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The whole premise of this poll is flawed, with its assumption that left brain = logic and right brain = creativity (or vice versa!). This is one of those myths about our minds that sounds plausible but you can never mind any properly peer reviewed studies that give it credence.
Almost as bad as the myth that we only use 80 % of our brain capacity. If 80 % of your brain was not used you would be dead (or nearly so).
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Adrian Stanley wrote:
Almost as bad as the myth that we only use 80 % of our brain capacity. If 80 % of your brain was not used you would be dead (or nearly so).
80% of the brain (tissue) != 80% of the brain capacity
take away 20% of the cpu and it is indead dead
take away 20% of the capacity and it runs slower 
merry xmas,
Kriss
Gupta Team Developer 3.1
VC++ 2003
Oracle 8i
W2K-XP
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I hold the pen by my right hand, but when it comes to typing I dont know which handed I am. 
-prakash
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Hi! Though I am right-handed, I work my computer with the mouse in my left-hand because it allows me to do other things with my right-hand (like write, eat, drink etc) and also saves me from overstressing my right wrist. I thought that I was the only person to do this, but have found many others that do the same thing.
The best thing is that it confuses conventional right-handed people who try to use my computer, and causes no end of swearing. 
I wonder how many others do the same thing?
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Well, I'm basically left-handed (writing, soccer, eat, drink), but when using computers, I use the mouse with my right-hand, just a mirror copy of you!
My left hand is still very useful to write some notes on blockpaper at the left side.
I suppose I started using mouse with my right hand, because first pictures of computer mice I saw in 1986-1987, exploited every mouse located on the right side on the keyboard. I started using the mouse with such hand only because I was convinced by those images.
At now, after 16 years of mousemoving, I can't use my left hand almost at all. My colleagues insist on using both the hands with the mouse, because many of them had some headaches and back and neck issues caused by wrong desk sitting.
Marco Tenuti - www.tencas.com
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I do the same thing - use the mouse with the left hand. Although I switch relatively frequently... if I keep my mouse with the right hand all the time, my wrist starts to hurt. Moving the mouse over to the left was the best ergonimic move I've ever made...
An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
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I have just switched my mouse to the left-hand side and am having no trouble using it there even though I have spent my entire life using it right-handedly! Perhaps I am ambidextrous after all.
I think it is quite a good idea to switch mouse sides now and then to ease the wrist-strain. I am going to try it for a while longer and let you know how it goes.
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Hello!
Primarily, I used mouse with my right hand. A year ago, I switched to left hand when I started feeling stress in the wrist. It took me a little while to get used to it. Now I can switch hands easily as and when required (COMMANDOS helped me a lot  )
It's quite handy for the num pad and right hand side keys, but still feels bad when you need Ctrl+A, Ctrl+B, CAPS, Start+R, Start+D etc. Also while using someone's computer, you don't have to change the side.
In the end, it's good to hear, "Hey! are you a lefty?".
It doesn't matter who is saying, what matters is "WHAT is she saying"
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Glad to hear that I am not the only one. When I first switched sides, I did have a problem with games that needed lightning-quick responses, but I am now an ace with both hands (IMO ).
I am able to do a Ctrl+A with my right-hand, but the other combinations are impossible for me, so I don't tend to use them.
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Sounds like fun! I am going to try it for a while.
Andy C
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Wow - I thought I was the only one that worked that way! I use a left-handed track ball, but am right-handed. I've been doing that since 1990. Sure does confuse people, and as you stated, it frees up the right hand to type, hit enter, etc.
When I set up a computer for the kids at home, I set it up the same way, now they grew up thinking that's the correct way to use a mouse (and it is, IMHO).
VMS rules!
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I guess for me it was somewhat similar.
I am right-handed, use the mouse right-handed, but am at computer so much, learned to eat and drink left-handed. Now when I go to restaurant, I naturally reach for sandwich and beverage glasses with left hand. Can use utensils with either hand. Sports mostly right handed, but can golf either way. Karate and Judo always uses both sides. Hammer with right hand, but use screwdriver with left hand.
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Some things you just can't do left handed without the right tools and I think most left handers through necessity will learn to use their right hand for some things and will eventually become Ambidextrous.
I took me years to work out why i was completely useless when it came to using scissors.
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
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I don't know when a person can be considered ambidextrous, but I suppose anybody is ambidextrous when he can write with both hands in almost the same way and at same speed.
Writing is obviously the most challenging task, because it needs perfect coordination and precision of several fingers.
Marco Tenuti - www.tencas.com
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Really? You haven't looked at a doctor's writing lately have you
You would think of all people they would know that...
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So does playing the piano.
If you can play a Scott Joplin piano rag well on the piano, then you are a good candidate to become ambidextrous... But yes, most people immediately think of writing.
I can't write worth a S__T with either hand  Probably because I am really a left-handed person forced to write with my right-hand during the formative years of my life.
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>>I can understand sessors & knifes but "right bound-notebook " ???
Please explain a left handed knife 
Jamie
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Yes, I am curious about left-handed knives too - what's the difference? 
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Well you see, there was a smart right handed person who knew he could make money if he just packaged a normal knife and labeled it as a left handed knife...
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price ?
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Rates right up there with the Metric hammer
Paul Watson wrote:
"At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall."
George Carlin wrote:
"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
If the physicists find a universal theory describing the laws of universe, I'm sure the a**hole constant will be an integral part of that theory.
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Some high-end cooking and utility knives come with a fitted grip, hence the 'handedness' of the knife.
Software Zen: delete this;
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