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 ML> I still can't see the point of the CAPS LOCK and Windows keys,
 ML> much less their prominent and easy-to-hit-by-mistake position.
 DS> While I will agree with you about the CAPS LOCK key, I use the Windows

CAPS LOCK is a legacy of the typewriter days, when there was
occasionally a legitimate use for all caps. It still might
come in handy here or there, but its current prominence is not
justified.

 DS> key often.  Win-E opens up explorer, the file manager for example.  I
 DS> wonder if you can program other combinations to do things you want?

So why have it in a high traffic zone (on this box it's between
Fn and Alt)? This one has 6 other off-keyboard keys - an "empowering"
key next to the on button (you can program macros to it or something),
and an array of 5 on the right side - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, browser open
(the label is a Saturn), e-mail, and an unidentified key that has a
P for the label and that as far as I can tell does nothing when
pressed. The Windows key could be in such a bank or elsewhere - it
shouldn't be lurking right underfoot this way, where whenever I
needed a special character, I was in danger of calling some unknown
function before I got my accented e or whatever.

 ML> karmic payback goes, I don't believe in it. Though when I step
 ML> into a car with a Garmin, the thing always goes haywire, and my
 ML> friends claim that it was fine before ... !
 DS> I suppose that it senses your distain of GPS devices:-}}

Inside every fat GPS is a skinny little person screaming to get out.
And that skinny little person can hardly miss my own screaming of
endearments such as "no, you idiot!" I periodically have to
apologize to the drivers, who think they're being shouted at.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Bird Dog Retriever News Quail Flambe
 Categories: Game, Poultry
      Yield: 4 servings

     10    Quail, cleaned and skinned
           Salt and pepper
    3/4 c  Butter or margarine
      1 ts Dry basil
    1/2 c  Plus 3 tbsp brandy
  4 1/2 oz Can black olives, chopped

  Sprinkle quail with salt and pepper. Melt butter or margarine in large
  frying pan over low heat. Stir in basil. Add the quail and saute for 7
  minutes. Add 1/2 cup brandy and olives. Stir. Cover, reduce heat
  and simmer for 25 minutes, basting often. If more liquid is needed add
  more brandy. To flame, bring quail to table in pan. Uncover and add 3
  tbsp brandy and light with long taper.

  the Bird Dog Retriever News Cookbook
  Dennis Guldan publisher@Bird-Dog-News.Com

  Bird Dog Retriever News,
  563 17th Ave NW,
  New Brighton, MN 55112,
  Ph/Fx 612-636-8045

  From: Jim Weller                      Date: 29 Aug 98

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