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  • R realJSOP

    Oranges. Which came first - the fruit, or the color?

    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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    wizardzz
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    How can the answer be anything but color?

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      Oranges. Which came first - the fruit, or the color?

      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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      Henry Minute
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      Two mice, a stick of chalk, a Snickers Bar and a mallet. Where do I claim my prize?

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!

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      • H Henry Minute

        I don't know of anything that does what you want, although someone might. Is this 'other developer' someone you know?

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!

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        JohnnyG
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        Henry Minute wrote:

        Is this 'other developer' someone you know?

        Yes, it is. But I am performing independent testing and cannot ask him to change his program until testing is complete when I have found a problem and/or can make a request for a "I'd like to have" feature but it most likely would not be put in, in the interest of getting this version out the door ASAP. Basically, he cannot modify the program until testing is done, and we will have to perform regression testing and retesting for any fixed problems.

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        • J JohnnyG

          movement to only 4-directions? Sort of like a 4-way joystick but it must be seen as a mouse. In other words, make it seem like my mouse could only move in straight horizontal or vertical directions instead of any direction. I'm testing another developer's program and need for a zoom rectangle to be completely straight with unmoved corners as I draw the zoom rectangle selection area. I basically need to anchor the lower left corner as I move to define the lower right corner. Of course, the zoom selection rectangle starts by clicking the left mouse button down to define the starting upper left corner. P.S. I've googled for the past two hours and have found some programs that let your mouse emulate a joystick (not helpful) and I actually considered if I had a 4-way gamepad to use programs I've found that would let your joystick/gamepad emulate your mouse. TIA

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          Rajesh R Subramanian
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          With each movement of the mouse, there's an X and a Y travel. If the travel in say X direction is bigger than the Y - for example, 40 pixels movements in +ve X direction, and 3 pixels in +ve Y direction. Then ignore the Y movement by resetting the mouse pointer as if it were only moved in X direction. I'd think that it won't take a lot of efforts to write it yourself. :)

          "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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          • R realJSOP

            Oranges. Which came first - the fruit, or the color?

            ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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            You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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            Chris Losinger
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            the fruit. there's no record of using the word for the color until the 1500's. but the fruit's name has origins in ancient Indian and Arabic languages.

            image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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            • H Henry Minute

              Two mice, a stick of chalk, a Snickers Bar and a mallet. Where do I claim my prize?

              Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!

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              Lost User
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              Henry Minute wrote:

              Two mice, a stick of chalk, a Snickers Bar and a mallet.

              Walk into a bar...

              Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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              • R realJSOP

                Oranges. Which came first - the fruit, or the color?

                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                Yusuf
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                John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                Which came first - the fruit, or the color?

                I guess the correct answer is, drum roll..... the texture. ;P

                Yusuf May I help you?

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                • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                  With each movement of the mouse, there's an X and a Y travel. If the travel in say X direction is bigger than the Y - for example, 40 pixels movements in +ve X direction, and 3 pixels in +ve Y direction. Then ignore the Y movement by resetting the mouse pointer as if it were only moved in X direction. I'd think that it won't take a lot of efforts to write it yourself. :)

                  "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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                  CPallini
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                  Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                  I'd think that it won't take a lot of efforts to write it yourself.

                  Hopeful mood tonight? :laugh:

                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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                  • J JohnnyG

                    movement to only 4-directions? Sort of like a 4-way joystick but it must be seen as a mouse. In other words, make it seem like my mouse could only move in straight horizontal or vertical directions instead of any direction. I'm testing another developer's program and need for a zoom rectangle to be completely straight with unmoved corners as I draw the zoom rectangle selection area. I basically need to anchor the lower left corner as I move to define the lower right corner. Of course, the zoom selection rectangle starts by clicking the left mouse button down to define the starting upper left corner. P.S. I've googled for the past two hours and have found some programs that let your mouse emulate a joystick (not helpful) and I actually considered if I had a 4-way gamepad to use programs I've found that would let your joystick/gamepad emulate your mouse. TIA

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                    Lost User
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                    I got mine to do that by going onto the mouse settings. But it might depend on what device you have.

                    Hassan

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                    • J JohnnyG

                      movement to only 4-directions? Sort of like a 4-way joystick but it must be seen as a mouse. In other words, make it seem like my mouse could only move in straight horizontal or vertical directions instead of any direction. I'm testing another developer's program and need for a zoom rectangle to be completely straight with unmoved corners as I draw the zoom rectangle selection area. I basically need to anchor the lower left corner as I move to define the lower right corner. Of course, the zoom selection rectangle starts by clicking the left mouse button down to define the starting upper left corner. P.S. I've googled for the past two hours and have found some programs that let your mouse emulate a joystick (not helpful) and I actually considered if I had a 4-way gamepad to use programs I've found that would let your joystick/gamepad emulate your mouse. TIA

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                      Glenn Dawson
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                      Use mouse keys: Microsoft Windows users can enable the accessibility feature to move the mouse using their arrow keys by following the below steps. 1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2. Within the Control Panel open Accessibility Options or Ease of Access 3. Click the Mouse tab. 4. Check the "Use Mouse Keys" check box. 5. If you wish to increase the speed or change any other settings, click on the Settings button. 6. Click Apply and then close out of the box. After performing the above steps you will be able to used the numeric keypad as a mouse moving up, down, left, right, and all the diagonals. In addition, you may also use the center "5" key as a left click.

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                      • J JohnnyG

                        movement to only 4-directions? Sort of like a 4-way joystick but it must be seen as a mouse. In other words, make it seem like my mouse could only move in straight horizontal or vertical directions instead of any direction. I'm testing another developer's program and need for a zoom rectangle to be completely straight with unmoved corners as I draw the zoom rectangle selection area. I basically need to anchor the lower left corner as I move to define the lower right corner. Of course, the zoom selection rectangle starts by clicking the left mouse button down to define the starting upper left corner. P.S. I've googled for the past two hours and have found some programs that let your mouse emulate a joystick (not helpful) and I actually considered if I had a 4-way gamepad to use programs I've found that would let your joystick/gamepad emulate your mouse. TIA

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                        badprog
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                        Reminds me of an Etch a Sketch. Well at least I couldn't master the diagonal or curved lines.

                        :)

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                        • G Glenn Dawson

                          Use mouse keys: Microsoft Windows users can enable the accessibility feature to move the mouse using their arrow keys by following the below steps. 1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2. Within the Control Panel open Accessibility Options or Ease of Access 3. Click the Mouse tab. 4. Check the "Use Mouse Keys" check box. 5. If you wish to increase the speed or change any other settings, click on the Settings button. 6. Click Apply and then close out of the box. After performing the above steps you will be able to used the numeric keypad as a mouse moving up, down, left, right, and all the diagonals. In addition, you may also use the center "5" key as a left click.

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                          AspDotNetDev
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                          Well look at that, an actually useful answer! :thumbsup:

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                            Use mouse keys: Microsoft Windows users can enable the accessibility feature to move the mouse using their arrow keys by following the below steps. 1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2. Within the Control Panel open Accessibility Options or Ease of Access 3. Click the Mouse tab. 4. Check the "Use Mouse Keys" check box. 5. If you wish to increase the speed or change any other settings, click on the Settings button. 6. Click Apply and then close out of the box. After performing the above steps you will be able to used the numeric keypad as a mouse moving up, down, left, right, and all the diagonals. In addition, you may also use the center "5" key as a left click.

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                            Henry Minute
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                            What a good solution! + 5:thumbsup:

                            Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!

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                            • C Chris Losinger

                              the fruit. there's no record of using the word for the color until the 1500's. but the fruit's name has origins in ancient Indian and Arabic languages.

                              image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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                              Gary R Wheeler
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                              Oh that's right. Go right ahead and spoil a perfectly absurdist thread with some rational academic explanation. Mister Party, that who you are. Sheesh.

                              Software Zen: delete this;
                              Fold With Us![^]

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                              • L Lost User

                                Henry Minute wrote:

                                Two mice, a stick of chalk, a Snickers Bar and a mallet.

                                Walk into a bar...

                                Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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                                Soulus83
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                                Interesting excercise.... :-D

                                Trollslayer wrote:

                                Walk into a bar...

                                And the bartender asks what are they having for a drink. The mice ask for...

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                                • J JohnnyG

                                  Henry Minute wrote:

                                  Is this 'other developer' someone you know?

                                  Yes, it is. But I am performing independent testing and cannot ask him to change his program until testing is complete when I have found a problem and/or can make a request for a "I'd like to have" feature but it most likely would not be put in, in the interest of getting this version out the door ASAP. Basically, he cannot modify the program until testing is done, and we will have to perform regression testing and retesting for any fixed problems.

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                                  fjdiewornncalwe
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                                  Technically, the mouse only moves in straight horizontal and vertical motions. The only reason it "looks" like the mouse goes in a diagonal line is because the increments are smaller than your eye will pick up.

                                  I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                                  • G Glenn Dawson

                                    Use mouse keys: Microsoft Windows users can enable the accessibility feature to move the mouse using their arrow keys by following the below steps. 1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2. Within the Control Panel open Accessibility Options or Ease of Access 3. Click the Mouse tab. 4. Check the "Use Mouse Keys" check box. 5. If you wish to increase the speed or change any other settings, click on the Settings button. 6. Click Apply and then close out of the box. After performing the above steps you will be able to used the numeric keypad as a mouse moving up, down, left, right, and all the diagonals. In addition, you may also use the center "5" key as a left click.

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                                    JohnnyG
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                                    I'll give that a try. Thank you very much.

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                                    • F fjdiewornncalwe

                                      Technically, the mouse only moves in straight horizontal and vertical motions. The only reason it "looks" like the mouse goes in a diagonal line is because the increments are smaller than your eye will pick up.

                                      I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                                      Caslen
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                                      Very helpful - thanks

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                                      • W wizardzz

                                        How can the answer be anything but color?

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                                        KP Lee
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                                        wizardzz wrote:

                                        How can the answer be anything but color?

                                        The fruit exists without a name. The color exists without a name. Which are you going to describe first? The fruit which helps you to exist or a color which is worthless at helping you to exist. Personally, I think the tribe that named the color died out and we don't know what they called it. The tribe that named the fruit improved their hunt/gather community to the point they had idle time enough to notice the color of the fruit and lazy enough to have both meanings covered by one word.

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                                        • G Gary R Wheeler

                                          Oh that's right. Go right ahead and spoil a perfectly absurdist thread with some rational academic explanation. Mister Party, that who you are. Sheesh.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;
                                          Fold With Us![^]

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                                          KP Lee
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                                          Right. Blame someone who answers a question. Not someone who has no qualms about stealing someone else's thread.

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