I frequently have two versions of multiple-author papers open
one on desktop, one on the laptop. Makes it easier to track changes as several people are editing and re-circulating.

My brain cannot, will not, ever, be convinced that "copy" and "paste" doesn't work between separate machines.

what makes it slightly worse is that the laptop is a Mac, so I'm not even pressing the same fucking keys.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 14:38, 13 replies)

Now I work at a trendy media company and everything is Apple at work
I spend my life in that horrible twilight zone between looking for the Apple key on a real computer and trying to use the CTRL key to copy and paste on a glorified Fisher-Price activity centre :(
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 14:40, closed)

Much like with vegetarianism, the only thing more tiresome than Mac users bleating on about how great their choice of machine is
is the even louder bleating of those who insist on telling them they're wrong
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 14:56, closed)

Can I just have it on record, here
that to degenerate from the original point of the mention of Macs in my post, which was purely to enhance the demonstration of my idiocy, to a macfag bitchfight in 2 posts is pretty much a world fucking record.

Even for this place.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 15:01, closed)

\o/

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 15:10, closed)

Eh, Apple is great in that everything works straight off the bat
It's all plug 'n' play and I'm very grateful for that - it's just frustrating when I spend my life flitting between the two worlds
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 15:03, closed)

Something something something,
Linux!
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 15:33, closed)

Well yeah

( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 15:38, closed)

I can copy and paste between machines.
Fear my smug.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 15:05, closed)

scissors and pritt stick don't count, Shambles.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 15:06, closed)

There's a more high tec solution
Paste your selection into a new document, print it out, scan it in again on the other machine, and use an ocr program to decode the text, then select all and copy. Quick and easy, what's the problem
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 15:27, closed)

I like Apples, they help keep my bowel movements regular.

( sneep used to date Freddie Starr's hamster, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 18:30, closed)

Get synergy.
You can then share clipboards, keyboard and mouse between multiple machines.

Works on all platforms.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 15:27, closed)

Thanks, but I don't want a solution
I just want to be less retarded about these things.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 17:00, closed)