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Keyboards are Good; Mouses are Dumb

Posted by timothy on from the trackballs-are-savants dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Most emacs/vi users know this, but it seems the more I use the mouse, the less output I am making. The keyboard does seem to make much more of a mind-meld than the imprecise mouse. Paul Tyma hits it on the head."

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  1. Don't make such claims. by mcwop · · Score: 0, Troll

    You might destroy the world that the Apple-only-has-one-button-mice people live in.

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    "I don't think it's selfish, to eat defenseless shellfish." -NOFX

    1. Re:Don't make such claims. by rd4tech · · Score: 0, Troll

      Lets break it to them gently...

  2. Re:Nice read and all, but... by goldspider · · Score: 0, Troll

    You haven't watched cable "news" channels lately, have you...

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    "Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
  3. Re:1980 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    OMG LOLOL you made a "Faux News" joke!!!111one

  4. The mouse was implemented for dummies by Beebos · · Score: -1, Troll

    The mouse was added to the computer for people who were computer illiterate so that they could search around menus and find the commands for what they wanted to do.

  5. Re:Flogging a dead horse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    See what happens when you never leave the basement?

  6. Re:1980 by taped2thedesk · · Score: -1, Troll
    Well that's your opinion. It's not fact.

    Furthermore, your opinion is stupid, and you're a stupid person for thinking it.

  7. Re:Not quite. by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 0, Troll
    I primarily use IE in conjunction with Window-Eyes as a screen-reading application.

    Bet that was really fun at work before they took goatse.cx offline. I imagine the occasional GNAA troll is equally amusing: "I'M GAY AND I LIKE BIG BLACK ..." <diving for speaker volume>.

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    Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
  8. WRONG by dingfelder · · Score: 1, Troll

    WRONG. Mod Parent Down.
    CNN was founded in 1980.
    Fox News was not launched until October 7, 1996