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Comment Re:bbPress (Score 1) 259

I put bbPress on my site a while back. It doesn't have all of the features of some other boards, but it is free and pretty easy to customize. I was able to integrate the logins of my site, my blog, and my boards without too much hassle.

I second this, especially the integrated login which is quite nice. Additionally, bbPress is very easy to customize the appearance, if you're willing to get your hands a little dirty in the process. As an example: Asylum Walls, a forum I rebuilt for a friend, just to illustrate that you can change every tiny graphical detail. That forum was previously a plain, ugly black-on-white "theme" (to use the term loosely). The limits, as with anything that is heavily customizable, are your imagination and time.

Yeah, that forum could've been made even better, but the "time" constraint caught up to me. It's just one example.

Comment Re:Eyes show emotion (Score 1) 196

No clue why you got modded funny. Any class that teaches that is important.

I have to disagree. Any species that is unwilling to fight for its survival will probably be replaced in short order. And rightly so.

Unless you were referring to getting into fights over trivial and unimportant things ("that guy looked at me funny", etc.), then I have to agree.

Comment Re:Not at all (Score 1) 348

Maybe I'm just an oddball, but I find jalapenos add both heat and flavor, unlike certain other "heat" sources that just induce more burn. I'd much rather have chilli made with diced or minced jalapenos in the sauce than a more mild chilli to which hot sauce must be added, to the detriment of the flavor. The difference in flavor is quite noticeable, at least to me.

But, to each his own I guess.

Comment Re:Choose a different avocation (Score 4, Informative) 221

Hawking does cosmology with one eyeball, and you are stuck on one-handed gaming? Try ping pong, or darts.

Oh for... seriously?!

"N does X with Y, and you are stuck with Z? Try A or B."

I'm nearly 100% positive there's a logical fallacy in there somewhere, I just can't put my finger on it. Also, you're an ass.

Comment Possibilities (Score 5, Informative) 221

Without knowing which arm has been disabled, it's tough to offer specific advice, so I'll just shotgun some ideas here.

First, assuming you can still use a right-handed mouse, might I suggest the Logitech G600. It's got tons of buttons, which assuming your right arm is the functional one, can help fill in a lot of gaps with some creative mouse button configuration. And before anyone cries foul, yes, it IS superior to the Naga which it obviously borrows its design from; I own and have thoroughly used both. The G600's software is also superior.

For left-handed use, either the Razer Nostromo or Logitech G13 gamepads. I have both, and while Logitech's offering has a lot more extra buttons, I find the Nos to be generally more useful with its scroll wheel and more ergonomic feel, while the G13's advantages are more buttons and a true anolog stick (though in a very awkward position, unlike the Nos' more comfortable d-pad). The Nos also has an adjustable palm rest unlike the G13.

Those are off the top of my head, and granted are only mainstream devices and not anything specifically made for the disabled, but I hope I've helped, or at least given a direction to pursue further. Best of luck with the gaming! :)

Comment Re:Anyone else have good experience with Logitech? (Score 1) 205

Who modded this down? sounds like a legitimate complaint to me.

turfers turfin'?

Maybe he was modded down because he was using the arrow keys to play a game instead of WASD or ESDF.

Or, less jokingly, maybe he was modded down because he's full of manure. I have a Logitech Illuminated keyboard, which is decidedly not a "gaming" keyboard, yet it can handle at least 4 simultaneous keypresses in-game (possibly more but I haven't checked).

I'd say either he's out to bash Logitech, he got a lemon, or he's Just Doing It Wrong.

Comment Running out of ideas? (Score 1) 205

Much as I've enjoyed Logitech's products over the years, and still do, I think they're running out of ideas.

https://www.getezeyes.com/

Just like their G600 is a blatant rip-off of the Razer Naga, they seem to have reached a bit of a wall when it comes to having new concepts of their own. They should just go back to doing what they did best: refining what they had iteratively, making improvements with each device generation, rather than "hey, those guys over there are doing something we're not, we gotta get in on that!".

My 2 copper. Still enjoying my Logitech Illuminated and G700, but having doubts about where the company is headed at this point.

Comment Re:Not recognized? (Score 4, Insightful) 915

As an American, I may not necessarily support or endorse your point of view, but I absolutely support your right to bitch about it on the Internet and elsewhere.

As to whether our First Amendment rights apply to you, I've no idea (I don't know where you're from, or if your country/territory/whatever has similar free speech contingencies), but I do hope for your sake that you're able to state your opinion without repercussions (again, regardless of whether we agree).

Man, where's Voltaire when ya need him...

Comment Re:stopped using it? (Score 1) 857

As a former IT professional who's used Windows more than any other OS and who's memorized most of the useful shortcuts...
I have never once ever pinned anything on the task bar ... because that would require me to click on an icon...

Wow, seriously?

WinKey+1 = first pinned item; WinKey+2 = second pinned item; and so on.

Unless of course you're talking about old (pre-'06) versions of Windows, but in that case you don't have "pinned items", just customizable shortcut toolbars that are really just pointing to folders with .lnk files (which is all the Quicklaunch bar really is as well).

Personally, I use both pinned items AND the Start menu; different tools for different purposes. One for common stuff, one for everything else.

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