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  1. Re:#6 - duct tape the right mouse button on How to Turn Your PC into a Mac · · Score: 1

    My index finger rests on the left side of the Mighty Mouse all of the time and I've never had any trouble right-clicking with it.

  2. Re:#6 - duct tape the right mouse button on How to Turn Your PC into a Mac · · Score: 1

    Where are they on ANY notebook?

  3. Re:#6 - duct tape the right mouse button on How to Turn Your PC into a Mac · · Score: -1, Troll

    The click-and-hold has been a staple of Mac OS for a very long time. Don't blame your ignorance on Apple, blame it on your Windows brainwashing.

  4. Re:#6 - duct tape the right mouse button on How to Turn Your PC into a Mac · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some jokes never get old. This isn't one of them.

    Every Mac desktop now comes standard with a Mighty Mouse. It has two regular mouse buttons, plus the ability to squeeze the sides of the mouse for a 3rd button. It also has a mini trackball on top that allows the user to scroll in two directions and click it for a 4th button. Every button on the Mighty Mouse is fully configurable within Mac OS X.

    In addition, even before multi-button mice were standard issue, it's not as if they were ever really needed in Mac OS. Right-clicking is just not all that common. Mac OS is just not designed around the right-click the way Windows is.

    Even further... if you didn't want a Mighty Mouse, or if you have a Mac that didn't come with one, any standard USB mouse will work on a Mac, so you can have as many buttons and wheels as you want.

  5. My picks... on A Case for Video Game Remakes · · Score: 0

    Wing Commander X-Wing or Tie-Fighter Quake

  6. Re:So I'll be able to buy a jetfire? on Robotech Heading to Big Screen, Starring Toby Maguire · · Score: 0

    There are tons of toys available NOW based on Robotech. Check out the offical website store: http://www.robotech.com/store/viewcategory.php?id= 9

  7. Re:Why the extra NIC's? Mobo had 1gbt ports on Student and Professor Build Budget Supercomputer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    RTFA They bound the onboard NIC to one core of each CPU and bound the add-on NIC to the other core. That way, each core had its own dedicated communications channel.

  8. *yawn* on Halo 3 Has Gone Gold · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who cares?

  9. Re:Windows & Make Available Offline on Laptop/Server Data Synchronization? · · Score: 1

    Ever hear of Group Policy? You can use it to manage every detail of Windows, including Offline Files.

  10. Re:Cellulosic? on America's First Cellulosic Ethanol Plant · · Score: 1

    It's a perfectly cromulent word.

  11. Re:awesome on Diablo Movie Now in the Works? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Diablo II came out 7 years ago.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_2

    I'd love for them to make Diablo III, but as a WoW player, I've seen SO much of the Diablo games incorporated into WoW, that I don't think they'd even bother. WoW practically is D3.

  12. Re:Good riddance on The Sopranos Ends With a ... · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sounds like the words of someone that never gave the show a chance. It's called entertainment. If it brings a little pleasure, then it's done its job. If it challenges our minds to think in slightly differnt ways, then all the better for us. But let's keep perspective here... it was a fictional TV show designed to entertain. It's not like all of the actors are going to join the crusade to fight poverty, hunger and AIDS now that they're done working on The Sopranos. They're going to do their best to get another job in the entertainment industry. Nobody's forcing you to watch The Sopranos or Friends. You can always change the channel or turn off the TV entirely.

  13. Re:The old right click stuff on Help Make Firefox On Mac Suck Less · · Score: 0

    I have a Mighty Mouse attached to my Mac mini. Middle-click behaves the same way -- it opens the links in a new tab.

  14. Re:OFFICIAL GoDaddy.com response on GoDaddy Bobbles DST Changeover? · · Score: 0

    Why do you hate America?

  15. Bad news... on Some 'Next-Gen' DVDs May Not Work With Vista · · Score: 0

    for the 3 people that have purchased HD-DVDs.

  16. Re:Speed cameras on Chaos and Your Everyday Traffic Jam · · Score: 0

    That's pretty much what I do. I don't necessarily do it out of the goodness of my heart, I do it because I drive a stickshift, and it's a PITA to constantly shift 1-2-1-2-1-N-1-2. So, I just pop it into 1st and let the engine idle carry me forward slowly. Much less shifting that way, and much less stress.

  17. Re:Cunning Plan on PS3 Lines Already Forming In America · · Score: 0

    That's wife-logic right there, as in... "Honey, these shoes were normally $300, but I got them for only $200! I saved $100, isn't that great?" "No, you SPENT $200. You didn't save squat."

  18. I wonder... on IT and Divorce? · · Score: 0

    if your divorce has anything to do with the fact that you're an idiot.

  19. Re:What I really want to know... on Chinese Lasers Blind US Satelites · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because it's DIFFERENT when we do it! Right?

    We can have nukes, but North Korea and Iran can't.

  20. My monitor won't work! on Your Favorite Support Anecdote · · Score: 0

    When I was in college, the PC support was split into a hardware group for the whole campus, then each department had their own software support. While working in the hardware support group, we got a call about a monitor that was completely blank. So, I loaded up a refurb monitor on a cart and trudged to the opposite corner of campus. When I got to the professor's office, the computer was on one side of the office and the monitor was on the opposite... not even plugged into electricity. She swore up and down that she didn't do it. I plugged it in and was her hero for the day.

  21. Re:Free Comic Book Day in Dallas, TX on Free Comic Book Day 2006 · · Score: 0

    I'm glad you made it out. I got a painting of Blue Beetle & Booster Gold by Andy Lee (what an amazing artist!), and got books signed by Gail Simone & Marc Andreyko.

    I somehow managed to set down my yellow bag of free comics, though, and left it somewhere. It didn't make it home with me. :(

    I did get a nice big stack of $0.25 comics, though. :)

  22. Free Comic Book Day in Dallas, TX on Free Comic Book Day 2006 · · Score: 1, Informative
    For anyone around the Dallas, Texas area, I highly encourage you to attend C.A.P.E. (Comic and Pop-culture Expo) at Zeus Toys & Comics. C.A.P.E. is a free event held in the parking lot outside Zeus Toys & Comics from 10am to 6pm. This year's featured guests include:
    • Bryan Hitch (The Ultimates)
    • Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Villains United, etc...)
    • Tony Bedard (Exiles)
    • And many more!
    Disclaimer: I am not a Zeus employee. I'm just a loyal customer.
  23. Re:My pet peeve! on Firefox Memory Leak is a Feature · · Score: 0

    I click the trackball button on my Mighty Mouse to middle-click. This opens links in new tabs in Firefox for me.

  24. Does anyone even care? on Mitnick on OSS · · Score: 0

    Is Kevin Mitnick relevant anymore? Why should I care about his opinion?

  25. Ummmm... on Peter Jackson to Executive Produce Halo Movie · · Score: 0

    Has there ever been a good movie based on a video game? I can't think of one.