From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Aug 4 12:14:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from sand5.global.net.uk (sand5.global.net.uk [194.126.80.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F88215410 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:14:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p67s07a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.215.104] helo=marder-1.) by sand5.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 11C6UA-00077R-00; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:13:58 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id UAA00438; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:07:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:07:52 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Terry Lambert Cc: Phil Regnauld , sfuqua@nas.nasa.gov, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, sfuqua@nothing.nas.nasa.gov Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI Message-ID: <19990804200752.D272@marder-1> References: <19990803122316.07266@ns.int.ftf.net> <199908041833.LAA20871@usr07.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199908041833.LAA20871@usr07.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 06:33:49PM +0000 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 06:33:49PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > Phil Regnauld writes: > > Mark Ovens writes: > > > > > > > > FWIW, we used to call this "Sun Mouse Syndrome" back before we had > > > > thousands of people giving it mass-media names like "RSI". > > > > > > > > > > Why specifically Sun? > > > > Because Sun shipped optical mice with their workstations very early > > on, way before the others did ? > > On the money, as usual. > > They were the first company that actively encouraged you to move > one of your hands (let's not leave out "lefties") and "righties" who use the mouse with their left hand, like me ;-) > away from "home > row" by making the thing useful. It wasn't very useful in Windows > until Windows 95 was released. > > Hmmm. I wonder how the existance of mice has impacted the ability > of the post-mouse generation to learn touch-typing. Negatively, > would be my guess... > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message