I Digg a Good Gaim
In the past few weeks I’ve found myself typing “gaim” when I mean to type “game” and adding an extra “g” when I type “dig(g)”. I’ve also typed “exit” into a few chat windows when I mean to leave.
Even my muscle-memory is turning nerdy.
Replies to Steven Garrity’s post: I Digg a Good Gaim
Ryan Rahn [6:17 PM April 7, 2006]
"exit"...that's too good...lol
I can see myself doing that.
Abe [6:26 PM April 7, 2006]
Personally I find that the 'cvs' and 'svn' commands occupy the same spot in my muscle memory, so I can only have one of them in use at any given time. When I've been using svn a lot and I have to use a cvs repository, my hands type 'svn' even when I'm thinking 'cvs'. It's weird.
Abe: I have the exact same problem with CVS vs. SVN. I can actually *think* "CVS" in my head, and my fingers will type "SVN". Someone should get a grand and study me.
exit
Ashley Johnston [1:03 AM April 9, 2006]
I thought I was a nerd. I have nothing on y'all. Well, I haven't read a word of fiction since I discovered the magic of books on .mp3. So I'm a nerd too, right? ..Right?
Martin [2:25 PM April 9, 2006]
In psychiatric terms, this is known as "perseverance"; when the rule changes, you stick to the old one.
A good example would be moving home, and filling out a form six months later which requires you to supply your address - and you give your previous address without realising.
Willem [11:29 AM April 10, 2006]
I have my webmail password stored in muscle-memory.
Only a few days ago, that data went corrupted, and I was basically locked out of my mail.
I had to reproduce the password from visual memory.
Now I'm good again.
Yay for brains.
Dan Diemer [1:43 PM April 10, 2006]
I think your brain needs a BIOS upgrade.
Zach [9:55 PM April 27, 2006]
I've done the same thing with pearl vs. perl
Basil Crow [9:28 PM June 17, 2006]
I have gone on record in public email lists saying "mysql" when I meant to say "myself."
