Vg qbrfa'g znggre ubj zhpu ohearq va 30 zvaf - ol qrsvavgvba gur erznvavat ebcr (ubjrire ybat) jvyy nyfb ohea va 30 zvaf (be 15 jvgu obgu raqf yvg).

Oh yeah :-)

Kinda related and interesting/amusing - "This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk.":

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/01/guy-can-get-59-m...

No, mouse closer better..

http://tlb.org/keyboardchop.html

Why spend 3 hours sawing a crappy MS keyboard when you can have: http://pfuca-store.stores.yahoo.net/haphackeylit1.html

Notice that the ctrl key is in the correct position to the left of the 'a', and that there are dip switches to swap meta and super, and another to swap del and bs. Additionally there are 2 usb 1.1 ports (perfect for my powermate, which I use to control volume since it doesn't have multimedia keys). Also notice that Delete/Backspace is in the position usually taken by '\', which means you don't have to stretch your pinky (although it takes about 4 hours to get used to. I now go from this keyboard to other keyboards, and suprisingly I don't accidently mess this up). Also, esc is in the '~' place, and '\' and '~' are where backspace would have been.

Another fantastic keyboard is: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB167LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg...

I have the small apple keyboard also, it is a standard layout, but it is bluetooth.

You want to buy a keyboard because it has the modifier keys swapped? The OS will do this for you for free, and you don't have to learn where the useful keys moved to... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2490#l1

Even if you like where they are on your keyboard, I suggest disabling Caps Lock.

And also the other reasons I listed, and also in the context of "I want a small keyboard, should I cut up a crappy one and spend 3 hours to get it together again or just pay 60 bucks."

I mean, I spend maybe 8-12 hours a day on this stupid ass machine, and I spend maybe 20 minutes in my car. I spend enough to completely buy my entire computer setup every 2-3 months just in car payments. How does that make sense? If I was sensible at all I would either have a much much much crappier car, or I would buy a Multron keyboard. http://www.maltron.com/maltron-kbd-ltype-intro.html

Agreed. That's why I use my left hand to control the mouse, even though I'm right-handed. Less movement, less muscle-stress.

No, mouse can not be used in a recliner. Read my buried introductory comment at the bottom of the page.

msluyter, do you know what flutes (and other wind instruments) are generally tuned to these days? I noticed some of my sister's clarinet music books show different fingerings for sharps and flats so presumably an extended meantone? Ta :-)

Modern flutes are all in C. Not sure what you mean by "extended meantone." Most wind instruments can have slightly different fingerings for the same note (more prevalent in clarinet than flute, actually). These may have slightly different intonation/sound. Perhaps that's what you're seeing?

> Perhaps that's what you're seeing?

Indeed yes, I'm talking about what temperament they use not what key they are in. Check the articles I posted if you're interested.

EDIT: could be this..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_musical_system

Clarinets are in A or B bémol iirc.

It may simply be in a different temperament or just/pure intonation rather than out of tune. I'm rather curious if anyone can work it out.

http://www.kylegann.com/microtonality.html

http://music.cwru.edu/duffin/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament

Gilbert appeared on edge.org..

"You may think that it would be good to feel happy at all times, but we have a word for animals that never feel distress, anxiety, fear, and pain: That word is dinner."

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gilbert06/gilbert06_index.ht...

I gave up with the Cygwin version and switched to the native port (http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/). Some Cygwin integration is supported by adding to .emacs:

  (require 'cygwin-mount)
  (setq cygwin-mount-cygwin-bin-directory "C:/cygwin/bin")
  (cygwin-mount-activate)

And I use the following alias to open files directly from bash:

  alias emacs='D:/tools/emacs-22.3/bin/emacsclient.exe --no-wait --alternate-editor=D:/tools/emacs-22.3/bin/runemacs.exe'

Man, if my D: drive had emacs installed on it, it would be a :D drive.

Some more interesting info here..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/12/introducing_i...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/iplayer/

To me the article reads like an extension of current popular news stories.. which don't all reflect reality.

I remember this :-)

http://searchyc.com/the+bipolar+lisp+programmer

You can get more than one result for this. This comes back up periodically here. Its good to be reminded of this from time to time!