I switched the mouse to my left hand when I got serious pain in my right hand. It took about two hours before my left hand hurt as much as my right. I know people who do this and don't have a problem, so it's personal and she should try this. I've tried a trackball, but that made things worse, but again I know people who benefitted from it.
Try a mouse pen. You can try the Wacom tablet, which has a wireless mouse. One thing that really helped was that when I didn't use the mouse (pen), I moved my right arm to the left, to the keyboard, in a resting position, which I didn't do when using the mouse (but like you do when pausing from writing with a pen). This is one of the main problems: when not using the mouse, you still keep your hand on it, and probably tightly fixed, cramped. When you realise this, you suddenly can do this when using a normal mouse.
There are more pen mice, like the Wow-Pen and the PenMouse. I don't know how well they work. The problem is that this is very personal, and what works for me doesn't have to work for you. And these mice are not cheap. But for me this is an investment in my future (as it keeps me working), so I don't mind spending money on it.
Another thing is the keyboard. I've tried a Trust natural (split) keyboard. It was a terrible thing, bad keys. Then I bought the Goldtouch split keyboard, which you can adjust in height and angle. This keyboard doesn't have a numeric keyboard, which is good, as this means that the mouse (on the right side) can be positioned more to the left. The more the mouse is placed out of center, the worse it is for you. The keys of the Goldtouch are excellent. The Microsoft Natural keyboard is bad because it is so wide to the right side (though it is solid and good quality). If you need a numeric keyboard, buy a separate.
I'm back to using a normal optical 2-button mouse with scroll-wheel, although I think I'm going to try another pen mouse. The Goldtouch keyboard is still my favourite. As typing is maybe less of a problem, she might try to learn to use the keyboard more extensively. Blind people only rely on this, so it should be possible to do this for most of the work.
Whenever I'm looking for something on MSDN, I use Google instead of the MSDN-search box. Google indexes the Microsoft site a lot better than MS does itself. So I can understand that MS-employees use Google. As long as they can't get their own site indexed properly, they can't beat Google.
I have a Seiko kinetic watch. It is powered by a capacitator. The movement of my arm is enough to charge it. Fully charged it should work 4 to 6 months when lying still. More expensive watches by Seiko can last for 4 years I believe.
I have the same problem, and have a simple mechanism for backing up my data. On my Mac, I have one extra physical harddisk for backup. On that disk I create an encrypted virtual drive (DMG), my backup image. I have Deja Vu installed and it runs daily/weekly to make a backup. About every week I copy the encrypted disk image to an external harddisk. This means I only have to copy one file, which is a lot quicker when using USB 2.0 (in my experience) then copying thousands of files (like those in the library). I suppose on Windows you can do the same.
I use two 2.5" harddisks, because they don't need a power supply (usb 2.0), and they are small and better prepared for moving around. One is always in a different place (at work), and when I make a new backup, I swap them. If someone would steal it, they would have to know the password to open the dmg. The only thing is that this way you don't have a backup from a longer while ago.
This mechanism may seem difficult to setup (for the average user), but when it is setup, it works really easy. The only thing you have to do is copy the dmg-file to the external harddisk.
>> But the software is so crappy I would give the whole thing a D+.
I remember at a previous job we had a Sony digital camera. (This was around 1999.) As an experienced computer user, I never got used to the software. It was very bad, absolutely not intuitive, and of course there was no alternative.
What I really like about eTrust Antivirus is that you get all cd's when you order it. You don't order the Windows version only, you get the OSX and linux cd's as well, as well as the Exchange Server, Lotus Notes and Groupware versions I believe. They have a very simple license scheme, just as it should be.
By the way, eTrust Antivirus 7.1 is not the same as CA EZ Antivirus I believe!
You've forgotten Computer Associates eTrust Antivirus. It's available for Windows, OSX and Linux. We're using it at work. I believe the trial version keeps on working on the Mac after the trial period ends.
This conversion, however, is not available for phones on Mac or Linux, leaving these customers unable to play MP3s.
Mac and Linux users can convert mp3's to WMA on their computer first before playing it on their phone, not? But I suppose Mac and Linux users will make other choices in general, and thus won't buy this phone.
The institute is called "BREIN", which is an acronym for "Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland", or Protection of Rights Entertainment Industry Netherlands. See http://www.anti-piracy.nl/. "Brein" is Dutch for "brain".
Funny. I find only 14 results. What does this mean? Did Google suddenly know about those 20 spam results? Or is someone over there monitoring this site and removing results especially for/. readers?
GIF isn't exactly lossless. You only have 256 colors available, or 216 if you limit yourself to web-colors. So your image may loose colors if it has more. The difference between JPEG and GIF is that once you've saved the image, GIF is lossless (which means that the quality of the image won't degrade after opening and saving again), while with JPEG the quality degrades everytime you save the image.
> Well, the oil companies and industrial giants are amoral in that they > ignore the oppression when there's a buck to be made.
That's a bit too simple. Oil companies maybe don't support oppression as a policy, but they do support the regimes there by paying taxes or bribes. Besides that, they often pollute the environment, using toxid chemicals, and letting local people work under unacceptable circumstances (unsafe and unhealthy). This is as well oppression, as it keeps those people where they are: poor and sick, without a possibility to escape.
The Japanese are known not to publicly criticize their colleagues or employer. It's their culture and it's deeply rooted. So don't expect much there, unless it's coming from the top.
> You think someone who doesn't read Slashdot will have heard of Sony's rootkit?
No I don't. Therefor I think it's my mission to inform people about it. I post messages on forums that I'm a member of, and which aren't about IT. I give them a clear explanation of what's going on (without judging Sony, just giving the facts), with links to non-IT news sites for verification that it's not a hoax. Furthermore I've mailed friends and family about this with the same warning. And I won't mind if this mail is making rounds around the world.
Relax man! Carmony is just doing his job. And Koreans are smart people, so most of the support will be from local companies, probably the companies that now give support on Windows. The change won't be overnight.
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I switched the mouse to my left hand when I got serious pain in my right hand. It took about two hours before my left hand hurt as much as my right. I know people who do this and don't have a problem, so it's personal and she should try this. I've tried a trackball, but that made things worse, but again I know people who benefitted from it.
Try a mouse pen. You can try the Wacom tablet, which has a wireless mouse. One thing that really helped was that when I didn't use the mouse (pen), I moved my right arm to the left, to the keyboard, in a resting position, which I didn't do when using the mouse (but like you do when pausing from writing with a pen). This is one of the main problems: when not using the mouse, you still keep your hand on it, and probably tightly fixed, cramped. When you realise this, you suddenly can do this when using a normal mouse.
There are more pen mice, like the Wow-Pen and the PenMouse. I don't know how well they work. The problem is that this is very personal, and what works for me doesn't have to work for you. And these mice are not cheap. But for me this is an investment in my future (as it keeps me working), so I don't mind spending money on it.
Another thing is the keyboard. I've tried a Trust natural (split) keyboard. It was a terrible thing, bad keys. Then I bought the Goldtouch split keyboard, which you can adjust in height and angle. This keyboard doesn't have a numeric keyboard, which is good, as this means that the mouse (on the right side) can be positioned more to the left. The more the mouse is placed out of center, the worse it is for you. The keys of the Goldtouch are excellent. The Microsoft Natural keyboard is bad because it is so wide to the right side (though it is solid and good quality). If you need a numeric keyboard, buy a separate.
I'm back to using a normal optical 2-button mouse with scroll-wheel, although I think I'm going to try another pen mouse. The Goldtouch keyboard is still my favourite. As typing is maybe less of a problem, she might try to learn to use the keyboard more extensively. Blind people only rely on this, so it should be possible to do this for most of the work.
Whenever I'm looking for something on MSDN, I use Google instead of the MSDN-search box. Google indexes the Microsoft site a lot better than MS does itself. So I can understand that MS-employees use Google. As long as they can't get their own site indexed properly, they can't beat Google.
I have a Seiko kinetic watch. It is powered by a capacitator. The movement of my arm is enough to charge it. Fully charged it should work 4 to 6 months when lying still. More expensive watches by Seiko can last for 4 years I believe.
Wouldn't it be better to do just the opposite: "This media is free from DRM" or "Play it anywhere anyhow"?
I have the same problem, and have a simple mechanism for backing up my data. On my Mac, I have one extra physical harddisk for backup. On that disk I create an encrypted virtual drive (DMG), my backup image. I have Deja Vu installed and it runs daily/weekly to make a backup. About every week I copy the encrypted disk image to an external harddisk. This means I only have to copy one file, which is a lot quicker when using USB 2.0 (in my experience) then copying thousands of files (like those in the library). I suppose on Windows you can do the same.
I use two 2.5" harddisks, because they don't need a power supply (usb 2.0), and they are small and better prepared for moving around. One is always in a different place (at work), and when I make a new backup, I swap them. If someone would steal it, they would have to know the password to open the dmg. The only thing is that this way you don't have a backup from a longer while ago.
This mechanism may seem difficult to setup (for the average user), but when it is setup, it works really easy. The only thing you have to do is copy the dmg-file to the external harddisk.
>> But the software is so crappy I would give the whole thing a D+.
I remember at a previous job we had a Sony digital camera. (This was around 1999.) As an experienced computer user, I never got used to the software. It was very bad, absolutely not intuitive, and of course there was no alternative.
Perhaps it's ten years because that's about the time MS had to get their marketshare.
I think it's much easier for MS to sack him and then change the code.
How about the case where Dell sues Paul Dell?
but... slow as you are, you still finished second!
What I really like about eTrust Antivirus is that you get all cd's when you order it. You don't order the Windows version only, you get the OSX and linux cd's as well, as well as the Exchange Server, Lotus Notes and Groupware versions I believe. They have a very simple license scheme, just as it should be.
By the way, eTrust Antivirus 7.1 is not the same as CA EZ Antivirus I believe!
You've forgotten Computer Associates eTrust Antivirus . It's available for Windows, OSX and Linux. We're using it at work. I believe the trial version keeps on working on the Mac after the trial period ends.
This conversion, however, is not available for phones on Mac or Linux, leaving these customers unable to play MP3s.
Mac and Linux users can convert mp3's to WMA on their computer first before playing it on their phone, not? But I suppose Mac and Linux users will make other choices in general, and thus won't buy this phone.
Embrace and destroy! This must be better than throwing chairs!
Maybe it could give the community insight in how MS browser engines work. I suppose much of the logic of the Windows IE would be copied into it.
> Virgin Galactic has a deal with Rutan to build five spacecraft, licensing
> technology from Allen's company, Mojave Aerospace Ventures.
This gives a complete new meaning to Blue Screen of Death...
The institute is called "BREIN", which is an acronym for "Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland", or Protection of Rights Entertainment Industry Netherlands. See http://www.anti-piracy.nl/. "Brein" is Dutch for "brain".
Funny. I find only 14 results. What does this mean? Did Google suddenly know about those 20 spam results? Or is someone over there monitoring this site and removing results especially for /. readers?
GIF isn't exactly lossless. You only have 256 colors available, or 216 if you limit yourself to web-colors. So your image may loose colors if it has more. The difference between JPEG and GIF is that once you've saved the image, GIF is lossless (which means that the quality of the image won't degrade after opening and saving again), while with JPEG the quality degrades everytime you save the image.
The more independent studies they do, the more afraid they are...
> Well, the oil companies and industrial giants are amoral in that they
> ignore the oppression when there's a buck to be made.
That's a bit too simple. Oil companies maybe don't support oppression as a policy, but they do support the regimes there by paying taxes or bribes. Besides that, they often pollute the environment, using toxid chemicals, and letting local people work under unacceptable circumstances (unsafe and unhealthy). This is as well oppression, as it keeps those people where they are: poor and sick, without a possibility to escape.
The Japanese are known not to publicly criticize their colleagues or employer. It's their culture and it's deeply rooted. So don't expect much there, unless it's coming from the top.
> You think someone who doesn't read Slashdot will have heard of Sony's rootkit?
No I don't. Therefor I think it's my mission to inform people about it. I post messages on forums that I'm a member of, and which aren't about IT. I give them a clear explanation of what's going on (without judging Sony, just giving the facts), with links to non-IT news sites for verification that it's not a hoax. Furthermore I've mailed friends and family about this with the same warning. And I won't mind if this mail is making rounds around the world.
Relax man! Carmony is just doing his job. And Koreans are smart people, so most of the support will be from local companies, probably the companies that now give support on Windows. The change won't be overnight.
Maybe you have Mono? Sleeping for 23 hours is not a nap inbetween tasks.