RE: Caps off to ya'

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>]

> From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:18:35 -0600
>
> I disagree.  The Capslock key is a waste and just causes troubles.  It
> should be tossed.

I'm going to have to disagree.  The CAPSlock key is just fine where it
is on my type-5 Sun keyboard (Lower left hand corner under the shift key which 
is under the control key).

I also have several spares.

Regards,
GRegory Hicks

> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
> Behalf Of Larry Seltzer
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 4:59 PM
> To: Funsec@Linuxbox. Org
> Subject: RE: [funsec] Caps off to ya'
>
> New candidate for dumbest idea ever. 
>
> Next step: sue keyboard makers and seek injunctive relief.
>
> YOU'LL HAVE TO PRY MY CAPS LOCK KEY FROM MY COLD DEAD LEFT PINKY
>
> Larry Seltzer
> eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> http://security.eweek.com/
> http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/
> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of Dude VanWinkle
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 5:16 PM
> To: Funsec@Linuxbox. Org
> Subject: [funsec] Caps off to ya'
>
> from:
> http://wired.com/news/technology/0,71606-0.html?tw=wn_technology_13
>
> Hintjens, the CEO of iMatix, has launched the Capsoff organization in a
> campaign urging hardware manufacturers to ditch the oft-abused and
> misused key. Hintjens' plan is to build the entire infrastructure for
> the movement using only freely available tools from Google. He's already
> set up a Blogger Capsoff blog and a forum at Google Groups.
>
> "The Caps key is an abomination," Hintjens writes on his blog. "It's a
> huge key, stuck right there where the Ctrl used to be, and as far as I
> know, it's only used by 419 scammers and Fortran programmers."
>
> --------------------------
>
> -JP<who is stuck in the past>
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