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This page is taking a while to load due to slashdotting, so I figured I'd be nice and put up a mirror.
Just so you know, I changed it to an ASP file. This is only so I could add a counter script that I wrote to it. And yes, this means this mirror is being hosted on an NT box. Take that however you will.
stupid, if you're going through PS2, you don't need drivers
I dearly hope you're not replying to me.
1) In Windows, yes, you do. Maybe not for a generic mouse, but I'm not sure... for a wheelmouse, though (which the Intellimouse Explorer qualifies as), you certainly do -- at least, if you want to use the wheel.
2) Aside from this oversight, you've very nicely restated my point. Since you don't need any special drivers for the IME, it should work fine in linux.
I haven't tried it myself, but here's my evidence:
I borrowed a friend's, just to try it out, stuck on the USB->PS/2 adapter, plugged it into my computer, and turned it on. It worked great, and didn't require any special drivers. So my guess is, if you set it up as you would a standard MS wheelmouse, it'll work fine.
It did matter to me before. I never really liked AOL. Maybe if I were paying them half as much, I could deal with that.
The only reason I stayed with them is because, well, my options were limited. See, I don't have a credit card. Of the two other ISPs I considered, one didn't have a local access number (AT&T), and the other didn't take checks. They do now, though. Of course, since I'm between jobs right now, things are a little tight financially, which means I won't be switching right away. (I'd need to pay them $75, which gives me 6mos of unlimited access. Minus a $15 setup fee, that's $10 a month -- not bad)
(P.S. Yeah, this means I won't be switching this week like I said... within a month, though)
Anyway, the reason this merger -does- make a difference is, despite the impression you may get from the fact that I use AOL, I prefer to support the "little guys" whenever possible. Now, the ISP I'm looking at isn't that little (check out www.gis.net - coverage in most of New England) but they're a heck of a lot smaller than AOL. Now that it's AOL Time Warner, and they own pretty much Everything, I don't think they'll be needing my money anymore. Goodness knows I need it more than they do.
it's a pretty cool feeling when something you said is in someone's quote : )
Heh, isn't it? =) I saw that quote -- can't even remember what story it was attached to now -- and just had to put it in my sig. Needed to crop out a bit or it wouldn't fit, though (at least, not if I wanted to give you credit for it). Of course, I still managed to keep the spirit of the original quote.
I really hope you weren't being serious. As I'm sure you know, Slashdot relies almost entirely on submissions from readers for their stories. That means that, before this story showed up, all the following had to happen:
1) News item is released 2) Slashdot reader discovers news item and submits it 3) Roblimo, whilst sorting through the hundreds of submissions/. gets each day, discovers this story. 4) Story gets posted to Slashdot.
Now, if/. were some major news source with connections all over the industry, three hours would be a pretty pathetic lag time. I think, though, that it's pretty reasonable considering the way the site operates. Don't forget that many people won't here about this until 10:00 tonight, or even tomorrow morning1
I've been wanting to quit AOL for a while now. Looks like it'll happen this week. Now that I hear news of this merger... well, I'm glad =) One less huge corporation to suck my bank account dry.
You know, I'd think you (and everyone else who's commented on this) would know enough about how Slashdot works to reaize that Hemos isn't the one who "writed" that. It was Ysidoro, the guy who submitted the story.
I'm actually a lefty, too, but I use the mouse with my right hand. Like so many other things in this world, mice tend to be contoured for righties, and placed on the right-hand side... so I always used 'em that way.
Same with scissors. Partly due to the fact that lefty scissors aren't too common, and partly due to lefty scissors at every school I've gone to being crap, I cut things with my right hand.
The other wrist pain incident was just after Microsoft came out with their "middle-button wheel" mouse. I made heavy use of the wheel when I first got one of these things, and found that it led to wrist pain (perhaps because rapidly spinning the wheel with the middle finger is a rather unnatural motion).
I got one of the wheelmice, and now I don't know what I'd do without the wheel. You're right, though -- using your middle finger to scroll the wheel is rather uncomfortable.
I found a position (without even trying, it just kinda happened) to hold the mouse that makes it a lot more comfortable. You need to hold it at an angle, like shown here:
It may seem a little awkward to get used to at first -- and it probably is -- but once you get used to it, it's realy easy. Up and down motion can be achieved just by pushing and pulling with your fingertips, side-to-side with your thumb and ring finger, and scrolling can be done comfortably with your index finger.
If anybody else tries this and likes it (or already does this) I'd be interested in hearing about it. My email's cray@[domainGivenInURLAbove].org
3. Remove metamoderation. It was a good idea, but how many people activly meta-moderate anyway? It's just more time spent not reading things that matter.
I came across your post while I was -- guess what -- meta-moderating, and I just had to comment.
You may think of meta-moderation as more time spent not reading things that matter. Well, good for you. Don't do it, then. I, on the other hand, have found some very interesting and insightful comments while meta-moderating, and have even become interested (even if only for a brief while) in topics that I otherwise would have held no interest in whatsoever. That's part of why I do it, in fact. Sure, there's a lot of crap that goes through there, but you can just click the little "Fair" button and scroll past it. Occasionally, though, you get that one comment that makes it all worth the trouble. The one that makes you think.
Hmm. Well, I admit I could be wrong. Someone else told me the bluish lights were halogens, and I took faith in their words.
Keep in mind that by bluish, I don't mean blue. The light looks white, but with a barely noticable bluish tinge to it. There's really no way to accurately describe it without being able to show it to someone. (To see what I mean, try to describe the color green (or any color or that matter) to someone without referring to anything that actually is green, and see if they can understand what you're talking about.)
This brings up a kind of interesting allusion to Star Trek. I always thought Geordi's visor was pretty amazing. Not only did it cure his blindness, but it was like an entire set of military-type scopes: infra-red, night vision, all sorts of odd but useful things.
Once this technology that's going into Wonder gets refined to the point where it actually has a decent resolution, I can't imagine it would be that hard to implement a bunch of different sensors/cameras for it. In fact, they might even be able to develop some sort of (waterproof, hopefully, to prevent shorts) external connector, and actually create a visor like Geordi's =)
Looks like a piece of Star Trek technology could become a reality in our lifetimes, eh?
You're not fast enough to beat the news networks on this kind of thing and you won't be for some time. You don't have an uplink truck or a camera crew.
*sighs*
Sit down and think about this for a minute, and you'll realize the exact reason why this sort of thing should be on Slashdot.
Would you rather be force-fed the obvious sensationalist crap that the media presents, or come to a forum like this where we can get intelligent (sometimes, anyway) discussion, and more importantly, first-hand accounts?
If you don't like it, go into your user prefs and filter out the "news" category.
These riots are certainly interesting, how do they qualify as "News for Nerds?"
As others have pointed out, what the WTO does has an effect on the software industry, etc. I think that both you and they are missing the larger point, though.
Read the little slogan one more time: "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
You know... there's paranoid, and then there's this. Yeah, okay, maybe it wasn't the wisest decision. The folks at id could have let us know, or made it an option, or something. I think it's a little rediculous, though, calling Q3 a "trojan horse program."
Of course, the comment about this data being useless for support reasons raises the question: What if these packets were linked to you personally? Would this have made it all better? No. We'd be reading a similar article right here on Slashdot, only with more fire-and-brimstone to it, about the same invasion of privacy. And if id had mentioned it somewhere? I'll bet someone still would have complained about sending personal information to them. If they left it out completely? They don't get the information on what video cards and platforms are being used. It's a lose/lose/lose/lose situation.
I have a feeling someone will moderate me down for this, but I don't think this is something to turn our backs on id Software for. People need to take a step back and look at the big picture. The reasons for sending this information have been explained. Overall, it seems to me like this will make for a better product and easier updates. If you don't like it, well... go buy Unreal.
I have a rather simple list this year, though it's a lot more than last year (where my list basically amounted to "whatever.")
1) Diamond Rio. My discman just doesn't cut it anymore. Too many CDs, too little space to carry them all with me...
2) A new CD-ROM drive. Ya know, this 12x was top of the line when I bought it. Two weeks later I saw a 24x for the same price. Now I find out it can't read CD-Rs.
Slashdot Mirror
Heh, what do you know, so does mine...
The funny thing is, I completely forget how to set the date on this thing.
Notice, though, how it says the comments won't be posted for a good few days? Probably while they check to make sure it's legit.
Seriously, though, this guy seems like he would get it if he weren't missing some vital clues.
Darnit...my counter script doesn't work on this server. Shoulda tested that first, eh? Anyway, I'll be replacing it with a crappy LinkExchange counter shortly.
This page is taking a while to load due to slashdotting, so I figured I'd be nice and put up a mirror.
Just so you know, I changed it to an ASP file. This is only so I could add a counter script that I wrote to it. And yes, this means this mirror is being hosted on an NT box. Take that however you will.
Anyway, the mirror is at http://silverlight.org/cray/lego/
I dearly hope you're not replying to me.
1) In Windows, yes, you do. Maybe not for a generic mouse, but I'm not sure... for a wheelmouse, though (which the Intellimouse Explorer qualifies as), you certainly do -- at least, if you want to use the wheel.
2) Aside from this oversight, you've very nicely restated my point. Since you don't need any special drivers for the IME, it should work fine in linux.
I borrowed a friend's, just to try it out, stuck on the USB->PS/2 adapter, plugged it into my computer, and turned it on. It worked great, and didn't require any special drivers. So my guess is, if you set it up as you would a standard MS wheelmouse, it'll work fine.
The only reason I stayed with them is because, well, my options were limited. See, I don't have a credit card. Of the two other ISPs I considered, one didn't have a local access number (AT&T), and the other didn't take checks. They do now, though. Of course, since I'm between jobs right now, things are a little tight financially, which means I won't be switching right away. (I'd need to pay them $75, which gives me 6mos of unlimited access. Minus a $15 setup fee, that's $10 a month -- not bad)
(P.S. Yeah, this means I won't be switching this week like I said... within a month, though)
Anyway, the reason this merger -does- make a difference is, despite the impression you may get from the fact that I use AOL, I prefer to support the "little guys" whenever possible. Now, the ISP I'm looking at isn't that little (check out www.gis.net - coverage in most of New England) but they're a heck of a lot smaller than AOL. Now that it's AOL Time Warner, and they own pretty much Everything, I don't think they'll be needing my money anymore. Goodness knows I need it more than they do.
Heh, isn't it? =) I saw that quote -- can't even remember what story it was attached to now -- and just had to put it in my sig. Needed to crop out a bit or it wouldn't fit, though (at least, not if I wanted to give you credit for it). Of course, I still managed to keep the spirit of the original quote.
1) News item is released /. gets each day, discovers this story.
2) Slashdot reader discovers news item and submits it
3) Roblimo, whilst sorting through the hundreds of submissions
4) Story gets posted to Slashdot.
Now, if /. were some major news source with connections all over the industry, three hours would be a pretty pathetic lag time. I think, though, that it's pretty reasonable considering the way the site operates. Don't forget that many people won't here about this until 10:00 tonight, or even tomorrow morning1
I've been wanting to quit AOL for a while now. Looks like it'll happen this week. Now that I hear news of this merger... well, I'm glad =) One less huge corporation to suck my bank account dry.
*growls and bites the AC's ankle*
Err... nevermind...
(Score: 0, Redundant)
You know, I'd think you (and everyone else who's commented on this) would know enough about how Slashdot works to reaize that Hemos isn't the one who "writed" that. It was Ysidoro, the guy who submitted the story.
I'm actually a lefty, too, but I use the mouse with my right hand. Like so many other things in this world, mice tend to be contoured for righties, and placed on the right-hand side... so I always used 'em that way.
Same with scissors. Partly due to the fact that lefty scissors aren't too common, and partly due to lefty scissors at every school I've gone to being crap, I cut things with my right hand.
I got one of the wheelmice, and now I don't know what I'd do without the wheel. You're right, though -- using your middle finger to scroll the wheel is rather uncomfortable.
I found a position (without even trying, it just kinda happened) to hold the mouse that makes it a lot more comfortable. You need to hold it at an angle, like shown here:
http://silverlight.org/cray/wheelmouse.g if
I drew this in MS Paint, gimme a break =P
It may seem a little awkward to get used to at first -- and it probably is -- but once you get used to it, it's realy easy. Up and down motion can be achieved just by pushing and pulling with your fingertips, side-to-side with your thumb and ring finger, and scrolling can be done comfortably with your index finger.
If anybody else tries this and likes it (or already does this) I'd be interested in hearing about it. My email's cray@[domainGivenInURLAbove].org
Heh, same with me. My moue wrist hurts right now, but I was doing fine before I read this article.
Gotta love psychosomatic pain, eh?
As a side note, for lack of a wrist rest, I'm laying my wrist across a half-crushed bottle of Mug root beer... don't knock it, it's working =P
I came across your post while I was -- guess what -- meta-moderating, and I just had to comment.
You may think of meta-moderation as more time spent not reading things that matter. Well, good for you. Don't do it, then. I, on the other hand, have found some very interesting and insightful comments while meta-moderating, and have even become interested (even if only for a brief while) in topics that I otherwise would have held no interest in whatsoever. That's part of why I do it, in fact. Sure, there's a lot of crap that goes through there, but you can just click the little "Fair" button and scroll past it. Occasionally, though, you get that one comment that makes it all worth the trouble. The one that makes you think.
Keep in mind that by bluish, I don't mean blue. The light looks white, but with a barely noticable bluish tinge to it. There's really no way to accurately describe it without being able to show it to someone. (To see what I mean, try to describe the color green (or any color or that matter) to someone without referring to anything that actually is green, and see if they can understand what you're talking about.)
Nope, those are halogen headlights. Great if you're the driver, because they're a lot brighter. Not so great if you're coming at the person.
This brings up a kind of interesting allusion to Star Trek. I always thought Geordi's visor was pretty amazing. Not only did it cure his blindness, but it was like an entire set of military-type scopes: infra-red, night vision, all sorts of odd but useful things.
Once this technology that's going into Wonder gets refined to the point where it actually has a decent resolution, I can't imagine it would be that hard to implement a bunch of different sensors/cameras for it. In fact, they might even be able to develop some sort of (waterproof, hopefully, to prevent shorts) external connector, and actually create a visor like Geordi's =)
Looks like a piece of Star Trek technology could become a reality in our lifetimes, eh?
*sighs*
Sit down and think about this for a minute, and you'll realize the exact reason why this sort of thing should be on Slashdot.
Would you rather be force-fed the obvious sensationalist crap that the media presents, or come to a forum like this where we can get intelligent (sometimes, anyway) discussion, and more importantly, first-hand accounts?
If you don't like it, go into your user prefs and filter out the "news" category.
As others have pointed out, what the WTO does has an effect on the software industry, etc. I think that both you and they are missing the larger point, though.
Read the little slogan one more time: "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters. "
You know... there's paranoid, and then there's this. Yeah, okay, maybe it wasn't the wisest decision. The folks at id could have let us know, or made it an option, or something. I think it's a little rediculous, though, calling Q3 a "trojan horse program."
Of course, the comment about this data being useless for support reasons raises the question: What if these packets were linked to you personally? Would this have made it all better? No. We'd be reading a similar article right here on Slashdot, only with more fire-and-brimstone to it, about the same invasion of privacy. And if id had mentioned it somewhere? I'll bet someone still would have complained about sending personal information to them. If they left it out completely? They don't get the information on what video cards and platforms are being used. It's a lose/lose/lose/lose situation.
I have a feeling someone will moderate me down for this, but I don't think this is something to turn our backs on id Software for. People need to take a step back and look at the big picture. The reasons for sending this information have been explained. Overall, it seems to me like this will make for a better product and easier updates. If you don't like it, well... go buy Unreal.
I have a rather simple list this year, though it's a lot more than last year (where my list basically amounted to "whatever.")
1) Diamond Rio. My discman just doesn't cut it anymore. Too many CDs, too little space to carry them all with me...
2) A new CD-ROM drive. Ya know, this 12x was top of the line when I bought it. Two weeks later I saw a 24x for the same price. Now I find out it can't read CD-Rs.
3) Slashdot Shirts!
And now for the items that are a bit lower priority, and more of a stretch:
4) A Voodoo 3. Don't start a Voodoo vs. TNT war here, okay? Just agree that it's better than my ATI RagePro.
5) A CD-R drive. Yeah, R, not RW. For some reason I don't quite fully trust the RWs.
6) A new monitor. 640x480 works, but it sucks.