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From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 10:22 On 2010-01-22, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> > >> > *Especially* since the fn key's actually in the first place I bloody >> > well looked for it on that keyboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >> >> If it makes you feel better, it took me three attempts to switch off my TV >> this morning, before I realised I was trying to switch it off with my car >> key fob. > ><heh> > >> I tell you, the coffee's taking longer than it used to to take effect. > > Hmm. I don't do coffee[1]. I do tea. And I've a pint gone cold beside > me. Maybe you're right. I don't do as much coffee as I used to - most days it's a single mug in the morning. Weekends I might treat myself to two. Trouble is I take it quite strong - if it's instant then we're talking two *heaped* teaspoons, small ammount of milk and sugar. > (a 1967 model) Ditto. > [2] I'm no faddist - coffee, if I'm not careful, gives me a headache, > mouth ulcers, and a sore throat. Them's the health problems that I'd > rather not suffer from and why I avoid coffee. Don't ask about > `careful'... There's a way of arranging things so I can have a cup of > coffee, let's put it like that, but it's too much bother for `gimme the > pick-up drink' situations. > Coffee's started to have more of a 'make me nervous' effect than it used to. Hence my single mug rule. I have enough valid reasons to feel worried at work without artificially enhancing the effect. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 10:27 On 2010-01-22, James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> I can't see any point in bulking out keyboards with keys that have no >> purpose in life, but there you go. > > Ah, you've used Sun Sparcstations then?! > I hope you're not dissing the cokebottle, extended-meta, and wombat keys? Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Woody on 22 Jan 2010 10:26 On 22/01/2010 15:19, James Dore wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:13:54 -0000, Rowland McDonnell > <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> I can't see any point in bulking out keyboards with keys that have no >> purpose in life, but there you go. > > Ah, you've used Sun Sparcstations then?! I have a sparcstation keyboard just here -> Lets see.. I like 'stop' and 'again'. Good key choices. As is 'Front'. Is 'Props' for properties, or is it like when you want to give credit to something? Compose is a good key when you have got yourself wound up. And a big key marked 'Help' should always be on every keyboard! -- Woody
From: James Dore on 22 Jan 2010 10:28 On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:27:33 -0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-22, James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >>> >>> I can't see any point in bulking out keyboards with keys that have no >>> purpose in life, but there you go. >> >> Ah, you've used Sun Sparcstations then?! >> > > I hope you're not dissing the cokebottle, extended-meta, and wombat keys? Huh. Now what do they d + + + NO CARRIER + + +
From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 10:31
On 2010-01-22, James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> I can't see any point in bulking out keyboards with keys that have no >>>> purpose in life, but there you go. >>> >>> Ah, you've used Sun Sparcstations then?! >>> >> >> I hope you're not dissing the cokebottle, extended-meta, and wombat keys? > > Huh. Now what do they d > > > + + + NO CARRIER + + + Works every time. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It" |