Posted by Blinky the Shark on 04/28/07 21:24

John Hosking wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>> I don't need the other three keys that appear in such a grid, and always
>> remove them so I don't hit them when I mean to use the vertically
>> adjacent keys of the above six-key set. :)
>
> What, afraid that if you hit Pause/Break the PC'll stop working?

Even if a misplaced keystroke doesn't do anything nasty, it's still a
wasted keystroke because it didn't accomplish what I wanted it to.

>> (I replace keyboards every several months, preferring not to bother
>> cleaning them when new ones are less than 10$US apiece.)
>
> Typical attitude from someone who's got a couple fins to spare...

At ten or less clams, it doesn't take many fins. :)

> (Still not very environmentally conscionable. Bad Blinky.)

I'm also a source of CO2.


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