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mdriftmeyer said:

thewhitefalcon said:

MalyOpa said:

Maybe someone should sue state of Texas of not implementing a law which prohibit people from using phones while driving

Or maybe personal responsibility can be a thing still, and we don't need The Almighty Government to tell everyone what to do. 

You're hilarious. People don't give a crap about the laws as they stand, but with a law the family who gets totaled by those a-holes have a course of action beyond, ``We're sorry, this prick didn't use common sense, but we can't do anything to compensate your family for their lack of self-reliance: a fantasy of the Right.''

So you're arguing that personal responsibility is irrelevant; just go for the nearest thing with deep pockets and mine for cash?

Kewl.

therealcalculon said:

thewhitefalcon said:

MalyOpa said:

Maybe someone should sue state of Texas of not implementing a law which prohibit people from using phones while driving

Or maybe personal responsibility can be a thing still, and we don't need The Almighty Government to tell everyone what to do. 

Found the Libertarian.

Is that what the kids are calling people with a usable brain these days?

maestro64 said:

A device which is dumb like a charger which just provide powers should not be the issue, there is more to this than the power source.

Chargers are no longer necessarily dumb devices. At least, not properly designed chargers.

They should be talking to the device's charging systems, and reacting properly, like dropping from normal charge current to a trickle charge level, or off, as the battery comes up to full charge.

At the very least, the device being charged at the very worst should be able to control the charger in self defense.

bdkennedy said:

Yeah, because Wacom has never sold a single drawing tablet. Right?

Right. Everyone uses their Wacom tablet placed vertically past and above the keyboard.

Seriously?

knowitall said:

I find notebook input unusable, adding another bar even further away won't help.
A notebook keyboard is unusable and cumbersome because it's behind a large area used by a touch pad (in Apples case that's huge so keys are unreachable), the touch pad itself is unusable because it's located wrong, it should be to the right (slightly below) the keyboard.

How nice for you. You've just made things harder for left-handed users.

After years of study and careful consideration, I've found that it's possible to place my hands up close to the bottom of the keyboard, even touching the touchpad while typing. Surprisingly enough, the cursor doesn't seem to be affected by this usage. In point of fact, if there were no touchpad/trackpad set below the keyboard, using a laptop would be much less convenient when using it in my lap, being moved 'way too close, and thus making typing much harder.
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knowitall said:

Power (or pro) users know this, a keyboard should be detached and you type with your hands slightly around it, so Apples iMac keyboards (the one without the numerical input) are perfect ...

What a wonderful idea you've presented to us! Make a laptop not easier to manage, but more difficult, what with now having two (or more) disconnected parts to manage when you're not using it on a desk top.

Not to mention blowing off the numeric keypad, which a number of users oddly enough find useful.

It looks as though you're not a good candidate for using a laptop computer, and should probably still with a desktop of some sort.

After all, they have their uses, too.