http://xkcd.com/313/

Note the alt text. It reads: "I have a levitation class at 25:131. 
Better set the alarm to 'cinamon'."

OK, admit it: How many of you guys have thought something almost exactly 
like this while half asleep? ;-)

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On Mon, 11 May 2009 22:19:40 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> http://xkcd.com/313/
> 
> Note the alt text. It reads: "I have a levitation class at 25:131.
> Better set the alarm to 'cinamon'."
> 
> OK, admit it: How many of you guys have thought something almost exactly
> like this while half asleep? ;-)

I have an alarming number of dreams that involve school even to this day 
- things like forgetting my locker combination, not being able to find 
classrooms, etc.  From my high school, not from college.

But I think the closest I come to something like this is ordering 
something with my credit card on the phone and giving an expiration date 
of 17-2011 or somesuch.

Jim

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>> OK, admit it: How many of you guys have thought something almost exactly
>> like this while half asleep? ;-)
> 
> I have an alarming number of dreams that involve school even to this day 
> - things like forgetting my locker combination, not being able to find 
> classrooms, etc.  From my high school, not from college.

Ah. Yes, XKCD has already documented this too.

http://xkcd.com/557/

I can honestly say I have *never* had a dream anything like this. :-P

> But I think the closest I come to something like this is ordering 
> something with my credit card on the phone and giving an expiration date 
> of 17-2011 or somesuch.

Heh. I keep wanting to encrypt by brain to stop the auditors from trying 
to steal it...

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On Mon, 11 May 2009 22:32:22 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> OK, admit it: How many of you guys have thought something almost
>>> exactly like this while half asleep? ;-)
>> 
>> I have an alarming number of dreams that involve school even to this
>> day - things like forgetting my locker combination, not being able to
>> find classrooms, etc.  From my high school, not from college.
> 
> Ah. Yes, XKCD has already documented this too.
> 
> http://xkcd.com/557/
> 
> I can honestly say I have *never* had a dream anything like this. :-P

Yup, that one had a serious feeling of Deja Vu for me. :-)

And today's was quite good as well, but it helps if you've heard the Car 
Talk radio programme (we listen to the podcast every week - think of Tom 
& Ray as being the geekier cousins (who know more about how cars work as 
a result of an engineering background) of the guys on Top Gear).

>> But I think the closest I come to something like this is ordering
>> something with my credit card on the phone and giving an expiration
>> date of 17-2011 or somesuch.
> 
> Heh. I keep wanting to encrypt by brain to stop the auditors from trying
> to steal it...

LOL, you would certainly want to use an anti-heuristic algorithm, just to 
confuse them.

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> I have an alarming number of dreams that involve school even to this day 
> - things like forgetting my locker combination, not being able to find 
> classrooms, etc.  From my high school, not from college.

Ibid.

That, and being in big old rambling houses with secret passages and cool 
stuff like that. Not scary, tho. :-)

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Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Note the alt text. It reads: "I have a levitation class at 25:131.
>> Better set the alarm to 'cinamon'."
>>
>> OK, admit it: How many of you guys have thought something almost exactly
>> like this while half asleep? ;-)
> 
> I have an alarming number of dreams that involve school even to this day 
> - things like forgetting my locker combination, not being able to find 
> classrooms, etc.  From my high school, not from college.

	Exams are a common theme in mine. Either I show up having forgotten we
have an exam. Or I'm at home, it's 1 pm, and I suddenly realize there's
a 3 hour exam beginning at 12:30pm, and the rest of the dream is a mad
rush to get there.

	University + high school - both show up.


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Darren New wrote:
> That, and being in big old rambling houses with secret passages and cool
> stuff like that. Not scary, tho. :-)

	Back in the days of playing Doom 2 (the last 3D shoot'em up game I
played seriously), I'd have lots of dreams where I was the main guy in
the game, running around and shooting monsters. Lots and lots of fun.
Always would end with a monster that didn't seem to want to die. Even
then, it was still more fun than scary.
	
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On Mon, 11 May 2009 14:57:30 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I have an alarming number of dreams that involve school even to this
>> day - things like forgetting my locker combination, not being able to
>> find classrooms, etc.  From my high school, not from college.
> 
> Ibid.
> 
> That, and being in big old rambling houses with secret passages and cool
> stuff like that. Not scary, tho. :-)

I'd like one like that.  It's pretty rare these days that I remember 
dreams, but I had one the other night that had me working as a detective 
in the NYCPD (ala Law and Order).  No idea who was there or what we were 
investigating, though.

Flying is pretty common for me.

Jim

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On Mon, 11 May 2009 17:39:44 -0500, Mueen Nawaz wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> Note the alt text. It reads: "I have a levitation class at 25:131.
>>> Better set the alarm to 'cinamon'."
>>>
>>> OK, admit it: How many of you guys have thought something almost
>>> exactly like this while half asleep? ;-)
>> 
>> I have an alarming number of dreams that involve school even to this
>> day - things like forgetting my locker combination, not being able to
>> find classrooms, etc.  From my high school, not from college.
> 
> 	Exams are a common theme in mine. Either I show up having 
forgotten we
> have an exam. Or I'm at home, it's 1 pm, and I suddenly realize there's
> a 3 hour exam beginning at 12:30pm, and the rest of the dream is a mad
> rush to get there.
> 
> 	University + high school - both show up.

I had a weird experience a week ago last Saturday - don't know what I was 
dreaming about, but I woke up convinced I had forgotten to check and see 
what time I needed to be up for a meeting, took me a couple of mins to 
realise that it was Saturday.

I don't often forget what day of the week it is.  Well, that's not 
strictly true, often I forget while I'm working what the day/date is, but 
to forget that it's a weekend.....I think that means I need a 
vacation. :-)

Jim

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Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> 	Back in the days of playing Doom 2 (the last 3D shoot'em up game I
> played seriously), I'd have lots of dreams where I was the main guy in
> the game, running around and shooting monsters. Lots and lots of fun.

I always knew I was playing too much FPS games when my dreams had 
crosshairs. I always knew I was playing too much Thief when all the shadows 
during the evening walk were preternaturally jumping out at my attention.

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