Re: [silk] a new rodent

2007-09-02 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 07:20:45AM +0530, shiv sastry wrote: What do you look for in a rodent? I have some views. Corded, for high tracking rate and compatibility with *nix. High resolution, adjustable on the fly, tracks on any surface. Nice hand feel, good clicking and gliding action, can take

[silk] So Long, And Thanks For All The Fins

2007-09-02 Thread Udhay Shankar N
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/28/tailless.dolphin.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech New prosthetic may help dolphin, troops * Story Highlights * Prosthetic specialist developing new fin for injured dolphin * Winter lost her fin after getting tangled in a crab trap * She's

[silk] project accounting software...?

2007-09-02 Thread ashok _
I have a friend who is managing a project which is being rolled in schools across 14 districts. There are budget lines for each district, with expenditure broken up across various activities. He is looking for a software that can let him monitor expenditure, vs time spent, vs activities... down

Re: [silk] a new rodent

2007-09-02 Thread shiv sastry
On Sunday 02 Sep 2007 12:05 pm, Eugen Leitl wrote: There are less tangible factors, but these are good enough. Ages ago I started developng RSI from mouse use in my right hand. I diagnosed the problem as being a strain of my Lumbrical muscles. The Lumbricals are little muscles that enable you

Re: [silk] a new rodent

2007-09-02 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 08:16:54PM +0530, shiv sastry wrote: Ages ago I started developng RSI from mouse use in my right hand. I diagnosed the problem as being a strain of my Lumbrical muscles. I've immediately stopped using the mouse the moment I had the slightest cramping/pain in my

Re: [silk] a new rodent

2007-09-02 Thread Shyam Visweswaran
--- shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 02 Sep 2007 12:05 pm, Eugen Leitl wrote: The first thing I did was to shift to left handed mouse use. While this was the obvious thing to do to rest the right hand - I now realise that it had an interesting side effect that I believe

Re: [silk] a new rodent

2007-09-02 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 02-Sep-07, at 8:16 PM, shiv sastry wrote: I now left click using the left middle finger, and that finger, being longer and being situated further to the left on the left hand, ensures that my left middle finger wraps right over the mouse almost up to its far end, well over the left

Re: [silk] So Long, And Thanks For All The Fins

2007-09-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
Have been reading a similar story in the latest issue of Time. Sorry...been the physical issue, but I am sure it must be online somewhere..go Google! Deepa. On 9/2/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: