drewfx said:
You either have a short memory or don't get out much.
Both true.
I suffered a traumatic brain injury some time back, and my short-term memory is pitiful. I can't even read much any more. Can't remember what I read two pages back, which makes following a story or theme or idea a real chore. Prior to that, I'd read a couple hundred books a year. Now, I struggle with a couple.
A great deal of my long-term memory is just gone. Or, more to the point - inaccessible. It seems the memories are still there, but they need reconnection. Kinda like re-formatting a FAT filesystem: the files are still there somewhere, but the pointers are gone. Sometimes the connections are repaired by some different association, and the knowledge comes back. Unfortunately, it can't be forced.
I also lost a certain amount of muscle control, mainly on my left side, so I have some trouble getting around. Then there's the trauma-induced epilepsy, which has thankfully diminished to near non-existence, but still keeps me from driving.
Finally, I'm missing most of my right lung, so breathing is something I can't take for granted.
So, yeah. I don't get out much.
But, I was an ace programmer for most of my career, so I got the computer thing down. I was wire-wrapping the things to life before the PC was ever introduced, or Microsoft even existed. While I was a developer, it was mostly embedded systems stuff that would run on either obscure real-time operating systems or whatever MS was offering at the time. I am still passingly familiar with computers.
I know IE and Windows have improved in recent years, but that's like saying the various cancer treatments have improved. They have, and many cancers are survivable now, but your best bet is to not engage in cancer-causing behavior.
Worst. Disease. Ever.
