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Subject:(Straying OT) Re: mouse recomendation: HUMOR From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ML -dot- ORG> Date:Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:50:37 -0800
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:21:52 -0500, John David Hickey wrote:
>Another thing I've noticed is that you can sometimes improve performance on
>a mouse if you switch it's ball with another mouse. A little skullduggery is
>required here, with you sneaking around to your co-worker's desk and
>serendipitously switching the mouse ball. I theorized that the mouse ball is
>actually smaller now after prolonged use (mouse errosion). It doesn't reach
>the rollers as well as it did in its younger days (now THERE'S a universal
>statement).
Many of you have probably seen this before. It's become something of a
classic.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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"Reality is in alpha test on protoype hardware."
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