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....where the terms don't make sense, and some people (often southpaws)
reconfigure the device drivers so the "left" mouse button is on the
right.
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Then they know they did it and have to deal with the differences on a personal
level. If I add a video board to my PC and it allows me to receive TV
transmissions and use it as a television instead of a computer, does that mean
that you, as the manufacturer of the computer aren't allowed to use the term
computer monitor?
John Posada
Technical Writer
Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ
(908) 699-5839 (W)
jposada -at- notes -dot- cc -dot- bellcore -dot- com (W)
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things"
- Vice President Dan Quayle 11/30/1988
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