Re: Computer Capability - was Re: [OT] [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-04 Thread |n|i|c|k|
My clock was messed up so my message appeared at the end of the list. here it is n >> >>> About the only thing that's really demanding on CPUs is the modern >>> video >>> game, and, for that I'd rather have a console than a computer any day. >>> Video >>> games stress a computer physically and I

Re: Computer Capability - was Re: [OT] [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-04 Thread |n|i|c|k|
> >> About the only thing that's really demanding on CPUs is the modern >> video >> game, and, for that I'd rather have a console than a computer any day. >> Video >> games stress a computer physically and I'd rather pound away on an >> attachment to a $300 console than the keyboard on a $2000 la

Computer Capability - was Re: [OT] [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-04 Thread Tom Burke
On Friday, April 4, 2003, at 03:49 PM, Eric D. wrote: > I really wonder where things'll go. I think that in the next few years > we'll > see a make-or-break situation for computers and OSes. > > [snip] > About the only thing that's really demanding on CPUs is the modern > video > game, and, f

Re: [OT] [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-04 Thread Eric D.
on 4/4/03 2:13 AM, Jon Glass at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Friday, April 4, 2003, at 04:02 AM, Eric D. wrote: > >> They are ubiquitous, and more than half the population >> has experienced Windows, but far fewer have experienced Mac. > > This number is actually far greater than you are assum

Re: [OT] [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-04 Thread Jon Glass
On Friday, April 4, 2003, at 04:02 AM, Eric D. wrote: > They are ubiquitous, and more than half the population > has experienced Windows, but far fewer have experienced Mac. This number is actually far greater than you are assuming. I have run into few kids (and I meet a lot) who have not used

Re: [OT] [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-03 Thread Eric D.
on 3/4/03 5:30 PM, Mark Kippert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't think Apple removed anything. They've taken the power of UNIX and > wrapped it in a Mac GUI. If they tried to add everything that existed in > OS8/9, then the original release of OSX would have been delay even longer. > I'm glad

Re: [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-03 Thread Mark Kippert
Eric D. on 4/2/03 10:21 AM wrote: > In OS X, Apple in it's infinite stupidity removed that ability and replaced > it with a retarded scheme to allow for non-functional keyboard control over > the GUI (the windows system is markedly better... plus, that way people can > use what 99+% of the wo

Re: [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-02 Thread Eric D.
on 2/4/03 3:21 PM, Mark Kippert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I'm sorry, but I don't see why the opposition to a dialog box. You hit >> the power key, and then "S" and you sleep. No big deal. Why hit three >> keys when you can hit two-- B/c with a script you could hit one key and have all that h

Re: [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-02 Thread Mark Kippert
Jon Glass on 4/2/03 1:18 PM wrote: > I'm sorry, but I don't see why the opposition to a dialog box. You hit > the power key, and then "S" and you sleep. No big deal. Why hit three > keys when you can hit two-- That's my preferred way. Works on any PowerBook or PowerMac (with power button on KB) a

Re: [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-02 Thread Jon Glass
I'm sorry, but I don't see why the opposition to a dialog box. You hit the power key, and then "S" and you sleep. No big deal. Why hit three keys when you can hit two--just because Windows does it? h On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 05:21 PM, Eric D. wrote: > To get sleep (if that cmd-shift-

Re: [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-02 Thread Eric D.
on 1/4/03 10:58 PM, Marty Lindower at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Is there a way to set the F keys on my Wallstreet to do functions? I >> would like to set one to make the computer go to sleep. >> >> geno. >> > 1. Try KeyQuencer, which will let you program any keys to do nearly anything > you co

Re: F key shortcuts

2003-04-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 01/04/03 22:24, Geno Endicott at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a way to set the F keys on my Wallstreet to do functions? I > would like to set one to make the computer go to sleep. Did you check the Keyboard control panel, in the older Mac OS? Not sure that you can do that, but that woul

Re: [PB]F key shortcuts

2003-04-01 Thread Marty Lindower
On 4/1/03 10:24 PM, "Geno Endicott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to set the F keys on my Wallstreet to do functions? I > would like to set one to make the computer go to sleep. > > geno. > 1. Try KeyQuencer, which will let you program any keys to do nearly anything you could want.

F key shortcuts

2003-04-01 Thread Geno Endicott
Is there a way to set the F keys on my Wallstreet to do functions? I would like to set one to make the computer go to sleep. geno. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for ref