Oh yeah, I HATE the wheel button, in absolutely any incarnation. The concept is just stupid at its root as far as I'm concerned. If you need to actually scroll the wheel for any function in the program you're using, trying to click it is just going to mess you up. I've never bound anything to that on purpose, I have enough actual buttons on my mouse to suit my needs.
1) Something is wrong with your G5. Mine is smoove. This, of course, highlights the one big drawback with these fancy mice: you can't open them to clean them out or anything. My RMB has started sticking every now and then, and there's nothing I can do about it except run a toothpick through the groove.:/
2) If you have to buy something new, just jump up to a G9. I've used that thing while I was hanging with Al, it's sweet. Looks retarded, but very comfy, the wheel is good, and the sensitivity is on a slider rather than buttons which means I might actually use it if I had one.
So, if that's what it all boils down to, than why bother calling this stuff "gaming" equipment? Why can't you get the same features and comfort on something that doesn't have that doesn't make you look like a status-whore to own? Mousing around for eight hours a day is a significant part of many jobs the average/.er will take. You should have something better than a dollar-store wrist-rapist for that.
As somebody who resisted getting a Logitech "gaming" mouse for precisely the reason that I felt it was just a higher price for a ridiculous assclown 1337 design, I will tell you that some of them are indeed better than standard mice. When I was in the market for one a while back, the G5 I'm using right now was the only thing that wasn't either wireless, too small, or lacking important buttons, sometimes even the wheel. Logitech's newest hotness is unfortunately combining interesting features with wirelessness, and they don't seem to making anything but that anymore, but their older wired designs are still very solid. Still a bit smaller than like, but really all mice are, so that's not such a big deal. I find the thumb buttons extremely useful in games new enough to recognize them, and they can be useful in other ways, too. My buddy Al likes the hardware sensitivity adjustment on his G9, and even though I keep telling him it'll wreck his wrist, the weight tray.
So, basically, if you want a slick gaming mouse, buy the ones from Logitech rather than the OMG SUPAR1337 junk from Razer or whoever.
Speaking as somebody who was once on your side, I can tell you that it has alot to do with deep self-examination, something many people, even the smart ones, don't seem to have a great deal of time for. In many ways, what is known as mysticism is the remaining difference between a scientist who still believes in free will, and one who believes that we are nothing but chemical machines either trudging down predestined paths or rolling dice all day long. The scientist who doesn't understand these things would say "what do you mean 'just' a machine? Machines are such complex things that they are everything you experience. They can't be 'just anything." But I know from searching within myself that I have some kind of connection to something we have not yet categorized. I am certain that I have found my soul.
I'd really like to hear how you think the relationship between the US, Iraq, and Vietnam is anything like that between a civilization capable of interstellar travel and one in the Bronze Age.
Even our stated mission in those places, stabilizing a government and liberating a people, is quite different in nature from technological uplift and trade agreements.
Honestly, the Prime Directive was the dumbest shit in the show. Any captain worth watching gave it the finger every three episodes. Programs of organized uplift would make much more sense. I mean we'd only hope for the same if somebody better ever finds us. Golden Rule and all that.
I mean, this just seems like something I'd like to work, yeah? Ultimately though, I'm just pleased that the guy in charge of making it actually came out and said his service blows instead of trying to spin or hide it. Refreshing honesty from the corporate world.
Actually, the main problem with ebooks now that paper-like displays are seeing some progress is the cost. $400 for a Kindle is just nasty. When the cost comes down, people will snap those up like crazy, because it's all the benefits of ebooks without the eye strain that kept them away from the concept before. I know I want one, and I've always hated reading stuff on a screen.
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Oh yeah, I HATE the wheel button, in absolutely any incarnation. The concept is just stupid at its root as far as I'm concerned. If you need to actually scroll the wheel for any function in the program you're using, trying to click it is just going to mess you up. I've never bound anything to that on purpose, I have enough actual buttons on my mouse to suit my needs.
1) Something is wrong with your G5. Mine is smoove. This, of course, highlights the one big drawback with these fancy mice: you can't open them to clean them out or anything. My RMB has started sticking every now and then, and there's nothing I can do about it except run a toothpick through the groove. :/
2) If you have to buy something new, just jump up to a G9. I've used that thing while I was hanging with Al, it's sweet. Looks retarded, but very comfy, the wheel is good, and the sensitivity is on a slider rather than buttons which means I might actually use it if I had one.
So, if that's what it all boils down to, than why bother calling this stuff "gaming" equipment? Why can't you get the same features and comfort on something that doesn't have that doesn't make you look like a status-whore to own? Mousing around for eight hours a day is a significant part of many jobs the average /.er will take. You should have something better than a dollar-store wrist-rapist for that.
Hey man, I only got that because it came with the only power supply BB had that would run my stuff. Don't call me that. :(
As somebody who resisted getting a Logitech "gaming" mouse for precisely the reason that I felt it was just a higher price for a ridiculous assclown 1337 design, I will tell you that some of them are indeed better than standard mice. When I was in the market for one a while back, the G5 I'm using right now was the only thing that wasn't either wireless, too small, or lacking important buttons, sometimes even the wheel. Logitech's newest hotness is unfortunately combining interesting features with wirelessness, and they don't seem to making anything but that anymore, but their older wired designs are still very solid. Still a bit smaller than like, but really all mice are, so that's not such a big deal. I find the thumb buttons extremely useful in games new enough to recognize them, and they can be useful in other ways, too. My buddy Al likes the hardware sensitivity adjustment on his G9, and even though I keep telling him it'll wreck his wrist, the weight tray. So, basically, if you want a slick gaming mouse, buy the ones from Logitech rather than the OMG SUPAR1337 junk from Razer or whoever.
Speaking as somebody who was once on your side, I can tell you that it has alot to do with deep self-examination, something many people, even the smart ones, don't seem to have a great deal of time for. In many ways, what is known as mysticism is the remaining difference between a scientist who still believes in free will, and one who believes that we are nothing but chemical machines either trudging down predestined paths or rolling dice all day long. The scientist who doesn't understand these things would say "what do you mean 'just' a machine? Machines are such complex things that they are everything you experience. They can't be 'just anything." But I know from searching within myself that I have some kind of connection to something we have not yet categorized. I am certain that I have found my soul.
I'd really like to hear how you think the relationship between the US, Iraq, and Vietnam is anything like that between a civilization capable of interstellar travel and one in the Bronze Age. Even our stated mission in those places, stabilizing a government and liberating a people, is quite different in nature from technological uplift and trade agreements.
Honestly, the Prime Directive was the dumbest shit in the show. Any captain worth watching gave it the finger every three episodes. Programs of organized uplift would make much more sense. I mean we'd only hope for the same if somebody better ever finds us. Golden Rule and all that.
Vrapid: dump stuff on the tubes at the speed of light!
I 3 Firefox and all, but it's not standards compliant. Tried Acid 3?
I mean, this just seems like something I'd like to work, yeah? Ultimately though, I'm just pleased that the guy in charge of making it actually came out and said his service blows instead of trying to spin or hide it. Refreshing honesty from the corporate world.
Actually, the main problem with ebooks now that paper-like displays are seeing some progress is the cost. $400 for a Kindle is just nasty. When the cost comes down, people will snap those up like crazy, because it's all the benefits of ebooks without the eye strain that kept them away from the concept before. I know I want one, and I've always hated reading stuff on a screen.
We're going to need passports to go from state to state here in the US in a few years. So, I guess we meet in the middle?