So get an IDE LS-120 drive. Does floppies faster, with caching, less CPU usage, and does soft ejects (both from the OS and the button). You can boot from it, or use it as easy quick xfer (like a zip).
Even obvious AC trolls, FIRST P0ST and inane derrogatory comments about people (j00 5uX0R H0M0, etc...)? Shit like that deserves far less than a 0. I can stand the hit to my karma - but if it's abuse of the M2 system (like you are claiming), then that's unfair to everyone...
I usually moderate upward, but if I see a bunch of crap sitting there, sure - I'll blast it out...
You are probably a troll, too - posting as AC... no attempt to back up your words with a userid? Or maybe you're just blowing smoke (IHBT)?
Yes - the default should be 1 instead of two... it doesn't seem to matter too much to some, though...
The other 'problem' is the loss of massive amounts of karma after moderating. I mod'd last week, and since then I've magically lost a number of points each of the last few days...
Others have experienced this, too... http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=lostkarma
My home water comes from a US aquifer, and in my previous home, I could easily drive to the reservoir that fed my water system. Can't speak for everybody... Thanks for playing 8^)
Actually, real headphones (read - didn't come with your $50 discman) have far *better* bass and treble extension than speakers. Lower levels = less breakup. The proximity to the ear makes this possible.
Check out some Grado (SR-60), Sennheiser, or heck, even some nice Denons, and you'll be very surprised. Sony studio sets are decent, too (not the huge ass $10 ones at the Wiz that are the same driver in a plastic milk carton).
You can hear far more with headphones. No room ineraction. Big difference. More clarity.
2-3 years is pretty optimistic. I'd hope so, but I think it's a bit of a stretch...
Of course, if M$ moves to Canada, the gov won't use a 'foreign product' on it's systems, so that would help the shift slightly... and diminish M$s profits a littl 8^)
>And even the fact that the left-button is the default button is not obvious to an absolute newbie. I've been told this before, and I always wonder about it... My first mouse had three buttons (on the 386 - not all that useful then, but they had them). You put your hand on the mouse, and press with your index finger. That's almost always the left button. Plus, even windows ships with that little book (about 40 pages, I think) on how to use a mouse and the start button. Once you are told which button to use (all of 3 seconds), it shoudn't be that hard. After all, that's a lot less confusing than a key that says "Print Screen/SysRq"... and doesn't seem to do either "what do you mean my screen is on the 'clipboard'?" Ah, for the days when that actually *did* dump it to the printer...
>I'm certainly in favor of choice. Apple should provide a BTO option for that second button.
That's all I really wanted - choice.
>And by the way, the iMac keyboard puts the arrow keys where the right-hand control and option usually are, meaning it's exceptionally easy to do a command-left keystroke.
Click the mouse button and hold it? Is there some waiting time and then the other function "kicks in"? Is this like a one second, or one minute kinda thing? How would this affect a drawing/cad program which expects two buttons? I click and slowly move it - would it choose the second button after a while?
I don't like the idea of waiting for something like that. I should be able to middle click on three things in under a second, or right click and scan to my option in less than half a second. If I have to wait for the menu, I'd throw away the mouse and get a new one. No reason to ship a single button mouse. Ever. On any planet.
BTW, I don't use Macs, but I don't think anyone should be input crippled. Every machine I made (back in the day) shipped with a three-button mouse. Not a single person (even the moms) ever complained about there being 'too many buttons' on the mouse...
Ok, some people might find button/key combinations easier than a single button, but if people are confused by the other button, you don't need to take it away... If you don't like it/understand it, learn it or don't use it. I can't see how anyone could feel threatened that there are one or two extra buttons on a mouse that they don't use (the buttons are coming to take me away, ha ha ho ho hee hee)...
True, contextual menus aren't in use for a lot of things, but there are a lot of people who depend on them (highlight something, then right click to perform any various action on it, right click on an entry box to see the last ten choices, etc...). I'm all for keyboard shortcuts for just about everything (I find it to be much quicker than a mouse for a lot of actions), but why restrict your input if you don't need to. The three most common applications nowdays (according to my survey of sample size 0) are (not in any order) e-mail, document processing, and web browsing.
E-mail: Don't need a mouse, and if so - one button will do
Word/Doc processing: Mice can be very helpful for some things, and if you use one, it's exceptionally heplful to have a second button (see above).
Web Browsing: My right hand is on the mouse, so alt + <- is a bit of a reach (especially on some unices where the two alts don't behave the same), so right-click to go back is essential. Yeah, I could right click and scan down to open a link in a new window, but the middle button is my most used button in Netscape - it already does this. Shift + left button saves. Hmmm, maybe I need four...
And you can't do any sort of CAD (think PRO-E) reasonably with one button (even two is a pain in the ass).
Don't cripple users by taking away input. They don't have to use it if it happens to be there... just ignore it.
Yes, not for the entire movement, but when you are reading the page/text and not actively moving the mouse, you don't keep your hand/wrist suspended in air - that goes towards helping RSI. My trackball lets the side of my hand rest on the desk whether or not I'm using it, so there is virtually *no* strain on my wrist at any time. That's goodness.
As for del and end... end I wouldn't miss too much, but I use del without thinking. Backspace deletes to the left, del deletes to the right (and I remap appropriately when this isn't the case). Annoyance, yes... but rather useful to have them.
One computer lab I visited had all of the mouse ball doors glued on. Stopped people from stealing the balls, but stopped anybody from cleaning them. Oops...
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What about AirEx or DHL? Same policies? I'd say if you were buying jewelry, a little extra cash wouldn't be a big deal... of course, I'm not one who would buy jewelry sight unseen (well, gold maybe, but never a stone), so I'd probably just drive/bike over to a store... (sorry)
I'm still amazed that people lose all their remotes... The only time I couldn't find mine, my former roommate had dropped it underneath a couch cushion (somehow defying physics - it must have tunneled).
I pick up the remote, use it, then put it down, or leave it in my hand. Therefore, the reomte is always on the coffee table or in my hand. Pretty easy to find...
I agree with the school/library point, though. People love taking things...
From my (and several friends) experiences, the round mouse is the wrong size for the hands of adult males (granted, not the target audience for an iMac, anyway). It's far too small, you can't easily rest your hand on it in a comfortable position - not caring about the orientation issue, it's still a pretty poor mouse, functionally.
The Logitec 3-button mouse that came with my RS/6k is one of the best mice I've ever used (albeit a little light), but nothing tops a good trackball. No wrist strain, comfortable resting position, quick accurate movements. Good stuff.
Oh, yeah - del and end are *kinda* helpful in a lot of editors and shells (yeah, yeah - it's just a Mac, and the people using it don't know what a shell or editor is... unless you mean the things at the beach and the newspaper dudes).
Then it's also a flaw in Netscape and a whole bunch of other apps...
Left button - select or drage to highlight. Middle button - open in new window (a godsend) Right button - context menu for link, image or page...
You suggest that each time I click on a link, it brings up a more extensive version of the right click menu, including 'follow link'?
Much of this holds true for some ediors...
Left click to place the cursor or hold an highlight. If you have just placed, a right click will highlight between the cursor and the click. Middle button - more menus (consistent interfaces are few and far between, but as long as they have the function, I'll be happy).
If I want to use nothing but a mouse in Netscraper, I should be able to.
If I want to use nothing but keys in an editor, I should be able to.
If I want to take the best of both worlds, I should be able to, but a one-button solution doesn't allow that. Heck, I can't even stand two-button mice in WinNT anymore, much less in X...
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That's the bonus of running your site and having your code easily modifiable...
Guess that'll get merged in to the next version of/code... (proudly running on.9.2 because I'm too lazy)...
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So if I mod 4 good posts up, and 1 troll down, I lose 8-10 karma points? Hmm, sounds like a load of $h17 to me...
So get an IDE LS-120 drive. Does floppies faster, with caching, less CPU usage, and does soft ejects (both from the OS and the button). You can boot from it, or use it as easy quick xfer (like a zip).
The choices are out there.
IDE is a dark age, however. SCSI is still god...
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stick with the haiku...
limericks ain't yo thang
Even obvious AC trolls, FIRST P0ST and inane derrogatory comments about people (j00 5uX0R H0M0, etc...)? Shit like that deserves far less than a 0. I can stand the hit to my karma - but if it's abuse of the M2 system (like you are claiming), then that's unfair to everyone...
I usually moderate upward, but if I see a bunch of crap sitting there, sure - I'll blast it out...
You are probably a troll, too - posting as AC... no attempt to back up your words with a userid? Or maybe you're just blowing smoke (IHBT)?
Yes - the default should be 1 instead of two... it doesn't seem to matter too much to some, though...
The other 'problem' is the loss of massive amounts of karma after moderating. I mod'd last week, and since then I've magically lost a number of points each of the last few days...
Others have experienced this, too...
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=lostkarma
My home water comes from a US aquifer, and in my previous home, I could easily drive to the reservoir that fed my water system. Can't speak for everybody...
Thanks for playing 8^)
Actually, real headphones (read - didn't come with your $50 discman) have far *better* bass and treble extension than speakers. Lower levels = less breakup. The proximity to the ear makes this possible.
Check out some Grado (SR-60), Sennheiser, or heck, even some nice Denons, and you'll be very surprised. Sony studio sets are decent, too (not the huge ass $10 ones at the Wiz that are the same driver in a plastic milk carton).
You can hear far more with headphones. No room ineraction. Big difference. More clarity.
But what about me - I'm a digital audiophile - I demand at least 24/96!
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DAT is either 44.1 or 48kHz sampling - peak frequency is ~24kHz... not the sampling rate.
Most CD players apply a fairly high order filter ~20kHz anyway, to block out noise, prevent aliasing, etc...
No, not the pros - most of the good ones are over here already. We just need to get the future stars over before the blast.
>Then where would Americans try to buy fresh water from? ;-)
I've never bought canadian water in my life, and I've only bought bottled water for car trips, when the bottle fits in my cup holder...
nyeh 8^)
2-3 years is pretty optimistic. I'd hope so, but I think it's a bit of a stretch...
Of course, if M$ moves to Canada, the gov won't use a 'foreign product' on it's systems, so that would help the shift slightly... and diminish M$s profits a littl 8^)
At least a few fuel-air bombs. More powerful than the bombs dropped at H&N in '45... and less radiation. Still a big mess.
Just get the good hockey players out first...
Works For Me(TM).
Firewall/proxy problem?
>And even the fact that the left-button is the default button is not obvious to an absolute newbie.
I've been told this before, and I always wonder about it... My first mouse had three buttons (on the 386 - not all that useful then, but they had them). You put your hand on the mouse, and press with your index finger. That's almost always the left button. Plus, even windows ships with that little book (about 40 pages, I think) on how to use a mouse and the start button. Once you are told which button to use (all of 3 seconds), it shoudn't be that hard. After all, that's a lot less confusing than a key that says "Print Screen/SysRq"... and doesn't seem to do either "what do you mean my screen is on the 'clipboard'?" Ah, for the days when that actually *did* dump it to the printer...
>I'm certainly in favor of choice. Apple should provide a BTO option for that second button.
That's all I really wanted - choice.
>And by the way, the iMac keyboard puts the arrow keys where the right-hand control and option usually are, meaning it's exceptionally easy to do a command-left keystroke.
Ah - consider me enlightened 8^)
Let me rephrase:
Click the mouse button and hold it? Is there some waiting time and then the other function "kicks in"? Is this like a one second, or one minute kinda thing? How would this affect a drawing/cad program which expects two buttons? I click and slowly move it - would it choose the second button after a while?
I don't like the idea of waiting for something like that. I should be able to middle click on three things in under a second, or right click and scan to my option in less than half a second. If I have to wait for the menu, I'd throw away the mouse and get a new one. No reason to ship a single button mouse. Ever. On any planet.
BTW, I don't use Macs, but I don't think anyone should be input crippled. Every machine I made (back in the day) shipped with a three-button mouse. Not a single person (even the moms) ever complained about there being 'too many buttons' on the mouse...
Ok, some people might find button/key combinations easier than a single button, but if people are confused by the other button, you don't need to take it away... If you don't like it/understand it, learn it or don't use it. I can't see how anyone could feel threatened that there are one or two extra buttons on a mouse that they don't use (the buttons are coming to take me away, ha ha ho ho hee hee)...
True, contextual menus aren't in use for a lot of things, but there are a lot of people who depend on them (highlight something, then right click to perform any various action on it, right click on an entry box to see the last ten choices, etc...). I'm all for keyboard shortcuts for just about everything (I find it to be much quicker than a mouse for a lot of actions), but why restrict your input if you don't need to. The three most common applications nowdays (according to my survey of sample size 0) are (not in any order) e-mail, document processing, and web browsing.
E-mail: Don't need a mouse, and if so - one button will do
Word/Doc processing: Mice can be very helpful for some things, and if you use one, it's exceptionally heplful to have a second button (see above).
Web Browsing: My right hand is on the mouse, so alt + <- is a bit of a reach (especially on some unices where the two alts don't behave the same), so right-click to go back is essential. Yeah, I could right click and scan down to open a link in a new window, but the middle button is my most used button in Netscape - it already does this. Shift + left button saves. Hmmm, maybe I need four...
And you can't do any sort of CAD (think PRO-E) reasonably with one button (even two is a pain in the ass).
Don't cripple users by taking away input. They don't have to use it if it happens to be there... just ignore it.
Not sure I follow - which situation does click-hold take care of? I haven't used BeOS anytime in recent memory...
Yes, not for the entire movement, but when you are reading the page/text and not actively moving the mouse, you don't keep your hand/wrist suspended in air - that goes towards helping RSI. My trackball lets the side of my hand rest on the desk whether or not I'm using it, so there is virtually *no* strain on my wrist at any time. That's goodness.
As for del and end... end I wouldn't miss too much, but I use del without thinking. Backspace deletes to the left, del deletes to the right (and I remap appropriately when this isn't the case). Annoyance, yes... but rather useful to have them.
One computer lab I visited had all of the mouse ball doors glued on. Stopped people from stealing the balls, but stopped anybody from cleaning them. Oops...
What about AirEx or DHL? Same policies? I'd say if you were buying jewelry, a little extra cash wouldn't be a big deal... of course, I'm not one who would buy jewelry sight unseen (well, gold maybe, but never a stone), so I'd probably just drive/bike over to a store... (sorry)
I'm still amazed that people lose all their remotes... The only time I couldn't find mine, my former roommate had dropped it underneath a couch cushion (somehow defying physics - it must have tunneled).
I pick up the remote, use it, then put it down, or leave it in my hand. Therefore, the reomte is always on the coffee table or in my hand. Pretty easy to find...
I agree with the school/library point, though. People love taking things...
From my (and several friends) experiences, the round mouse is the wrong size for the hands of adult males (granted, not the target audience for an iMac, anyway). It's far too small, you can't easily rest your hand on it in a comfortable position - not caring about the orientation issue, it's still a pretty poor mouse, functionally.
The Logitec 3-button mouse that came with my RS/6k is one of the best mice I've ever used (albeit a little light), but nothing tops a good trackball. No wrist strain, comfortable resting position, quick accurate movements. Good stuff.
Oh, yeah - del and end are *kinda* helpful in a lot of editors and shells (yeah, yeah - it's just a Mac, and the people using it don't know what a shell or editor is... unless you mean the things at the beach and the newspaper dudes).
Then it's also a flaw in Netscape and a whole bunch of other apps...
Left button - select or drage to highlight.
Middle button - open in new window (a godsend)
Right button - context menu for link, image or page...
You suggest that each time I click on a link, it brings up a more extensive version of the right click menu, including 'follow link'?
Much of this holds true for some ediors...
Left click to place the cursor or hold an highlight.
If you have just placed, a right click will highlight between the cursor and the click.
Middle button - more menus (consistent interfaces are few and far between, but as long as they have the function, I'll be happy).
If I want to use nothing but a mouse in Netscraper, I should be able to.
If I want to use nothing but keys in an editor, I should be able to.
If I want to take the best of both worlds, I should be able to, but a one-button solution doesn't allow that. Heck, I can't even stand two-button mice in WinNT anymore, much less in X...
That's the bonus of running your site and having your code easily modifiable...
/code... (proudly running on .9.2 because I'm too lazy)...
Guess that'll get merged in to the next version of