It take a certain amount of geekiness to read/. much less post. Is there a "geek stereotype" -or- "what it takes to be a geek" thread? I think/. readers would have a field day debunking the generally accepted geek myths...
and another thing that I errantly left out of my reply... The scroll wheel/button acts as a double click on open windows in the background (At least under 10.1.5, I haven't had Jaguar long enough or really cared enough to try it). Just as you can close non-active windows in the background with a click of the "X", a scroll wheel/button click on a document in a non-active window will open it up without having to click once to bring the window to the front then double click to open the document. So yes, Macs have 3 button mice, and there is a functional (and quite convenient) action attributed to the third button.
(And how did a thread on 3 button mice suddenly turn into microbashing? )
I happen to have a MacAlly iceMouse jr. optical mouse, and guess what? It has 3 buttons! Normal L-R buttons and the center scroll wheel doubles as a third button. So yes, Mac mice have three buttons...
(iMac DV/SE G3-500/640 - OS X 10.2.5 - pretty, yes, but my love is Darwin)
Trying to access the page with Internet Exploder from my desktop at work (IBM NetVista P4- Win2K) I managed to get an "Error on Page" notice on the status bar... Yes, I concede, Mozilla is a far superior browser.
In order to reduce clutter (and have a nifty conversation piece) my friend and I have embarked on a journey to control his entire media center from his PC. Here's what we have done so far:
-In his P4, we installed a Soundblaster Audigy 2 for 5.1 sound and an ATI 128 Video Card
-We ran his digital cable box thru the video in and the video out and 5.1 sound out through a breakout box into the TV and receiver respectivly
-Now comes the fun part... instead of the actual consoles (NES-SNES-N64-PS1-GameCube-XBox)we managed to scrounge up emulators with decent support. The hardest part was getting the BIOS files.
Everything doesn't work spectacularly (and we haven't been able to find a PS2 emulator)but we troubleshoot a lot and are on the way to having one bad-mamma-jamma of a system, run entirely off of a PC!
If anyone has sone something similar or had any advice, email me at decepty@sdf.lonestar.org
-Nick
My mother & I are both graphic designers... I sent her a link at work and here is her dee-lightfull reply (censored) "aw f**k it. designers aren't in a hurry anyway. This is for animation geeks who want everything to dance."
I love my mom...
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It take a certain amount of geekiness to read /. much less post. Is there a "geek stereotype" -or- "what it takes to be a geek" thread? I think /. readers would have a field day debunking the generally accepted geek myths...
and another thing that I errantly left out of my reply... The scroll wheel/button acts as a double click on open windows in the background (At least under 10.1.5, I haven't had Jaguar long enough or really cared enough to try it). Just as you can close non-active windows in the background with a click of the "X", a scroll wheel/button click on a document in a non-active window will open it up without having to click once to bring the window to the front then double click to open the document. So yes, Macs have 3 button mice, and there is a functional (and quite convenient) action attributed to the third button. (And how did a thread on 3 button mice suddenly turn into microbashing? )
I happen to have a MacAlly iceMouse jr. optical mouse, and guess what? It has 3 buttons! Normal L-R buttons and the center scroll wheel doubles as a third button. So yes, Mac mice have three buttons... (iMac DV/SE G3-500/640 - OS X 10.2.5 - pretty, yes, but my love is Darwin)
Trying to access the page with Internet Exploder from my desktop at work (IBM NetVista P4- Win2K) I managed to get an "Error on Page" notice on the status bar... Yes, I concede, Mozilla is a far superior browser.
As I loaded the article on my computer at work (IBM NetVista P4 - Win2k)using IE I got "Error on Page" on the status bar. Oh the irony of it all...
In order to reduce clutter (and have a nifty conversation piece) my friend and I have embarked on a journey to control his entire media center from his PC. Here's what we have done so far: -In his P4, we installed a Soundblaster Audigy 2 for 5.1 sound and an ATI 128 Video Card -We ran his digital cable box thru the video in and the video out and 5.1 sound out through a breakout box into the TV and receiver respectivly -Now comes the fun part... instead of the actual consoles (NES-SNES-N64-PS1-GameCube-XBox)we managed to scrounge up emulators with decent support. The hardest part was getting the BIOS files. Everything doesn't work spectacularly (and we haven't been able to find a PS2 emulator)but we troubleshoot a lot and are on the way to having one bad-mamma-jamma of a system, run entirely off of a PC! If anyone has sone something similar or had any advice, email me at decepty@sdf.lonestar.org -Nick
My mother & I are both graphic designers... I sent her a link at work and here is her dee-lightfull reply (censored) "aw f**k it. designers aren't in a hurry anyway. This is for animation geeks who want everything to dance." I love my mom...