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Presentation Remotes for OpenOffice Impress?
saintlupus asks: "I'm going to be teaching an introductory Computer Science class in the fall, and I'm using OpenOffice Impress on my Debian Powerbook for a lot of the lecture material. Does anyone know of a brand of wireless remote that works with this presentation software? I'd rather not be locked behind the podium while I'm teaching, so the idea of a remote is appealing, but nobody lists Linux compatibility for these things."
I would choose an attractive young woman from the class and appoint her as the "Presentation Operator".
When you want to advance a slide, point at her, flick your thumb in the traditional "hey baby, I'm the man" motion, and make a *CLK* sound with your mouth.
To back up a slide or two, I would personally walk over to her and whisper the request.
(to the PC sensitive, I'm joking. anyway, it's only sexist if you're not a pretty girl, because the pretty girls know they're pretty, and they know it gives them preferential treatment... and they'll take the advantage.)
.sigs are for post^Hers.
And you can have one of those mercury filled birds hit the key at precise intervals. Oh, and have a 'no questions' policy so your timing won't get screwed up.
"A couple did in mine. Of course, this was back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when getting a Computer Science degree meant lifetime employment (which we now know to be a lie)."
Oh no! The pretty women have been outsourced.