From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 23:20:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B34316A4CE for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:20:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail2.mdx.safepages.com (mail2.mdx.safepages.com [216.127.133.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3166843D49 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:20:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from phummers@iname.com) Received: by mail2.mdx.safepages.com (Postfix, from userid 1012) id B6ACD1D1261; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:20:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [67.201.192.75] (1Cust75.tnt14.tco2.da.uu.net [67.201.192.75]) by mail2.mdx.safepages.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A397C1D1176 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:19:59 +0000 (GMT) X-Sender: phummers:iname.com#iname.com@pop1.mail.com Message-Id: 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:19:54 -0400 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org From: Peter Hummers Subject: Left-handed mousing X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:20:00 -0000 >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//