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    Brandon Potter
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    This is so obvious, why didn't I think of it before? Your mouse ball and plastic little rollers inside can pick up more dirt/dust items off the 5"x5" area of your desk than you could ever imagine anyway (at least it did before you replaced it with an optical mouse, totally missing this opportunity) -- So what would happen if you created a vacuum-cleaner device that consisted only of mouse balls and plastic rollers? This would surely pick up most of the dirt in the universe. Investors, anyone?

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      This is so obvious, why didn't I think of it before? Your mouse ball and plastic little rollers inside can pick up more dirt/dust items off the 5"x5" area of your desk than you could ever imagine anyway (at least it did before you replaced it with an optical mouse, totally missing this opportunity) -- So what would happen if you created a vacuum-cleaner device that consisted only of mouse balls and plastic rollers? This would surely pick up most of the dirt in the universe. Investors, anyone?

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      Richard Jones
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      You mean like this?[^];P Top 10 Geek Resulutions: 5. To decipher what that big room is, which has the blue ceiling and poor climate control.

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        This is so obvious, why didn't I think of it before? Your mouse ball and plastic little rollers inside can pick up more dirt/dust items off the 5"x5" area of your desk than you could ever imagine anyway (at least it did before you replaced it with an optical mouse, totally missing this opportunity) -- So what would happen if you created a vacuum-cleaner device that consisted only of mouse balls and plastic rollers? This would surely pick up most of the dirt in the universe. Investors, anyone?

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        Tim Deveaux
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        You haven't mentioned the cat-hair problem. My observations have determined that roller mice always contain cat-hairs, even when no cat exists in the immediate vicinity of the device. This I suspect is related in some cosmically ironic way to Schoedinger's conjectures, which is, of course, beside the point. Failing to deal with the cat-hair problem would probably result in unsuspecting customers receiving their new devices fully clogged with cat-hairs - what S. would surely call an undesirable 'out-of-the-box' experience. Neat idea though. :)

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          You haven't mentioned the cat-hair problem. My observations have determined that roller mice always contain cat-hairs, even when no cat exists in the immediate vicinity of the device. This I suspect is related in some cosmically ironic way to Schoedinger's conjectures, which is, of course, beside the point. Failing to deal with the cat-hair problem would probably result in unsuspecting customers receiving their new devices fully clogged with cat-hairs - what S. would surely call an undesirable 'out-of-the-box' experience. Neat idea though. :)

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          Stan Shannon
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          Maybe you could design a mouse that could occasionally cough up its own fur ball... "The Yahoos refused to be tamed."

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            This is so obvious, why didn't I think of it before? Your mouse ball and plastic little rollers inside can pick up more dirt/dust items off the 5"x5" area of your desk than you could ever imagine anyway (at least it did before you replaced it with an optical mouse, totally missing this opportunity) -- So what would happen if you created a vacuum-cleaner device that consisted only of mouse balls and plastic rollers? This would surely pick up most of the dirt in the universe. Investors, anyone?

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            Navin
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            BrandonPotter wrote: So what would happen if you created a vacuum-cleaner device that consisted only of mouse balls and plastic rollers? This would surely pick up most of the dirt in the universe. Yes, I think a company tried that once. They were doing great, until they decided they were going to enter the optical mouse market. :doh: :-D An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

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              Maybe you could design a mouse that could occasionally cough up its own fur ball... "The Yahoos refused to be tamed."

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              Ray Cassick
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              Stan Shannon wrote: design a mouse that could occasionally cough up its own fur ball... Ewwwwww Not while I am holding it! X|


              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 asshole constant will be an integral part of that theory.


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                Stan Shannon wrote: design a mouse that could occasionally cough up its own fur ball... Ewwwwww Not while I am holding it! X|


                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 asshole constant will be an integral part of that theory.


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                David Wulff
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                You're in the middle of playing CounterStrike: Source and suddenly it starts it's cleaning cycle... Somehow I feel the cries of "Hey no fair, you shot me while my mouse was coughing up a furball" won't cut it. :~


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                  You're in the middle of playing CounterStrike: Source and suddenly it starts it's cleaning cycle... Somehow I feel the cries of "Hey no fair, you shot me while my mouse was coughing up a furball" won't cut it. :~


                  Ðavid Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
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                  DavidNohejl
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                  lol OTOH, you don't use optical mouse for some CS action? :rolleyes: Reminds me photo in local newspaper : "Pro Gammer" playing CS ... left hand on arrow keys, mouse in right hand :-D David Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)

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                    lol OTOH, you don't use optical mouse for some CS action? :rolleyes: Reminds me photo in local newspaper : "Pro Gammer" playing CS ... left hand on arrow keys, mouse in right hand :-D David Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)

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                    David Wulff
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                    I use an optical mouse, but I can't stand CS or CS:S. I played the latter for about a week after finishing HL2 before I got completely bored out of brain with playing the same damned scenarios on the same damned maps with the same damned people. What a boring existance it is to play CS.


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                      I use an optical mouse, but I can't stand CS or CS:S. I played the latter for about a week after finishing HL2 before I got completely bored out of brain with playing the same damned scenarios on the same damned maps with the same damned people. What a boring existance it is to play CS.


                      Ðavid Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
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                      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                      David Wulff wrote: What a boring existance it is to play CS. David Wulff wrote: Everybody is entitled to my opinion Thank you! :rolleyes: -- My name in Katakana is ヨレゲン. My name in German is Jörgen. I blog too now[^]

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                        David Wulff wrote: What a boring existance it is to play CS. David Wulff wrote: Everybody is entitled to my opinion Thank you! :rolleyes: -- My name in Katakana is ヨレゲン. My name in German is Jörgen. I blog too now[^]

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                        David Wulff
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                        ;P


                        Ðavid Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
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                          You're in the middle of playing CounterStrike: Source and suddenly it starts it's cleaning cycle... Somehow I feel the cries of "Hey no fair, you shot me while my mouse was coughing up a furball" won't cut it. :~


                          Ðavid Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
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                          Mitch F
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                          David Wulff wrote: You're in the middle of playing CounterStrike: Source and suddenly it starts it's cleaning cycle... I'd have to agree, that would be a very unfortunate time to have a "mouse cleanout"... My current mouse locks up enough anyways, even without the cat hair included. :sigh: On the other hand, at least my mouse lockups force me to finish my current map I've been working on in CounterStrike (Source), that way the mouse doesn't matter. :-D But yes, the desk-cleaning mouse does sound like a great idea! (There I go, I finally managed to get on-topic) My sig: "It isn't a bug, it's a feature I didn't know about." - Programmer2k4 Oops, Programmer2k4 is now old...I should have thought about that a year in advance.

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                            You're in the middle of playing CounterStrike: Source and suddenly it starts it's cleaning cycle... Somehow I feel the cries of "Hey no fair, you shot me while my mouse was coughing up a furball" won't cut it. :~


                            Ðavid Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum
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                            Everybody is entitled to my opinion

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                            Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                            David Wulff wrote: You're in the middle of playing CounterStrike: Source and suddenly it starts it's cleaning cycle... Somehow I feel the cries of "Hey no fair, you shot me while my mouse was coughing up a furball" won't cut it. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                              David Wulff wrote: You're in the middle of playing CounterStrike: Source and suddenly it starts it's cleaning cycle... I'd have to agree, that would be a very unfortunate time to have a "mouse cleanout"... My current mouse locks up enough anyways, even without the cat hair included. :sigh: On the other hand, at least my mouse lockups force me to finish my current map I've been working on in CounterStrike (Source), that way the mouse doesn't matter. :-D But yes, the desk-cleaning mouse does sound like a great idea! (There I go, I finally managed to get on-topic) My sig: "It isn't a bug, it's a feature I didn't know about." - Programmer2k4 Oops, Programmer2k4 is now old...I should have thought about that a year in advance.

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                              dian cute
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                              do i have to feed the mouse? -d-

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                                You mean like this?[^];P Top 10 Geek Resulutions: 5. To decipher what that big room is, which has the blue ceiling and poor climate control.

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                                David Crow
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                                That black text on maroon background is sure hard to read.


                                "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

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