Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.

'The Message'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - May 12, 2010 7:30:46 am PDT #29023 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have the over-the-shoulder shot up in my office and as my wallpaper. It's so identity shattering for me. But it was unbelievably fun.

I have my targets from my first shooting. I like the clustering.


Jesse - May 12, 2010 7:34:06 am PDT #29024 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So, anyone want to give me some Mac tips? I'm reading along, want to reply to something, so I highlight it with the mouse, but then how do I copy it with no right-click? Do I have to use the keyboard? Also, how can I get my fingers to learn that things are in different places, so I can stop fucking things up! Like, I believe control-backspace will backspace over a whole word, but what I'm actually hitting is function-delete, and that deletes things in front of the cursor. OY!


Daisy Jane - May 12, 2010 7:36:16 am PDT #29025 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I do apple+c, but then I don't like to use the mouse at all.


tommyrot - May 12, 2010 7:36:34 am PDT #29026 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So, anyone want to give me some Mac tips? I'm reading along, want to reply to something, so I highlight it with the mouse, but then how do I copy it with no right-click?

Is this a laptop? If so, you can simulate the right-click by tapping two fingers (simultaneously) on the trackpad.

eta: Wait, you said 'mouse'. Duh.

You could always get a two or three button mouse - the extra button(s) work like they do in Windows.


DavidS - May 12, 2010 7:37:28 am PDT #29027 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

As Daisy notes using the Butterfly key does a lot of the right click functions on a Mac.

Actually it's Control and the select bar that pulls up stuff like "Save As."


Liese S. - May 12, 2010 7:37:48 am PDT #29028 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I have my targets from my first shooting. I like the clustering.

Yup, I've hung my target on my red wall. It looks awesome that way. The best grouping was with the Beretta. I'd say, all within an inch, just below the X circle.

The range master, on looking at my target afterward, says that if that grouping was so good, then the reason I was off on the other, heavier firearms, was because I was overcompensating for the extra recoil. Gripping too hard, and thus pointing down. (Those are the ones my instructor is covering on this photo, hee!) If we'd gotten the chance to go one more round, I'd have liked to work on my accuracy some.


Tom Scola - May 12, 2010 7:37:54 am PDT #29029 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

You have to go into the control panel to enable right-click. (I'm not in front of a Mac right now, so I can't tell you exactly what to do). Once you do that, the right mouse button will act the way you think it should.


Jesse - May 12, 2010 7:41:55 am PDT #29030 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I only have one mouse button, alas. And it is a laptop (but with a mouse attached), but I've never been able to use tapping on the trackpad -- I'm always inadvertantly tapping.

Meh. I'll figure it all out. Change is hard.


Tom Scola - May 12, 2010 7:45:20 am PDT #29031 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Is it an Apple mouse? If you change the settings, it will be able to tell if you're clicking on the left or right side of the mouse.


Jessica - May 12, 2010 7:46:04 am PDT #29032 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Are you sure it's a one-button mouse and not one of the newer ones where it looks like one button but there are actually regular buttons underneath?

If you go into Settings and look at the mouse & keyboard preferences, you can enable the right button. (It's inactive by default because Steve Jobs hates buttons.)