I hate to say it, but I think the biggest f*ck you any of us can give to MicroSloth is to not give them our time, money and intelligence. Don't buy into this stupid idea. Avoid that version of Internet Exploiter (or IE altogether) if you can. Find out how to disable stupid things like Smart Tags and tell all your friends. Don't make personal pages that only look good on IE, it only forces your viewers to use it.
You may not have a choice at work, but you have a choice at home and the choice to offer options at work always exists as well.
I don't think that keyboard-related pain is a myth, and anyone that has ever worked in an ergonomically-challenged work environment knows that. However, I know that once the ergonomic problems are corrected (chair higher, desk lower, wrist rest, whatever) the symptoms do disappear for most people. I nearly got fired for stealing a chair from a conference room at work because the pain in my right shoulder was unbearable because my chair was too low. As soon as I started typing the symptoms disappeared. However, that doesn't mean they were never there to begin with. ---
recently i dumped a few ounces of coke on my keyboard, and suddenly the 'R' key became tab, the entire bottom row ceased to work, and the numbers got all scrambled. pretty much the only thing that functioned was the semi-colon key, but i mean, who uses that thing anyway?
so i pried the whole thing apart, and on the advice of a friend took it into the shower and sprayed all the hideous, horrible debris off the keys and the pad underneath. i found the hair and the lint and the nails, but what disturbed me the most was that the majority of the gunk was cemented onto the keys and melted off. this keyboard was probably around for a few years and had never been cleaned, and the crap on it slid down the drain in an industrial-green slick. barf.
i air-dried the whole thing lovingly, put it back together, and it still didn't work. it's mightily clean, though.
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I hate to say it, but I think the biggest f*ck you any of us can give to MicroSloth is to not give them our time, money and intelligence. Don't buy into this stupid idea. Avoid that version of Internet Exploiter (or IE altogether) if you can. Find out how to disable stupid things like Smart Tags and tell all your friends. Don't make personal pages that only look good on IE, it only forces your viewers to use it.
You may not have a choice at work, but you have a choice at home and the choice to offer options at work always exists as well.
Remember Microsoft Bob? I rest my case.
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I don't think that keyboard-related pain is a myth, and anyone that has ever worked in an ergonomically-challenged work environment knows that. However, I know that once the ergonomic problems are corrected (chair higher, desk lower, wrist rest, whatever) the symptoms do disappear for most people. I nearly got fired for stealing a chair from a conference room at work because the pain in my right shoulder was unbearable because my chair was too low. As soon as I started typing the symptoms disappeared. However, that doesn't mean they were never there to begin with.
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recently i dumped a few ounces of coke on my keyboard, and suddenly the 'R' key became tab, the entire bottom row ceased to work, and the numbers got all scrambled. pretty much the only thing that functioned was the semi-colon key, but i mean, who uses that thing anyway? so i pried the whole thing apart, and on the advice of a friend took it into the shower and sprayed all the hideous, horrible debris off the keys and the pad underneath. i found the hair and the lint and the nails, but what disturbed me the most was that the majority of the gunk was cemented onto the keys and melted off. this keyboard was probably around for a few years and had never been cleaned, and the crap on it slid down the drain in an industrial-green slick. barf. i air-dried the whole thing lovingly, put it back together, and it still didn't work. it's mightily clean, though.