Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 21:44:24 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Christopher Raven <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk> Cc: Licia <licia@o-o.org>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD giveaway pens (was: I Need Advice) Message-ID: <4.1.19981107214253.00a814c0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <19981108131027.H499@freebie.lemis.com> References: <4.1.19981107211638.00af7eb0@genesis.ispace.com> <13980.910491197@time.cdrom.com> <3644F91A.E69CD49F@ukonline.co.uk> <13980.910491197@time.cdrom.com> <19981108124427.E499@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981107211638.00af7eb0@genesis.ispace.com>
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At 01:10 PM 11/8/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >On Saturday, 7 November 1998 at 21:17:52 -0500, Drew Baxter wrote: >> At 12:44 PM 11/8/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >>> On Saturday, 7 November 1998 at 18:13:17 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >>>>> I believe the mouse pads stalled when it was mentioned Walnut Creek >>>>> was going to pick up on them. Guess we are still waiting on that one? >>>> >>>> At this time, we do not plan on mouse pads. >>> >>> Any reason why not? I still think these are the kind of advertisment >>> most likely to get attention from potential users. >>> >>> Greg >> >> I dunno about you, but my FreeBSD box is near my network patch panel with >> no monitor, keyboard or mouse breathing on it.. I'm sure I'm not the only >> one like that :-) > >Definitely not. But you're not the only kind of user, and maybe you'd >still like a FreeBSD mouse pad with a friendly daemon on the SGI box >you have on your desktop. > >> At the same time, my preferred pointing device is a Logitech Vista >> trackball. > >Ah. That's less useful. Still, trackballs aren't that common. I >found them quite useful on my cluttered desk before I went beyond >800x600. After that they become too difficult to point with >accurately. > >Greg 300dpi on my trackball.. extremely useful in anything from Photoshop to Command and Conquer: Red Alert.... I have no desk space.. my main machine is a DualPII-333 with 128mb and 17.7gig.. and it's sitting here at the edge of my bed.. I hate to sit up (my back sucks), so I just sorta like lay here and code... I find I'm more productive that way. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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