Most laptop trackpad drivers allow you to configure a middle mouse button by clicking both the left and right mouse buttons at the same time. That's how my current laptop is configured and works well with Firefox (clicking both at the same time opens links in tabs, closes tabs, etc)
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...the server must have known of the impending slashdot effect and preemptively protected it's CPU from the impending meltdown
There is no future in physical media. The movie business might be realizing this with the whole Blu Ray/HD-DVD debacle, and the music industry should be watching those download vs. physical purchase statistics, because they're tilting further and further towards digital distrubution.
Indeed, they are at a loss for losing their dominant position as the key distributors of music. The gravy train has been derailed.
I expect my next car stereo to have a Type A USB socket on it, so I can plug in a flash drive, or an iPod, or whatever else the TECH industry (not the music industry) comes up with.
I believe some head units already come with a USB socket. More and more devices now come with USB ports for the very purpose of listening to music or viewing pictures stored on them. My new Samsung DLP has one, I have yet to try it out, but it's a nice bonus feature. Furthermore, any credible A/V receiver these days have USB ports for instant music and the fancier ones come with an ethernet port for streaming shared music on the network. It really bothers me that the music industry is so blind. Surely they have to have a few interns working for them telling them everything that is being spoken here. At this current rate, with their fingers in their ears, they will eventually wake up one day to find their cash cow has moved on to greener pastures. My only fear for when that day comes is that the music will stop.
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Most laptop trackpad drivers allow you to configure a middle mouse button by clicking both the left and right mouse buttons at the same time. That's how my current laptop is configured and works well with Firefox (clicking both at the same time opens links in tabs, closes tabs, etc)
...the server must have known of the impending slashdot effect and preemptively protected it's CPU from the impending meltdown
You, sir, are a heretic! Them's are fightin' words where I'm from!
There is no future in physical media. The movie business might be realizing this with the whole Blu Ray/HD-DVD debacle, and the music industry should be watching those download vs. physical purchase statistics, because they're tilting further and further towards digital distrubution.
Indeed, they are at a loss for losing their dominant position as the key distributors of music. The gravy train has been derailed.
I expect my next car stereo to have a Type A USB socket on it, so I can plug in a flash drive, or an iPod, or whatever else the TECH industry (not the music industry) comes up with.
I believe some head units already come with a USB socket. More and more devices now come with USB ports for the very purpose of listening to music or viewing pictures stored on them. My new Samsung DLP has one, I have yet to try it out, but it's a nice bonus feature. Furthermore, any credible A/V receiver these days have USB ports for instant music and the fancier ones come with an ethernet port for streaming shared music on the network. It really bothers me that the music industry is so blind. Surely they have to have a few interns working for them telling them everything that is being spoken here. At this current rate, with their fingers in their ears, they will eventually wake up one day to find their cash cow has moved on to greener pastures. My only fear for when that day comes is that the music will stop.