Scott, Hm. Good thinking. I do have an Aiptek tablet as well as a mouse; otherwise I am not sure. I will start the search. I don't think I've touched accessibility, but I'll check.
As to moot and mute -- please don't start me on the decline in English usage and teaching; as for texting Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Glasgow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hmm, it's odd that your mouse setting doesn't "stick." I experimented a bit, > and on both XP Home and Pro, both with SP2, any changes made in my mouse > settings are persistent across restarts. No offense, but I wonder if perhaps > it's not Bill (or more accurately, his many minions) that are not quite > stable, but rather your particular setup. AFAIK, settings in Control Panel > should remain persistent until and unless they are explicitly reset by the > user or by software which the user has installed and which has overwritten > the same Registry settings controlled by Control Panel. > > Is it possible that you have some third-party software which is resetting > your mouse settings? Perhaps you have one of the accessibility controls set > that might affect this? Or is it conceivable that you have two different > mouse drivers active simultaneously, a situation in which I found myself > after upgrading from a Logitech to a Microsoft optical wheel mouse? I > couldn't get my wheel options to stick or its operation to be consistent > until I explicitly removed the Logitech driver. That wasn't a fault of > Microsoft, Logitech, or really anyone, but it sure bolloxed things up until > I hit upon the cause. Have a look and see what your device settings say > you're using for a mouse. > > > sayings is a moot point. > > Yeah, although in the current instance, I think I would go with the > secondary meaning, not "of practical significance." One thing that always > rings my bell when I see it is people who use "mute" when it is abundantly > clear from the context that they mean "moot," yet they apparently have no > clue that there are two entirely different words that merely sound *roughly* > similar but have completely different meanings. > > Cheers, > Scott (who thinks Bill isn't really such a bad guy after all is said and > done) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:45 PM > Subject: Re: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm > > > > > > Aha! Steve gets the prize for interpretation. Scott for analysis. > > Except... > > > > The first reference was a jokey aside on the increased speed (not on the > > placing of the control). The second was a serious annoyance that when I > > restart Xp the mouse control goes back to default; referencing the > > instability of the control freak, which Bill almost certainly is. > > > > The exact words are not a saying (yet) but reflect a general opinion about > > MS and its founder. Whether Reading would be in early with the latest > > sayings is a moot point. > > > > (moot = matter for debate) > > > > And, while recognising the difficulty of organising a control and choice > > system for running something as complex and effective (yes I did write > > effective) as Windows, I still find some difficulty in understanding the > > logic of paths and titles of various things. > > > > As I have had to reveal, I am neither nerd nor hip; it is quite unnerving > > left in that netherland... > > > > Joseph (who still thinks that Bill is not stable) > > > > > >> Well, I have to admit that at least that makes the sentence make some > >> kind > >> of sense, anyway. If that was its intended meaning, though, I'm still not > >> sure how if fits into the context of the discussion underway at the time. > >> > >> I mean, if it is intended to be pejorative, as it would seem if one takes > >> your suggested meaning from it, is it meant to say that Microsoft > >> (presumably personified by Bill Gates??) wasn't stable because they put > > the > >> settings controlling mouse sensitivity under "control panel>mouse>pointer > >> options>speed?" Hey, call me crazy, but I think if I was designing the > >> system, I might change a lot of things, but I'd probably put the mouse > >> sensitivity settings right there under "control panel>mouse>pointer > >> options>speed." > >> > >> Dunno, though. Still haven't heard from the only person who knows for > >> sure > >> what was meant. Joseph, are we on the right track here? Was "Bill" > > referring > >> to Gates? To Microsoft in general, via Gates? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Scott > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Steven Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com> > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:11 PM > >> Subject: RE: Spam:Re: [wdvltalk] OT mouse arm > >> > >> > >> >> "That Bill just ain't stable!" > >> > > >> > Gates? > > <<::SNIP::>> ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. 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