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Hi, I stumbled on this forum through typelogic.com. I must say I was pleasantly surprised to find to many similar souls here [smiley=smiley.gif]
Anyway, I'm a male INTJ and work as a software emgineer. Other hobbies are table-tennis (competitive level), online gaming (FPS) and psychology but i'm still very much a beginner at that. I also have an interest in things that have to do with the mind, such as memory tricks, zen meditation, Derren Brown :thumbsup:, etc...
We'll can't think of anything else to say at the moment, my mind is pretty much a blank at the moment (is that good or bad btw?).
Cheers to you all,
Hein
qwerty
10-10-2007, 02:26 PM
hi,
A blank mind is an open slate to impossible thoughts :).
hi,
A blank mind is an open slate to impossible thoughts :).
Ooeh thats deep :) So thats a "yes" right? ;)
qwerty
10-10-2007, 03:01 PM
It's extremely good as long as you use it... if you let it sit idly then it's bad.
Guido
10-10-2007, 03:11 PM
Blank isn't so bad. Open minded can be pretty bad. A funny quote from a game I played was: "An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded."
I think being open minded and being gullible are two distinct things. It's still possible to be open minded and be critical at the same time. I guess its more about not discarding an idea straight away but giving it a fair and objective chance.
qwerty
10-10-2007, 03:27 PM
what's life without risks? Guarding the fortress will protect the people from the outside world.
If you open the gates one day what could you find outside?
I'm thinking of the trojan horse here: sometimes the greatest problems are bought in and locked inside the mind, true there was little on the outside that was better. But a respectful death isn't being slaughtered unarmed in your sleep.
Agree, but one should also keep an open mind about his/her own accepted ideas. If a trojan horse enteres, alas you have been tricked. But if you detect it (perhaps after a while) you can learn from it and expel it. What you gain is insight...
qwerty
10-10-2007, 04:05 PM
exactly. learn from your mistakes but never close your mind because of them!
Max T
10-14-2007, 05:24 AM
;D great avatar IjzerenHein-
"I fart in your general direction you fat eeenglees pigs!"
Love Monty Python's Holy Grail.
;D great avatar IjzerenHein-
"I fart in your general direction you fat eeenglees pigs!"
Love Monty Python's Holy Grail.
Thanks, found it on the Holy grail wiki ;D
To quote that specific scene:
SOLDIER #1: Where'd you get the coconuts?
ARTHUR : We found them.
SOLDIER #1: Found them? In Mercia? The coconut's tropical!
ARTHUR : What do you mean?
SOLDIER #1: Well, this is a temperate zone.
ARTHUR : The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?
SOLDIER #1: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
ARTHUR : Not at all. They could be carried.
SOLDIER #1: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?
ARTHUR : It could grip it by the husk!
SOLDIER #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
ARTHUR : Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?
SOLDIER #1: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
ARTHUR : Please!
SOLDIER #1: Am I right?
ARTHUR : I'm not interested!
SOLDIER #2: It could be carried by an African swallow!
SOLDIER #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point.
SOLDIER #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that.
ARTHUR : Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!
SOLDIER #1: But then of course a-- African swallows are non-migratory.
SOLDIER #2: Oh, yeah.
SOLDIER #1: So, they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway. [clop clop clop]
SOLDIER #2: Wait a minute! Supposing two swallows carried it together?
SOLDIER #1: No, they'd have to have it on a line.
SOLDIER #2: Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper!
SOLDIER #1: What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers?
SOLDIER #2: Well, why not?
Firelie
10-14-2007, 10:33 AM
Man, I love that movie...
Max T
10-14-2007, 10:44 AM
Man, I love that movie...
His avatar sent me scurrying to find a good Holy Grail website:
http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail.htm
http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/inlines/04_kn-1.jpg
'Tis but a scratch.
Man, I love that movie...
His avatar sent me scurrying to find a good Holy Grail website:
http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail.htm
http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/inlines/04_kn-1.jpg
'Tis but a scratch.
The whole movie is just pure genius. They had to do a lot of improvisation because of the limited budget. Actually, I think they used only 1 castle throughout the whole movie.
Here's another favorite: (Knights of Ni):
http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/inlines/13_headk.jpg
Actually, where's YOUR avator max?
Max T
10-14-2007, 11:38 AM
Where's my avatar?
Well, it took me a while to figure how to actually have one.
Then I struggled to find a picture that encapsulated my deep, multi- layered thinking, such as a piece of white paper. * Or of Homer Simpson, blinking.
And then I had a bout of inverted snobbery, just as Adolf Hitler liked to dress down whilst his generals around him were immaculately clothed. * Similarly, I thought "ha! avatars are for the INTJ infidels, I have no need for such purile emotional trite as a pretty little picture" and decided to stand out as the non- avatar-bearer amongst avatar bearers.
Then others started to copy this distinct look, threatening my INTJ high ground.
So I decided to strengthen INTJ allegiance by stating my temperament numbers below my name. * I will not tell you the number of spaces required between each I * *N * *T * *J... to produce that neat little layout- it took 5 minutes of continuous re-testing.
All perfectly logical. *:-? *;D
LOL ;D ;D ;D
Actually, I can just copy/paste your temperament numbers and replace them by my own, MUHAHAHAHAHAHA...or did you secretly protect them somehow....doesn't matter, I'm a programmer I'll figure it out, MUHAHAHAHAHAHA ;D
Jezebel
10-19-2007, 08:34 AM
So I decided to strengthen INTJ allegiance by stating my temperament numbers below my name. I will not tell you the number of spaces required between each I N T J... to produce that neat little layout- it took 5 minutes of continuous re-testing.
Ha, I just totally messed up that perfect layout you worked so hard on!
rwyatt365
10-19-2007, 09:04 AM
Where's my avatar?
Well, it took me a while to figure how to actually have one.
Then I struggled to find a picture that encapsulated my deep, multi- layered thinking, such as a piece of white paper. Or of Homer Simpson, blinking.
And then I had a bout of inverted snobbery, just as Adolf Hitler liked to dress down whilst his generals around him were immaculately clothed. Similarly, I thought "ha! avatars are for the INTJ infidels, I have no need for such purile emotional trite as a pretty little picture" and decided to stand out as the non- avatar-bearer amongst avatar bearers.
Then others started to copy this distinct look, threatening my INTJ high ground.
So I decided to strengthen INTJ allegiance by stating my temperament numbers below my name. I will not tell you the number of spaces required between each I N T J... to produce that neat little layout- it took 5 minutes of continuous re-testing.
All perfectly logical. :-? ;D
Max, I applaud you for your avatar-less-ness. You are an inspiration to us all.
Ha, I just totally messed up that perfect layout you worked so hard on!
Jezebel, you took an "oath of administration" to uphold the sanctity of user profiles! How could you?!!
Jezebel
10-19-2007, 09:47 AM
Jezebel, you took an "oath of administration" to uphold the sanctity of user profiles! How could you?!!
I didn't touch his profile, it was a template change.
Max T
10-19-2007, 09:50 AM
Where's my avatar?
Well, it took me a while to figure how to actually have one.
Then I struggled to find a picture that encapsulated my deep, multi- layered thinking, such as a piece of white paper. * Or of Homer Simpson, blinking.
And then I had a bout of inverted snobbery, just as Adolf Hitler liked to dress down whilst his generals around him were immaculately clothed. * Similarly, I thought "ha! avatars are for the INTJ infidels, I have no need for such purile emotional trite as a pretty little picture" and decided to stand out as the non- avatar-bearer amongst avatar bearers.
Then others started to copy this distinct look, threatening my INTJ high ground.
So I decided to strengthen INTJ allegiance by stating my temperament numbers below my name. * I will not tell you the number of spaces required between each I * *N * *T * *J... to produce that neat little layout- it took 5 minutes of continuous re-testing.
All perfectly logical. *:-? *;D
Max, I applaud you for your avatar-less-ness. You are an inspiration to us all.
Great- does that mean I can have your car? :lovestruck: ;D
rwyatt365
10-19-2007, 09:52 AM
Max, I applaud you for your avatar-less-ness. You are an inspiration to us all.
Great- does that mean I can have your car? *:lovestruck: *;D
Only after you pry it out of my cold, dead hands...sure!! :thumbsup:
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