Multitasking, in and of itself is not the problem. It's an inability to separate the professional from the personal and to prioritise activities that causes many frustrations.

And this is why people shouldn't drink before midday. Blurry vision, faulty memories and imaginary UIDs.

I'm in my early thirties and I avoid multitasking like the plague. My younger colleagues and siblings seem to have no problems with doing several things at once - but the flip side is they end up doing many things twice simply because they sacrifice focus for versatility. They're so busy trying to do too many things at once that they rarely get anything done properly.

As for being always in contact, I couldn't care less. I'll usually answer as soon as possible, but I have no qualms when it comes to ignoring calls or messages if I'm busy with something, or simply don't feel like talking to someone. I don't expect people to be available on my schedule and see no reason why I am obligated to be always available when it suits them.

The interest rate on my bond was 9.65%. My marginal tax rate is 38%, so I'd need to find an investment with returns of at least 13.5% which is not so easy to do.

Paying it off was just easier.

I'm 32 and I own my house outright. Some financial restraint and not buying the most expensive place you can find isn't that hard.

The magic mineral didn't appear to occur in veins and was found at or very near the surface, which makes quarrying the most effective method of mining it. I wouldn't go with nukes though - radiation makes it a bit messy.

You're only wrong on how the *current* technology works, but the older tech was based on colour filtering. TV's can handle the older technique but not the newer, since they can't polarise an image yet. There was an episode of "Chuck" broadcast in 3d last year using the old blue/red glasses technique.

I actually took the glasses off a few times while watching Avatar and it wasn't a single blurry image, it was two distinct overlapping images. The polarisation technique allows for a much greater field of depth.

Wouldn't execution by robot, virus or worm be more fitting?

What are these "users" you refer to?

I don't know about status, but being in a position where none of your 10000 users are allowed to contact you is good. When the 20 odd first line support staff that they report issues to aren't allowed to contact you either, it's great. When even your direct co workers have to go through your line manager (who quite understands if you're too busy to assist mere mortals) to speak to you, it's heaven. Having a praise wall dedicated to you is a bit creepy though.

You're assuming that the environment in which one works and the environment that one develops for are one and the same.

That's a horrible analogy since you're no more doing science than I am when I start my car in the morning. You're not attempting to prove anything, you're relying on a technique based on a theory that has already been proven to produce a known result. In which case it's an entirely reasonable conclusion that it's your technique (or experiment) at fault.