capslock

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HELLO  STOP

PLEASE DO NOT SPEAK POORLY OF THE CAPS LOCK KEY
KIND SIR  STOP

I AND OTHERS ARE CONVINCED THAT THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS
FOR DIFFERENTLY YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED
TO THE ONE TRUE E MAIL SYSTEM   TELL E GRAMS  STOP

IF IT AI NOT BROKE   DO NOT FIX IT  STOP


D

* On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 12:13:10AM -0700, Jason wrote:
> Eden Li wrote:
> > 
> > Little confused why the guy who was originally complaining has his own
> > site with the updates, but.. the mirrors are listed at
> > http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html  Some of them are good, most
> > of them are bad.  I'd suggest valinux, but recently the performance of
> > these sites have improved, probably due to the vast majority of people
> > who already obtained their 7.0 packages/isos from them within the last few
> > weeks.
> > (BTW, caps lock + vi + command mode + drunkeness == mayhem)
> > Anyway, rpmfind.net is also a good place to look for specific updates as
> > well.
> 
> Why the hell are keyboards even including a CAPS LOCK key these days?
> It strikes me that its sole purpose was, back in the day,
> compatibility with systems that didnt know what lowercase letters even
> were (i.e. the original Apple 2 and Apple 2 plus ... the ones before
> the Apple 2E, which also introduced fancy new features like UP and
> DOWN arrow keys!)
> 
> Ive pried all the Winblows keys off of my keyboards, physically. Not
> just because I run Linux either - I started doing this originally when
> I had one Linux box with a keyboard that never had them, and one
> Windows box.. the damned Windows keys are all too easy to hit
> accidently, and then the start menu pops up and your current window
> defocuses... very annoyoing! They actually arent a problem in Linux,
> but I figured I would pry them off anyways, for purely spiritual
> reasons :-)
> 
> Now I am looking at the caps lock key, and trying to remember the last
> time I used it INTENTIONALLY. Its easier to just hold down shift with
> a pinkie when I type in all caps anyways... 
> 
> Maybe its a key for people who's fingers arent long enough that they
> can depress both shift keys easily with the same hand?? Heheh.. 
> 
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