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  • Doesn't seem to be much of a point to this ... on a second key-press of Win+D, all windows are restored exactly as they were before. adjohnson916 christophski

    Desk Topmost Floats Your Desktop On Top | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • I hear the next iPhone will be able to distinguish between a key-press and a butt-press.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Another great trek edit. 2009

  • Doesn't seem to be much of a point to this...on a second key-press of Win+D, all windows are restored exactly as they were before.

    Desk Topmost Floats Your Desktop On Top | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Another study found similar results with chocolate - those who inhibited images of chocolate ate less of it during a subsequent taste test than those for whom chocolate was previously the target of their attention and key-press responses.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Mark Fenske 2011

  • A recent study found that a session of withholding key-press responses to alcohol-related stimuli resulted in a significant reduction in weekly alcohol consumption.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Mark Fenske 2011

  • Now I have the same buttons on my T61 but they don't do anything directly, they just provide key-press events.

    Planet Debian etbe 2010

  • Just activate it with a simple key-press and walk safely.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • However, if we suddenly remove the delay, you will now believe that the flash occurred before your key-press, an illusory reversal of action and sensation.

    Mind Hacks 2009

  • However, if we suddenly remove the delay, you will now believe that the flash occurred before your key-press, an illusory reversal of action and sensation.

    Mind Hacks 2009

  • Now imagine we sneakily inject a tiny delay (say, two hundred milliseconds) between your key-press and the subsequent flash.

    Mind Hacks 2009

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