Yeah, it took me a while to get used to, too. My problem now is when I use my HP laptop my thumb keeps hitting in between the buttons (I don't move my thumb enough left or right). Oh well.
"That way you have one big button for people who want it and the rest of us can turn on two button mode and click the left or right side as required."
That's a good idea. I'd go for that, especially if it could be customized down to individual programs, say 1 button for Firefox and 2 buttons for MS Office. Though the new Macbooks don't even have an actual separate button any more, the whole pad clicks. Wonder if someone could build something that detects where you click on the pad so if you have 2-button enabled and hit the right side of the pad, it results in a right click?
"They learned it to pass the CCNA and then went back to using CIDR calculators."
Just like I had to learn the capitals of the 50 states, then went back to looking it up when I needed to. No, I'm not a network engineer nor a CCNA; did have to do some network subnetting once in a (rare) while. There is a reason we human-like beings build tools- to make make stuff easier and quicker. But if you're happy memorizing stuff a program can do just as well, more power to you (seriously- I have respect for anyone that is an expert in their field).
There is also a nifty program called DoubleCommand that lets you remapped keys quite easily. On my old MB Pro I remapped the bottom 'enter' key to 'forward delete.' I know you can reprogram keys in other ways, but this was just easier since I only wanted to do one thing.
What, debunk some ridiculous mistakes?! Are you insane! As with any group, there is a group-think that doesn't like Apple products, for a variety of reasons. I do find it funny that the anti-Apple and anti-MS posters are just as zealous in the promotion of Linux. Maybe one of these days everyone will just let everyone else buy what the heck they want.
I have touch-to-click disabled also. You can still hold 2 fingers down on the pad and click on the button for a 'right-click.' No jumpy or clicky. I'm surprised you have not figured this out yet.
Thank you, you saved me a bunch of typing. This is the kind of reason my grandmother might have used (RIP, 'ma), but even my mom knows better than this, and she's 65 and can't figure out how to use the dvd player without a cheat sheet.
I agree. Our local (weekly) newspaper used to have, say, 30 pages of actual content. Now it's down to about 7 pages content, 20 some of ads, and a good 100 pages of ad inserts. It's not even worth it.
The only physical paper I find worthy is the WSJ, and that's expensive as all get out. But it covers a lot of ground, and has several differing viewpoints on issues. Nothing really on sports, but that's what ESPN and SI.com are for.
And you're right about the non-comparison to Google. Besides the audience size, Podunk Village news isn't going to be easy to find on Google, if at all.
What MS hardware has -not- had/continues to have issues? They're somewhat good at software, but their hardware has generally been iffy. I know they contract out the work, just like Apple, HP, etc, but c'mon ya gotta have some quality control in place.
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Yeah, it took me a while to get used to, too. My problem now is when I use my HP laptop my thumb keeps hitting in between the buttons (I don't move my thumb enough left or right). Oh well.
"That way you have one big button for people who want it and the rest of us can turn on two button mode and click the left or right side as required."
That's a good idea. I'd go for that, especially if it could be customized down to individual programs, say 1 button for Firefox and 2 buttons for MS Office. Though the new Macbooks don't even have an actual separate button any more, the whole pad clicks. Wonder if someone could build something that detects where you click on the pad so if you have 2-button enabled and hit the right side of the pad, it results in a right click?
"They learned it to pass the CCNA and then went back to using CIDR calculators."
Just like I had to learn the capitals of the 50 states, then went back to looking it up when I needed to. No, I'm not a network engineer nor a CCNA; did have to do some network subnetting once in a (rare) while. There is a reason we human-like beings build tools- to make make stuff easier and quicker. But if you're happy memorizing stuff a program can do just as well, more power to you (seriously- I have respect for anyone that is an expert in their field).
There is also a nifty program called DoubleCommand that lets you remapped keys quite easily. On my old MB Pro I remapped the bottom 'enter' key to 'forward delete.' I know you can reprogram keys in other ways, but this was just easier since I only wanted to do one thing.
What, debunk some ridiculous mistakes?! Are you insane! As with any group, there is a group-think that doesn't like Apple products, for a variety of reasons. I do find it funny that the anti-Apple and anti-MS posters are just as zealous in the promotion of Linux. Maybe one of these days everyone will just let everyone else buy what the heck they want.
Nah.
I have touch-to-click disabled also. You can still hold 2 fingers down on the pad and click on the button for a 'right-click.' No jumpy or clicky. I'm surprised you have not figured this out yet.
Nah, orbital kinetic missiles. Less fallout (ha!).
Oh great, now they'll know that I contributed to the "Cthulhu for President" campaign.
I wonder what kind of perks/bribes FIFA got to place the Cup in a dessert. How about Death Valley next time?
It has the newer feel, somewhat like Torchwood. My wife (and I) enjoyed the new run immensely.
Actually, Macs need Silverlight too to run Netflix streaming. Not that I do anymore since I purchased a Netflix-enable Blu-ray player.
Thank you, you saved me a bunch of typing. This is the kind of reason my grandmother might have used (RIP, 'ma), but even my mom knows better than this, and she's 65 and can't figure out how to use the dvd player without a cheat sheet.
I agree. Our local (weekly) newspaper used to have, say, 30 pages of actual content. Now it's down to about 7 pages content, 20 some of ads, and a good 100 pages of ad inserts. It's not even worth it.
The only physical paper I find worthy is the WSJ, and that's expensive as all get out. But it covers a lot of ground, and has several differing viewpoints on issues. Nothing really on sports, but that's what ESPN and SI.com are for.
And you're right about the non-comparison to Google. Besides the audience size, Podunk Village news isn't going to be easy to find on Google, if at all.
Thank you. You just made me snarfle my iced tea from laughing!
"Next case. The RIAA vs. the Andromeda Galaxy. Representing the defendant, Beebleplex Z-9."
....and rather than offering me a product that I'd want to buy....
Ding ding ding!
That may have been funny about a year ago.
What MS hardware has -not- had/continues to have issues? They're somewhat good at software, but their hardware has generally been iffy. I know they contract out the work, just like Apple, HP, etc, but c'mon ya gotta have some quality control in place.
He's certainly impinging on my brain functions. And I thought Rush and Hannity were bad enough.
Hamsters. On wheels. Many, many hamsters.
"Hey mom, I'm going out to the vacuum to grab some taffy and get a quick suntan. Maybe say 'Hi!' to Bob the Martian."
I'm with you. Just breathtaking. Nice music, too.
The part where you forgot to mention you are an Obama apologist, maybe?
Wow, someone on /. saying Obama is worse than Bush. Kinda freaky.
The possibilities you bring up boggle the mind (minus the 'beating off' part).