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posted 2004.07.13 at 09:35 by xeno
A brief explanation, via IRC, of a Reset. Description, brief how-to follows:
[09.21.08] < @_Lasar> Blar
[09.21.17] < @_Lasar> My priorities:
[09.21.21] < @_Lasar> 1) Stay awake
[09.21.40] < @_Lasar> 2) Look productive enough to keep boss from chcking on me
[09.21.50] < @_Lasar> 3) Maybe even get something done
[09.21.58] < xeno_reset> hahaha
[09.22.07] < xeno_reset> My priorities:
[09.22.11] < xeno_reset> 1) Stay awake
[09.22.20] < xeno_reset> 2) Successful reset
[09.22.29] < xeno_reset> 3) See 1)
[09.22.43] < @_Lasar> Heh
[09.23.09] < @_Lasar> I'll be happy if I can have 1) for another two hours.
[09.23.13] < @_Lasar> Then I can go home.
[09.23.24] < xeno_reset> blah
[09.23.32] < xeno_reset> i've got 12+ hours to go :|
[09.23.38] < @_Lasar> :/
[09.23.41] < @_Lasar> How's that?
[09.23.44] < xeno_reset> if i keep caffeinated and busy, i'll be okay
[09.23.49] < xeno_reset> because it's 0930 here
[09.23.57] < xeno_reset> see 2)
[09.24.06] < @_Lasar> Reset of what?
[09.24.09] < xeno_reset> me.
[09.24.11] < xeno_reset> :|
[09.24.25] < @_Lasar> Awake-ness reset?
[09.24.25] < xeno_reset> i'm on a 25 hour body clock
[09.24.33] < @_Lasar> Oh.
[09.24.33] < xeno_reset> thus requiring me to reset every couple of months
[09.24.39] < @_Lasar> So reset every month.
[09.24.41] < @_Lasar> heh.
[09.24.53] < xeno_reset> because eventually, I've shifted to getting sleepy around 0500
[09.25.03] < @_Lasar> Yeah.
[09.25.04] < xeno_reset> once it hits that point, i reset for 0000
[09.25.12] < xeno_reset> maybe it's even more than 25 hours
[09.25.16] < xeno_reset> i've never bothered with the math
[09.25.24] < xeno_reset> i just assume I'm on Barsoom time
[09.25.27] < xeno_reset> and leave it at that
[09.25.31] < @_Lasar> :)
[09.25.35] < @_Lasar> Whatever works for you.
[09.25.38] < xeno_reset> yeah
[09.25.44] < xeno_reset> except that it fucking doesn't
[09.25.50] < xeno_reset> i'd prefer to be normal, thks
[09.26.05] < xeno_reset> also, reset == horrible terrible for everyone involved, usually
[09.26.10] < @_Lasar> :/
[09.26.14] < xeno_reset> by about 1400 today, i'm going to be rabid
[09.26.23] < @_Lasar>Hi.
[09.26.28] < @_Lasar>RAAAR!
[09.26.30] < xeno_reset> heh
[09.26.34] < xeno_reset> pretty much
[09.26.59] < xeno_reset> by about 1800, the precursory hallucinations start
[09.27.03] < xeno_reset> those are not fun
[09.27.07] < xeno_reset> random twitches
[09.27.11] < xeno_reset> and I don't mean little ones
[09.27.17] < xeno_reset> i mean like my arm will suddenly go Up
[09.27.21] < xeno_reset> like i'm raising my hand in class
[09.27.27] < xeno_reset> or my foot will start jamming up and down
[09.27.41] < @_Lasar> huh
[09.27.43] < xeno_reset> by about 2000, everything will be spider-webby and gauzed
[09.27.52] < zaphod> :)
[09.28.14] < xeno_reset> feels like my head is packed with chewing gum and cotton
[09.28.56] < xeno_reset> fortunately, based on the prior times i've done it (and i first started it on my birthday, '97) i'll crash tonight at 0000 and wake up sometime around 7 tomorrow feeling fine
[09.29.53] < @_Lasar> Interesting.
[09.30.38] < zaphod> :)
[09.30.50] < zaphod> why not earlier ?
[09.31.10] < @_Lasar> Pussy.
[09.31.16] < zaphod> :)
[09.31.47] < xeno_reset> because i break alarum clocks
[09.31.58] < xeno_reset> it's when i'll wake up, on my own
[09.32.13] < zaphod> xeno_reset: I meant goin; to bed...
[09.32.14] < xeno_reset> i'm pretty good at going to bed and deciding to wake up at a certain time
[09.32.16] < xeno_reset> ah
[09.32.20] < xeno_reset> because, i reset for 0000
[09.32.24] < xeno_reset> that's why
[09.32.41] < @_Lasar> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/alarum
[09.33.01] < xeno_reset> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fag
[09.33.09] < @_Lasar> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stfu
[09.33.16] < xeno_reset> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/k
More on this later, when I feel like writing something In Detail
Also, results/fallout.