On Jan 17, 2008, at 07:21, Ben Scott wrote:
> But not for eight hours a day five days a week.
A professional playing a piano bar could be expected to work a 4-
midnight shift, but they take breaks (see they've worked that out too
already)! Odd, isn't it, that we expect musicians to take bre
On Jan 17, 2008 1:12 AM, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmm, that might be current wisdom, but people have been playing
> pianos and harpsichords for a few hundred years.
But not for eight hours a day five days a week. Besides, "we've
always done it that way" isn't a very good reas
On Jan 15, 2008, at 16:21, Ben Scott wrote:
> You likely mean RSI (repetitive strain injury), also called CTD
> (cumulative trauma disorder) or RMD (repetitive motion disorder).
> That issue is a lot bigger and a lot muddier.
Ah, yes, thanks for the correction and the links.
> But current wis
On Jan 15, 2008 3:03 PM, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I am *not* a good typist; my wrists stay down all the time. This
>> leads to alot of straying pointer issuse
>
> And potentially carpal tunnel syndrome. "Wrists up!," as my old
> piano teacher would say.
Actually, no.
Carp
On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:19, TARogue wrote:
> I am *not* a good typist; my wrists stay down all the time. This
> leads to alot of straying pointer issuse
And potentially carpal tunnel syndrome. "Wrists up!," as my old
piano teacher would say.
-Bill
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Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 6
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Ted Roche wrote:
> TARogue wrote:
> > HELP
> >
> > Please tell me how I can turn off the touch pad without turning off the
> > nipple?
> >
>
> Tom:
>
> I'm a big ThinkPad fan myself. In most models you can disable the
> touchpad in BIOS. Smarter Linuces should see it
TARogue wrote:
> HELP
>
> I use ThinkPads for a number of reasons, mostly because I prefer the
> nipple stylle pointer to the touchpad style. My new ThinkPad (R61) has
> both. I am *not* a good typist; my wrists stay down all the time. This
> leads to alot of straying pointer issuse when my
On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:19 AM, TARogue wrote:
> HELP
>
> I use ThinkPads for a number of reasons, mostly because I prefer the
> nipple stylle pointer to the touchpad style. My new ThinkPad (R61) has
> both. I am *not* a good typist; my wrists stay down all the time. This
> leads to alot of stra
On 1/14/08, TARogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please tell me how I can turn off the touch pad without turning off the
> nipple?
Check the BIOS setup utility first. There may be an option there.
Failing that, you'll probably have to get some Linux software/driver
to control the pointing de
Ubuntu at least has user settings that iirc could do that too.
when i ipdate my T423 from Gentoo to Ub untu, I'll check.
I know putting an outboard USB trackball disables both onboard pointers.
On 1/14/08, Kenny Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You have to do it in the BIOS, I believe.
>
> -K
On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 10:19 -0500, TARogue wrote:
> HELP
>
> I use ThinkPads for a number of reasons, mostly because I prefer the
> nipple stylle pointer to the touchpad style. My new ThinkPad (R61) has
> both. I am *not* a good typist; my wrists stay down all the time. This
> leads to alo
You have to do it in the BIOS, I believe.
-KL
On 1/14/08, TARogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HELP
>
> I use ThinkPads for a number of reasons, mostly because I prefer the
> nipple stylle pointer to the touchpad style. My new ThinkPad (R61) has
> both. I am *not* a good typist; my wrists sta
HELP
I use ThinkPads for a number of reasons, mostly because I prefer the
nipple stylle pointer to the touchpad style. My new ThinkPad (R61) has
both. I am *not* a good typist; my wrists stay down all the time. This
leads to alot of straying pointer issuse when my wrists or thumbpads hit
t
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