Even for copying files, the keyboard is often quite a bit faster. Especially if you take the time to learn bash well.

I prefer the finder to the shell for file management.

And the joy of OS X is that you have both a polished GUI and a solid shell.

Why do some people have down arrows?

You gain the ability to downvote once you've crossed a certain karma threshold.

Just a note, I got really exited when I saw this. I go to the University of Wisconsin, which is also referred to as UW. It took me a while to find out which "UW" it is referring to. It seems the only place that mentions it is in the FAQ. Perhaps you could put "University of Washington" on your homepage?

It varies by state. [0][1]

[0] http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/10/what-is-the-probabil...

[1] http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/prob...