That's the way it works for me, I described it as 'tinnitus' before, not qualifying my use of the word correctly but meaning it as a mental tinnitus, I.E. the background thoughts that bubble away and distract from the task at hand. There's also the low level but real aural tinnitus that results from listening to music, children, traffic and general life at higher than sensible volumes for prolonged periods... On 20 March 2017 at 11:59, Lyle Hazelwood wrote: > It's not a distraction, just the opposite. Any familiar music serves to > quiet the parts of my mind that are too restless to let me think. I suppo= se > that IS a distraction of sorts. > And while the album of choice is by no means quiet nor simple, after 35 o= dd > years of repetition, there is a Pavlovian response now. My brain > recognizes the sound and prepares for a specific task, much as hearing > "We're off to see the wizard" might lead a person to skip instead of walk= .. > I thought this over while driving to work today, and listening to 2112. I > also found a way to simplify some code I wrote last night, quite by > accident. > Interesting topic. > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 Clint. *No trees were harmed in the sending of this mail. However, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.* --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .