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Re:Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes by jcromartie on Thursday January 20, 2011 @01:43PM (#2124732)
I'm pretty sure I saw this on HN before, but...

http://breckyunits.com/when_forced_to_wait_wait

Re:Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minutes by hugh3 on Thursday January 20, 2011 @02:56PM (#2125044)
My day job involves running simulations that take days to run. This has, unfortunately, made me into an epic multitasker, and keeping track of all the things I'm doing at any given time taxes my brain.

I don't think the "when forced to wait, wait" strategy would work well for me.