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At first I thought he was just walking on the thing like any cat does.

Then he started walking on the thing instead of right at me when he wanted attention.

THEN if I put it off to the side, he'd start walking on it until I picked him up and pet him.

He does the same thing when I put the damn keyboard on the floor! And when I lift it up, he bats at it.

Clever little bastard. :shakefist
Random quotes:[spoiler]I think Roy's coinages are shitty and dumb, but Failroy has to take the cake for the dumbest new compound word of the year
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That was kind of the point. I was trying to be a Roy parody, but I guess it didn't come across overly well.

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JaronK is of course most famous for his massive thought experiments into placing classes into tiers. While a kind of nifty idea, and a decent enough way to think about stuff, his particular tier assignments were basically insane. Apparently the criteria he used was to assign classes relative strength based on what bullshit he personally would let them get away with at 20th level.

So Factotums were rated very highly, because apparently he would let them use Rokugan-exclusive skills with Forgotten Realms-exclusive weapons from the back of MM2 templated warbeasts. But Rogues suck donkey dick, becuase he wouldn't let them use Use Magic Device to read scrolls of Planar Binding. It was a very surreal argument.
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And to think the system was immortalized in OOTS. As a general rule, I try to avoid all tier discussion there because it's the De Facto system at BG, and I'm not going to change anyone's mind.

Besides, I think if most people are pressed, they will admit that it's just an estimate, anyway, and that results can vary from table to table.
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My only real complaint with the tier system is that at one point I was tired (tiered?) of hearing about it.[/spoiler]

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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2011, 09:43:14 AM »
I quietly repress my giggling.

Smart kitties are difficult kitties  :D

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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2011, 10:11:11 AM »
I just wrote parts of an assignment for half an hour with a cat taking a nap in my lap. He refused to leave me alone until I gave him some attention. He fell asleep after five minutes and it was smooth sailing from there on.

This cat is not clever, however. He is as dumb as a pile of bricks, but really cute.
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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2011, 10:27:53 AM »
Put the cat on the ground, walk out of the room, and ignore him for 5 minutes. See if that works.

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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2011, 05:56:44 PM »
I've found canned air is a useful, if expensive solution.  If the cat will not leave me alone after some petting and attention, I grab the canned air and give his bottom a shot.  You have to be very careful to have the can STRAIGHT UP though.  Otherwise your cat is frozen by Boba Fett. 
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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2011, 08:22:22 PM »
a spray bottle of water is much cheaper and less dangerous

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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2011, 12:47:22 AM »
a spray bottle of water is much cheaper and less dangerous

Not near a computer.

Maybe a laser pointer/mini spotlight for the lil guy to chase?
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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2011, 04:30:22 AM »
a spray bottle of water is much cheaper and less dangerous

I shove this cat under the bathroom tap if he misbehaves.
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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2011, 04:50:58 AM »
a spray bottle of water is much cheaper and less dangerous

I shove this cat under the bathroom tap if he misbehaves.
I prefer bug spray and a lighter.
Random quotes:[spoiler]I think Roy's coinages are shitty and dumb, but Failroy has to take the cake for the dumbest new compound word of the year
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That was kind of the point. I was trying to be a Roy parody, but I guess it didn't come across overly well.

==

JaronK is of course most famous for his massive thought experiments into placing classes into tiers. While a kind of nifty idea, and a decent enough way to think about stuff, his particular tier assignments were basically insane. Apparently the criteria he used was to assign classes relative strength based on what bullshit he personally would let them get away with at 20th level.

So Factotums were rated very highly, because apparently he would let them use Rokugan-exclusive skills with Forgotten Realms-exclusive weapons from the back of MM2 templated warbeasts. But Rogues suck donkey dick, becuase he wouldn't let them use Use Magic Device to read scrolls of Planar Binding. It was a very surreal argument.
~

And to think the system was immortalized in OOTS. As a general rule, I try to avoid all tier discussion there because it's the De Facto system at BG, and I'm not going to change anyone's mind.

Besides, I think if most people are pressed, they will admit that it's just an estimate, anyway, and that results can vary from table to table.
~

My only real complaint with the tier system is that at one point I was tired (tiered?) of hearing about it.[/spoiler]

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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2011, 05:31:59 AM »
a spray bottle of water is much cheaper and less dangerous

I shove this cat under the bathroom tap if he misbehaves.
I prefer bug spray and a lighter.
Nah, burnt hair smells awful
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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2011, 08:54:43 PM »
a spray bottle of water is much cheaper and less dangerous

I shove this cat under the bathroom tap if he misbehaves.
I prefer bug spray and a lighter.

Cats are vengeful and remember things.  My uncle nearly lost an ear to one he mistreated as a child.

Just saying...

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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2011, 01:17:53 PM »
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Kitty Scorned.

Seriously. 

You Could just try keeping a Shedding brush near the keyboard.   whenever mr(mrs) kitty comes by, put cat in lap, and brush with one hard, and hit PgDn with the other when needed.

Failing that http://www.bitboost.com/pawsense/

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Re: My cat has learned that my keyboard distracts me from petting him
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