[FIN] $20 question, kind of (was: mouse... keyboard...)

[Michael Shigorin]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 07:30:39PM -0400, Eric Dunbar wrote:
> > please read slowly bit by bit: if a person hands a mouse,
> > *that* one will be used.  If a person has both hands over the
> > keyboard, *that* will be used.
> Huh? You use *two* hands for *one* mouse

Sure, and keep it within the mousepad with my feet. :]

> As such, one-handed commands that can be typed with the left
> hand only are preferred.

And if one-handed command is at somewhat reach and the mouse is
still controllable (the person didn't degustate things and so on)
then ... oh well.

Eric,

- I've already agreed that the idea *might* be interesting and
  where you should put it (no, not "in your gob(TM)" :);
- I've tried to point out the problems with universalizing it,
  as well as several more people have done;
- I'm finishing the discussion of this minor topic.

You should have googled up Parkinson's Law on the time taken by
a board to discuss $10M, $350 and $20 questions.  It's about
building a reactor, a kind of garage and getting coffee for some
members, and a thing like "I-don't-care level" (only read
translated, so it's not a keyword).

The short story is, they'll spend around 2.5 minutes on $10M
question, will argue a few times more on $350 one -- and battle
for hours with the resolution to research the problem further
next time on $20 question *because* it's about the range of the
problem they're used to at the kitchen and usual life.  It is
mentioned that $10 questions tend to take just as $10M -- around
two to three minutes; it's called like the "ignorance level" above.
(or were those pounds?)

I personally find it not very amusing to see it's quite common
(and cross-platform-board-list indeed)...

> > In short: don't invent the problems, there are already enough.
> Huh?

You've spent on this discussion probably more time than on THE
problem in your life, and made a few people help you waste their
time.  Think whether it was your goal, or re-read one of my
previous messages closer to the bottom (keywords: GNOME, KDE).

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