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Danstevens
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:44 pm
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
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Location: Here, but not all there.
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I don't get it. Clicky  _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
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One mouse button? I think? These Windoze users are really slow at keeping up with technology you see 
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bally199
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:52 pm
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Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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No, it's taking the piss out of the age old "macs are easy to use" thing. _________________ Kimmotalk is where all the cool people hang.
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phantombudgie
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:45 pm
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And also the minimalist design/few controls ethos. For a more in-depth p*ss-take: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary. 
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HeatherKay
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Ah, okay. So what we're saying is that "less is more" doesn't work in the real world. My mouse must have a gazillion user-programmable buttons, the uses for which I can't remember after the first hour of use apart from just clicking and right-clicking, and everything has to be waaaay more complicated in general than it really needs to be. Is that right?  _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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EddArmitage
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
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Location: ln -s /London ~
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Just listened to this in preparation for next Saturday. My French (ex)housemate and her Dad won't know what hit them! Yarrr!
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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It depends. Mine has, according to the marketing has 12 buttons, although many are doubled and the scroll wheel counts as 3 buttons (up, down and click), not including tilting it from side to side... I don't use most of them. That said, I feel lost on a mouse without a scroll wheel these days and the back button is very useful when surfing... But, yes, a lot of the buttons are overkill for the non-specialist or non-gamin user.
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I use a £50 gaming mouse at work Mainly because I don't really play games any more at home and get more use out of it at work. Especially as most of the time I use my laptop at home. My PC is barely turned on at all. I would like the new Valo keyboard from Roccat to go with the Kone mouse though I pre-ordered (sorry to use the word Heather  ) it about a year ago and it's only just become available. It's about £100 though  I shouldn't have cancelled my pre-order as I'd have got it for £75 including delivery
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phantombudgie
Doesn't have much of a life
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Oddly enough, I find that I am better at gaming using my £3.50 PS/2 mouse than the Logitech laser mouse jobby I bought seperately
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pg2114
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:17 pm
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I feel a bit guilty now having just called NatWest and RBS to report my Maestro card as lost. They are replacing lost ones with Visa Debits as of today, so I wanted to make sure I got one This is the sixth NatWest card I have reported as lost in the last month because my postman keeps delivering them to the wrong houses. The guy on the phone was somewhat suspicious, but he didn't have a lot of choice but to cancel it and re-issue me with the new Visa Debit! Peter. _________________A Mac user 
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I hate NatWest. The last time I asked them about VISA Debit cards (because of troubles with paying online) I was told that VISA Debit would not be used by NatWest. This was about 2 months ago IIRC.
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pg2114
Doesn't have much of a life
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It's on their website ( Clicky) that they definitely are changing to Visa Debit from Autumn 2009 onwards. They are replacing cards in batches, except lost ones which will be replaced immediately. Peter. _________________A Mac user
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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Visa Debit is made of win.
Maestro (Switch) sucks.
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veato
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Location: Nottingham
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As the day goes on I am gradually losing more and more of my voice. Its a good job I haven't got a job interview this week then. No wait.........
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