Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:42 am
A stream of feelings
Hi everybody,
my 1st day here: lots of emotions (all good, big smile on my face:-)). Making some progress, enjoying it, tired, need some sleep, wanted to share just before knocking myself out for good:-).
1) it is FUN! Big applause to the CREATOR!
2) Python vs. riddle_part:
I read the guestbook today, lol'ed on one specific entry: one guy says "solved them all using MS Word" (!:- Isn't it brilliant?).
-- My feelings exactly: don't get challenged by the python part (so far), but the riddles are riddling!..
.
Never solved any riddles (and always hated interview puzzles) in the past: anybody on the same boat?..
3) Forum:
I *DON'T* want to read any hints here! Please erase the Forum!!!:-).
... But if it still exists tomorrow? HOW?!?:-) It's too tempting.......
So far, I managed to avoid looking at any "concrete" folders; but: the temptation!..
How do you guys approach this purely psychotherapeutical problem?...
Is there a "How2GetLifeAndNotBreakYourScullOverAPuzzle.html" guide somewhere?..
// I am absolutely serious:-)
4) ESL.
* You've got all data (say: [a word, another word, and a phrase]):
// eg {A:<title>, B:<url>, C:<smth_else>};
* clearly there's a relationship between say A and C -- but seemingly no association between (A,B, and C);
* and of course in an English dictionary any of A,B, and C has at least 6 definitions.
-- anybody got this feeling?
-- anybody feels that (s)he is missing smth. BIG just because of the cultural (language) barrier?
...
/*
I mean, it's almost immediately clear under circumstances that one has better slip his slippers and flip her flippers, but what do the other ~entities~ do here?
A bit of a relaxation comes to you when you find out that a search engine or smth. like google sets gets completely stuck as well on making any reasonable connection too:-).
*/
// cucumber is just fine - pythonic; but some seem a bit of a challenge (just ESL-wise).
Any stats/ideas on E. vs. not-so-E. people?
5) would be nice to get in touch with just people in the same situation, -- not spoiling anybody else's fun.
How?
Private messages? -- but my guess is there's no "who stuck on what" histogram; is there?
THANKS (for reading such a long post:-))!
- Ochchnzbmbw.
___
PS: would be lovely to get to the webserver logs of this site one day and datamine the hell of the community's brain out of them:-).
my 1st day here: lots of emotions (all good, big smile on my face:-)). Making some progress, enjoying it, tired, need some sleep, wanted to share just before knocking myself out for good:-).
1) it is FUN! Big applause to the CREATOR!
2) Python vs. riddle_part:
I read the guestbook today, lol'ed on one specific entry: one guy says "solved them all using MS Word" (!:- Isn't it brilliant?).
-- My feelings exactly: don't get challenged by the python part (so far), but the riddles are riddling!..
.
Never solved any riddles (and always hated interview puzzles) in the past: anybody on the same boat?..
3) Forum:
I *DON'T* want to read any hints here! Please erase the Forum!!!:-).
... But if it still exists tomorrow? HOW?!?:-) It's too tempting.......
So far, I managed to avoid looking at any "concrete" folders; but: the temptation!..
How do you guys approach this purely psychotherapeutical problem?..
.
Is there a "How2GetLifeAndNotBreakYourScullOverAPuzzle.html" guide somewhere?..
// I am absolutely serious:-)
4) ESL.
* You've got all data (say: [a word, another word, and a phrase]):
// eg {A:<title>, B:<url>, C:<smth_else>};
* clearly there's a relationship between say A and C -- but seemingly no association between (A,B, and C);
* and of course in an English dictionary any of A,B, and C has at least 6 definitions.
-- anybody got this feeling?
-- anybody feels that (s)he is missing smth. BIG just because of the cultural (language) barrier?
...
/*
I mean, it's almost immediately clear under circumstances that one has better slip his slippers and flip her flippers, but what do the other ~entities~ do here?
A bit of a relaxation comes to you when you find out that a search engine or smth. like google sets gets completely stuck as well on making any reasonable connection too:-).
*/
// cucumber is just fine - pythonic; but some seem a bit of a challenge (just ESL-wise).
Any stats/ideas on E. vs. not-so-E. people?
5) would be nice to get in touch with just people in the same situation, -- not spoiling anybody else's fun.
How?
Private messages? -- but my guess is there's no "who stuck on what" histogram; is there?
THANKS (for reading such a long post:-))!
- Ochchnzbmbw.
___
PS: would be lovely to get to the webserver logs of this site one day and datamine the hell of the community's brain out of them:-).