok...john hendrix
[9:39:41 AM] + kat + says: what i know about joe d mango regarding the event is he's gonna advertise it... i know nothing about hiring him as an emcee
[9:39:42 AM] maria lorena nicart says: marshia recoomended mo twister
[9:39:46 AM] Jeff says: he have been with speedzone before
[9:39:50 AM] Jeff says: as host
[9:40:00 AM] maria lorena nicart says: ah ok.
[9:40:07 AM] + kat + says: i think it would be two awkward for the event to have a human looking tadpole host the event
[9:40:21 AM] Jeff says: what explain
[9:40:29 AM] maria lorena nicart says: u are mean!!!!!!!!!!!!
[9:40:44 AM] maria lorena nicart says: i was trying to make it..ah...gentle
[9:40:46 AM] + kat + says: err. he's not the... er... i go for mo twister lol
[9:41:05 AM] maria lorena nicart says: hahaha
[9:41:11 AM] maria lorena nicart says: thats what ive been telling john
[9:41:25 AM] Jeff says: who will be in contact then with mo twister
[9:41:30 AM] + kat + says: he might end up thrpowing himself in the race track due to his lovelife frustrations than host the event itself
[9:41:46 AM] maria lorena nicart says: and he myt read love notes leters in between
[9:41:47 AM] Jeff says: call it mnasturbation
[9:41:53 AM] + kat + says: lol....
[9:41:54 AM] maria lorena nicart says: arrrrrggggghhh!
[9:42:04 AM] Jeff says: sorry
[9:42:10 AM] + kat + says: dear joe, i'm a racer... you're a loser... eee

chat 3 (me... exec asst who is pissed off with boss)

glenn: joe's not that much of a tadpole
me: or he has grown into a frog
glenn: at least you never compared him to a sperm
me: nah he's too blunt to be a sperm