Martin-Jenkins would like to encourage finger-spinners and better batting techniques by returning to uncovered pitches - something not seen in English cricket since 1980.
Murrin's rapid-fire pitch begins to sound, after a time, like the finger-wagging of a know-it-all parent.
Polonski was able to loosen it with his finger and a tong-like instrument called Kocher forceps.
The keyboard and trackpad feel great (we're coming from an 11-inch Core i7 MacBook Air), and two-finger scrolling works like a charm.
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But the process is slow and cumbersome, on account of the neurobiological irony that thinking about something--like visualizing tapping your finger on a desk--is often harder than doing it.
Beyond those typical gestures, Synaptics has also configured the pad to support three- and four-finger swipes, much like the Apple pads.
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During the trial the testimony of this second perpetrator (who cut a deal with the government for a lesser jail sentence if he pointed the finger at a higher-up like Tobin) was effectively impeached.
During the trial the testimony of the key witness for the prosecution (who had cut a deal with the government for less jail time in return for pointing a finger at a higher-up like Tobin) was effectively impeached.
Activated by pulling out a grenade-like pin and palming an embedded finger pad, the Armstar BodyGuard 9XI-HD01 sparks a loud and visible arc of electricity between its wrist-mounted taser spikes, a sight that inventor David Brown hopes will encourage would-be crooks to surrender.
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Graphics are in the mix as well, with images of things like rainbows and two-finger peace signs cycling through the mix.
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Yes, adding a touch display would add weight to the already-substantial machine, but given that Windows 8 sports such a finger-friendly interface, the UX51Vz might feel like an incomplete version of the W8 experience.
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Right clicking requires a lifting of the left click finger, just like the Mighty Mouse, though all-in-all it feels much less frustrating to use than the Mighty Mouse, which almost seems to rage against the click at times.
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Launching a Safir-2 rocket looks very much like putting up a finger.
The difference, of course, is that this is the company's first old-school convertible to run Windows 8, whose finger-friendliness has the potential to change the way we interact with PCs like this.
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The newer, thinner Kindle seems more interested in wowing customers with its iPod-like exterior than in comfortably filling the space between an index finger and a thumb.
It could also be used with a camera-based position detection system as shown above, meaning your finger's location and force could be calculated on a non-active surface like an ordinary table.
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It's worth noting at this point that the navigation buttons are a little light under your finger, and the fatter-thumbed can find themselves choosing the wrong option, like a last-second golf putting twitch.
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These estimates feel a bit like a wet finger held up in a gale swirling in different directions - more hunch than exact science.
Which is a shame, because a finger-based interface is obviously well-suited to games involving pointing at things, and projects like the iPhone version of the classic Broken Sword have shown the possibilities of selling this type of game on mobile formats.
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After his performance in Brisbane, where he said he "bowled like a 12-year-old", he has once again shown why he has reinvigorated finger spinning.
His 6-foot-5 frame hunched towards a laptop, Ressi trains a finger at a column of numbers, each data point like a genetic marker in the DNA of an entrepreneur.
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