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Date:      Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:19:54 -0400
From:      Peter Hummers <phummers@iname.com>
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Left-handed mousing
Message-ID:  <l03130300bd5ab6986512@[67.201.192.242]>
In-Reply-To: <200408311440.35836.dsyphers@u.washington.edu>
References:  <20040831211834.GA16465@ack.Berkeley.EDU> <20040829213449.GA33843@hub.freebsd.org> <20040831205243.GJ53236@over-yonder.net> <20040831211834.GA16465@ack.Berkeley.EDU>

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>On Tuesday 31 August 2004 02:18 pm, Mike Hunter wrote:
>> So it's deceptive to think that using the left hand would correspond to
>> the *idea* of something on the left.
>
>Is there any reason to think that the idea of "left" is dealt with by the
>left
>side of the brain? Sounds highly unlikely to me. You certainly don't think of
>"front" only with the prefrontal cortex, or "back" only with the occipital
>lobe.
>
>Apart from the one guy who gave a patch, this has been a very entertaining
>(if
>useless) thread  :)

Have many of you right-handers have tried left-hand mousing? It's quite
efficient; look at your keyboard. The extra keys are on the right. It's not
hard at all, either.

PS: Forgive the post from the old Mac; I can't get my FreeBSD laptop to
reliably sync my Visor. (And that's a matter for a different list.)

-Peter Hummers
[O]
|=|__o //Sent from a Classic Mac//




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