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- From: ledwards@leland.Stanford.EDU (Laurence James Edwards)
- Subject: Re: mouse cleaning
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.014305.851@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <35173@adm.brl.mil> <1993Jan24.043748.18802@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 01:43:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.043748.18802@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>, senseman@lucy.brainlab.utsa.edu (David M. Senseman) writes:
- |> In article <35173@adm.brl.mil> blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov (Brent L. Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB) writes:
- |> >
- |> > You're being sarcastic, right?!
- |> > I want my optical mouse back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- |> > Actually, our three older systems still have the superior optical mice,
- |> >so I'm only annoyed when I have to use our new Indigo that has the crummy
- |> >machanical mouse. I have yet to hear any one give me an inteligent reason
- |> >why they prefer machanical mice. You still need a pad for them. The balls
- |> >tend to `jam' and jurk. They are heavy. And most of all they are machanical,
- |> >so they have parts that easily ware out, get dirty, etc..
- |> > [...]
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- I have a slight preference for the optical mice myself ... but under heavy use
- the felt pads on the bottom of the mice do wear out, and the aluminum pads do
- get sticky and have to be washed.
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- Larry Edwards
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