I keep forgetting it's a setting, much less not a default one, and look like quite the idiot pushing (but not clicking) at the touchpad at the outset.

Among OS X users, who doesn't have "tap to click" set?

I don't. I couldn't tell you why, though. When I use someone else's computer that's set up that way I adjust pretty quickly and it's fine, but I don't want to make the change myself.

I was just browsing in the Gallaudet library. They've got two sets of stacks -- one for deaf-related books, and one for everything else. The fiction section of the deaf-related part was some books by deaf authors, and some with deaf characters. I couldn't figure out why Clan of the Cave Bear was there, though. No one in that book was deaf, right? It's been a long while since I read it.

Among OS X users, who doesn't have "tap to click" set? Like, you need to click the trackpad in order to click on an item onscreen?

It bugs me too when I use a friend's computer, as I keep on forgetting to click the trackpad. Tap to click is the way god intended.

-t, change the setting. You'll wonder how you lived without it.

Also, does everybody who uses iOS intentionally spell things without apostrophes (like I'll), knowing the autocorrect will fix it?

Hil, maybe because the people Ayla grew up with were mute and used a form of sign, thoug they weren't deaf?

I'm kind of ashamed I can answer that.

Didn't she end up teaching the sign language to a deaf boy or man?

I can't deal with tapping on the trackpad to click, I guess because I have a heavy finger when tracking. I'm always tapping when I don't mean to. So I turn that shit right off! And laugh at other people using my computer.

I totally got yelled at in the last few minutes of my work day, by a notorious yeller who I have successfully avoided until today, and probably won't work with again, thanks to my new coworker. Oy vey. It sort of made me cry (not in front of her), but was also such pure unadulterated bullshit, I will be fine telling my boss about it in the morning. The best line was when she said, "If you want to work with [My Department], you're going to have to [blah blah]." I don't want to work with your department!!!! Good luck, New Coworker....

Steve Jobs is God, right? And he just ascended, not died?

Is the App Store Heaven or Hell? Why in God's name would you decide to put a Mac app in there? What is the plus side? Not having to manage a web/FTP presence? Because it's fucking annoying to me to have to switch browsers (Opera gives the wrong error message, BTW--that you're using the wrong version of OS X, not that you're using the wrong browser, so you actually have to pay attention to get anywhere), load an extra app, and then log in--to get a free piece of software. You're fucking lucky you're a sexy hot piece of shit, Skitch. I wouldn't do this for just any slut piece of code.

Gnargh. Just quasi-blew up on someone in email. We have an error so bad it happens over 50% of the time you load a page on our website, and they've been sitting on the next step of diagnosing the issue for a week and a half with no explanation for why nothing's happening, just "So you want us to do the next step?" every time I ask them to do the next step. And today, I can't wring status out of him without sending him the same email over and over again. So, fine, have a piece of the urgency that is currently up my ass.

Not gonna do it, tommyrot! I prefer clicking to click. I am prone to the accidental tap while scrolling or typing or not trying to do anything, I think. It takes a lot of concentration to use a mac with that setting for me.