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- From: ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Computer Superstition
- Message-ID: <BxzAs5.397@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 19:43:16 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.174914.28632@osf.org>
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- In article <1992Nov19.174914.28632@osf.org> dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
- writes:
- > I may be the only one to do this, but I sometimes bang on the Return key
- a
- > few times when I want something to hurry up (that is if the Return will
- be
- > harmless when eventually read). This goes back to the days of using an
- OS
- > (Primos?) that gives you scheduling preference when it sees a CR.
-
- I have observed that it seems to help to jiggle the mouse on a NeXT
- (particularly when using NewsGrazer). More than once I have seen the
- system sit quietly and unsresponsively for an extended period while the
- mouse is motionless, but as soon as I move it a little (without even
- clicking), things start happening. Theoretically, this shouldn't happen on
- a NeXT.
-
- --
- Dave Seaman
- ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu
-