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metadigital

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  1. The QWERTY typwriter keyboard was designed to put the most used letters separate and in more awkward positions ... to help limit the stress on the graticule from the metal keys. August Dvorak created a much better design, and until very recently (with in the last decade was the last time I checked) IBM would ship you a Dvorak keyboard for no extra charge instead of a Qwerty. It was for this reason (amongst others ) that I obstinately refused to learn to touch type until a few years ago.
  2. Most Coreans are pleased that someone not from their culture has the taken the time and respect to point it out. (Kyle I would have thought that the fact that I was DELIBERATELY spelling it differently from what you expected might have prompted you to look up why.) South Corea has Seoul! :D
  3. What if I meet them in July?
  4. What do you suggest?
  5. But SOFT SHADOWS and MULTIPLE light sources!
  6. It's worth digging up; well written and (obviously) a fresh idea: it still reads well over half a century later.
  7. This is non sequitur to your topic title, though. There are barely five named Sith foes in both games, so just naming them all will give you close to the "top five".
  8. Yeah, the drivers for X2900 Crossfire are apparently pants, too.
  9. *waves* with force
  10. The guy trapped in the wilds of Dxun.
  11. Even with nothing but a stock cooler, it still overclocks a lot.
  12. ... Or attention ...
  13. Bok have you played CoH DirectX10 ?
  14. I've noticed that most words are typed predominantly with the left hand ...
  15. Linkie doesn't work
  16. Venus would make for an excellent planet for 3/4 of the population. You mean Mars? As I remember, Venus would be a lousy spot compared to other planets and moons for habitation. No, she meant Venus. Trust me. Inhospitable planet, 3/4 of the population. Definitely Venus. Are you flirting? AGAIN?
  17. Ooo, ooo! Jefferson had a postcount of 5.
  18. Literally? (I've been reading Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King.) You want me to comment on the plot of a short story?
  19. All gamers EVERYWHERE.
  20. All that vigilantism, no doubt, and backpack flying. The short story by Sturgeon, The Girl Had Guts, was written in 1957, too.
  21. Getting killed by someone you are tracking who is above the law would be a bummer, too.
  22. I found a book I bought to read on a recent plane flight Extreme Science Fiction. Some highlights: Death in the Promised Land (Pat Cadigan) The Girl Had Guts (Theodore Sturgeon) ... a spiritual precursor to Alien Wang's Carpets (Greg Egan) ... a story that I wish I'd written.
  23. Overclocking is becoming very easy and even expected now: the Core2Duo has about 50% headroom.
  24. It might be disconcerting, but I'd back Vista's automatic update or something similar.
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