All the classic things that bug you

[Lagaidh]

Originally Posted by Droog007 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Try to stop thinking in terms of the XYZ coordinate model, and more in terms of the compass rose... i.e. North-South / East-West. You don't say "East West North South", and you don't say "North East South West"...

Hehe. That's exactly what I try to do, but from the mental orientation of (X,Y). I agree that Z is almost always ignorable. We can usually see enough of the Z plane that we don't feel the need to abstract that property to a map. Standing at any one (X,Y) point in a zone, however, it's hard to see enough length and breadth to feel one's bearings inside of the whole.

I did have to comment earlier... after all the time I've spent with (Y,X) in EQ, why can't I make my brain get used to it? Hell I can speak and write in two human languages, code in dozens of machine languages. My mind is fluid to alternative views of identical concepts. Why the frack can't I get over thissun?

I'll caveat it though: I'm in a nature-of-perception-and-thought kind of a mode today looking at some of the conversations I'm having. I guess that happens when boredom is rampant.