That can't be all there is to it. My typing accuraacy drops as speed goes down; I hit everything in sight (ack, typed that "site". See . ..) Also, typing speed would cause general errors, not homophones . ..
Hmm, looking at how those were done, I set the filter to "middle" and finally found "middlemouse.openNewWindow" to set to false, which could make firefox actually usable to me.
And I was also going to ask about a setting to make the space and pageup/down keys live by default on a new page rather than needing a click, but that seems to be the case in firefox (it's drifted out of mozilla, though).
Ahh, but there's still one left to ask:
In the last few weeks, ^K, ^D, and ^U stopped working in the url line and in text entry fields. Is there a setting to turn them back on? Firefox seems to be similarly disabled . ..
And for some reason, it doesn't seem to successfully talk to junkbuster, with identical proxy settings to mozilla . ..
The Mac Portable sucked, but at least you could look at it and know right away it was awful.
Heretic. Those are still in use, and just *try* to get anyone who has one to give it up. The rubber on the rollerball was too soft (you have to reform it to the correct shape fairly often), and it was too heavy, but aside from that, it was spectacular.
And it wasn't a laptop, anyway; it was a portable.
haw, who will give up his when it's pried from his cold, dead, fingers
I desinged one of those back then, too. Had all the pieces, but never built it (wasn't much point:)
I was going to mount it in a calculator case, replace the display with sixteen digits worth of 7 segment displays. The keyboard would have been scanned by the same 4:16 demux that would be refreshing the display, and I'd have used a couple of cmos rams.
However, once I'd figured out the entire design, there didn't seem much reason to really make it . ..
Believe me, after I hauled it through an airport, I was far from laughing.
I was in *pain*.
Macportable, spare battery, power supply, and carrying case weighed 26 lbs . ..
Right now it's sitting in pieces in a bag in the corner of the playroom waiting for me to solder a fuseholder in, as it's blown another one. After that, it probably goes in the twins' room to run old kids software.
I was surprised to see that it was using Microsoft's BASIC. I didn't realize they were around that long.
???
That's what microsoft was *built on*.
Almost everything used a microsoft basic back then. It was built into the Apple ][+, came on tape with the II, builit into the pet, almost all of the TRS-80 line, computcolor, etc. Atari didn't and it it was a problem for the early machines.
Almost all of those used version II.
Version 4 (particularly 4.51) was popular on CP/M, and then version 5, which would be the basis for GWBASIC/BASICA for msdos/pcdos.
And back then, microsoft documentation was amont the best . ..
hawk, who still occasionally hauls his 102 out of the drawer
Heck, I am a lawyer, and it sure looks like that to me sometimes. "Never mind what the law really is. Since we can't pass our agenda in the legislature, we'll sue to get it!"
This one looks particularly odd to me. These aren't "HP contract workers" but employees of other firms, such as Manpower--which has its own benefits package for employees who average enough hours.
And this is not legal advice. Anyone who needs that can get their own lawyer.
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probably don't float, either . . .
hawk, dating himself
That can't be all there is to it. My typing accuraacy drops as speed goes down; I hit everything in sight (ack, typed that "site". See . . .) Also, typing speed would cause general errors, not homophones . . .
hawk
Hmm, looking at how those were done, I set the filter to "middle" and finally found "middlemouse.openNewWindow" to set to false, which could make firefox actually usable to me.
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And I was also going to ask about a setting to make the space and pageup/down keys live by default on a new page rather than needing a click, but that seems to be the case in firefox (it's drifted out of mozilla, though).
Ahh, but there's still one left to ask:
In the last few weeks, ^K, ^D, and ^U stopped working in the url line and in text entry fields. Is there a setting to turn them back on? Firefox seems to be similarly disabled . .
And for some reason, it doesn't seem to successfully talk to junkbuster, with identical proxy settings to mozilla . .
hawk
>Well, thanks to this story he has officially been
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>transitioned to the permanent tech no-hire pool.
"Thanks to the prosecutor, he has officially been translated to death row."
Nothing to do with his own acts . .
hawk
Experienced typists tend to make homophonic mistakes (there/their), prob. because typing is more nearly akin to talking for them.
Is this really common? I thought it was just me. It's only been happening over the last couple of years.
Fortunately, I can usually tell that I've just done it--but it seems to be getting worse.
hawk
> Well, I'm guessing he won't do that again.
:)
I think we can be fairly certain of that
hawk
Perhaps, but all of your bases are belong to us :)
.
Besides, your use of a patent application is illegal prior art . .
hawk
hawk
. . . that puts you in violation of my patent on "patent applications" and "use of prior art"
hawk
> I surrender.
Wait a minute; isn't this backwards?
hawk
>and ones that are exposed to death metal grew the bes
Trying to escape?
hawk
>I'd be lucky if it could melt marshmallows
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Yet it may be more than sufficient if the French Army invades . .
hawk
"Cold Raw Dead Fish for Sale!"
They were bought out by apple's marketing division?
hawk
Especially if you had something similar before the visit, and only modified what you were doing afterwards . . .
hawk
The Mac Portable sucked, but at least you could look at it and know right away it was awful.
Heretic. Those are still in use, and just *try* to get anyone who has one to give it up. The rubber on the rollerball was too soft (you have to reform it to the correct shape fairly often), and it was too heavy, but aside from that, it was spectacular.
And it wasn't a laptop, anyway; it was a portable.
haw, who will give up his when it's pried from his cold, dead, fingers
I desinged one of those back then, too. Had all the pieces, but never built it (wasn't much point :)
.
I was going to mount it in a calculator case, replace the display with sixteen digits worth of 7 segment displays. The keyboard would have been scanned by the same 4:16 demux that would be refreshing the display, and I'd have used a couple of cmos rams.
However, once I'd figured out the entire design, there didn't seem much reason to really make it . .
hawk
I always did find the notion that the rare guy to sign up for home ec, cheerleading, and the like was "suspect."
There's one of him, and thirty girls. And you think he signed up because he's gay???
hawk
Believe me, after I hauled it through an airport, I was far from laughing.
.
I was in *pain*.
Macportable, spare battery, power supply, and carrying case weighed 26 lbs . .
Right now it's sitting in pieces in a bag in the corner of the playroom waiting for me to solder a fuseholder in, as it's blown another one. After that, it probably goes in the twins' room to run old kids software.
hawk
I used to haul my 128k, the printer, and second drive across campus to write papers during slow tutoring hours . . .
hawk
I was surprised to see that it was using Microsoft's BASIC. I didn't realize they were around that long.
.
???
That's what microsoft was *built on*.
Almost everything used a microsoft basic back then. It was built into the Apple ][+, came on tape with the II, builit into the pet, almost all of the TRS-80 line, computcolor, etc. Atari didn't and it it was a problem for the early machines.
Almost all of those used version II.
Version 4 (particularly 4.51) was popular on CP/M, and then version 5, which would be the basis for GWBASIC/BASICA for msdos/pcdos.
And back then, microsoft documentation was amont the best . .
hawk, who still occasionally hauls his 102 out of the drawer
hawk
To continue having the victim's hits redirected, the redirect needs to stay in place, doesn't it?
What in the world does the hijacker gain by having google point him, only to then load the victim's page?
hawk
According to TFA, these are employees of other firms. Makes a huge difference . . .
hawk
Heck, I am a lawyer, and it sure looks like that to me sometimes. "Never mind what the law really is. Since we can't pass our agenda in the legislature, we'll sue to get it!"
This one looks particularly odd to me. These aren't "HP contract workers" but employees of other firms, such as Manpower--which has its own benefits package for employees who average enough hours.
And this is not legal advice. Anyone who needs that can get their own lawyer.
hawk, esq.
hawk