[sdiy] Worn out delete key

[Batz Goodfortune]

Y-ellow Tim 'n' all.

At 12:09 PM 6/13/02 -0700, Tim Ressel wrote:
>Yo,
>
>I'm getting just the weensiest bit tired of bulk
>deleted messages labeled 'rant'.

I'm sure there's no shortage of people with spare keyboards they could 
donate to you Tim. If there's no-one in short postage distance from you I 
can do you a nice microsoft keyboard if you like. Only make sure you get 
yourself a wrist brace before using it or you'll end up with a wrist like mine.

Now if you were using linux, you could just grep them out of your life and 
you'd never need wear out your DEL key. Have you thought of using 
re-mapping software to change the delete key to another key that's less used?

Honestly Tim, you should know by now that the best ideas on this list a 
born out of the OT stuff we come up with. This whole thing has led to 
people talking about using old gear as controllers in various ways and lets 
face it, the thread wouldn't continue if it weren't interesting. There are 
a lot of threads on here, OT or not which aren't in my area of interests. 
Statistically I should be the one complaining about the worn out delete 
key. But that's the beauty of diversity. And every now and then it leads me 
to think about something in a way I've never done before. And I _REALLY_ 
value that.

The true beauty in this list, and it's value, lies not in it's topic but in 
it's community. And if you think about it like that, there's no such thing 
as an off topic thread because whilst we are all here because we're into 
this stuff, the topic is only a catalyst. And those things which are off 
topic always follow a path home. One way or another.

When I was in Uni I studied dance. Yeah me, mr fat bastard dancing I know. 
The point is I went in there to better my understand of writing music for 
dance but what I found was the world's cultural diversity. And an element 
of music I'd long sort to define. I'm not going to go down that path but 
suffice it to say it was not the words that mattered but the meaning.

If you think that was off topic or noise. Think about this. You guys are 
probably the only people in the world who would have understood the meaning 
of that rant. All of this stuff might not of interested you but it 
obviously struck a cord with some people. And whilst it was not my 
intention at the outset, perhaps one day, one of us will be in a position 
to do something and think back to the time when we talked about old 
computer junk and just might do good. Who knows? Shit happens.

Be absolutely Icebox.

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