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    Remainders - Things We Didn't Post

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    Image of danallen82 danallen82
    10/09/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    I use the Mighty Mouse everyday at work, and let me tell you...
    Pros: the scroll ball is great for just about everything.
    Cons: the 1 click, touch sensing is absolutely garbage.
    The squeeze feature is annoying and non-directional.
    The tracking is inaccurate, compared to any optical mouse.
    The mouse feet are sub par.
    The ball can get stuck.

    Overall, I'd go and strip the 360-ball and retrofit it to a nice Logitech G3 laser mouse for the ultimate mouse!
     Reply
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    Image of pastrychef pastrychef
    10/09/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    I love my Mighty Mouse. The only problem is when dirt gets in to the ball area. When that happens, I rip it apart and clean it.
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    Image of iamnotafish iamnotafish
    10/09/09

    @pastrychef: I shuddered when I read that comment, but that was because I missed the first sentence.
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    SysRq promoted this comment iamnotafish was starred iamnotafish was unstarred
    Image of bw2g bw2g
    10/09/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Is it really a win for AT&T when the competition (at least in my area) is Comcast?

    I find this even more ironic considering the Comcast ad above this comment box.
     Reply
    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment bw2g was starred bw2g was unstarred
    Image of FadedSpark -- I Dream of birdie FadedSpark -- I Dream of birdie
    10/09/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Google is bigger than the internet itself. By about 300 MILLION results. Go figure eh?
     Reply
    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment FadedSpark -- I Dream of birdie was starred FadedSpark -- I Dream of birdie was unstarred
    Image of gotFrosty gotFrosty
    10/09/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Don't get me wrong here I love Mac, but how about a mouse with more than one button on it. The touch sensitive buttons were crap. Is it that hard to get past their ego? I mean come on. But please keep the scroll ball because that was nice.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    10/09/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    I'm all for the paranormal shows. Anything to scare me out of remembering how scary life really is for a few hours is fine by me.
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of matt_mcmhn matt_mcmhn
    10/08/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    The Paranormal Activity shit is ridiculous. But buy some miracle it's at a theater in a little town 15 mins from me so I'm not complaining anymore
     Reply
    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment matt_mcmhn was starred matt_mcmhn was unstarred
    Image of soulfinger soulfinger
    10/09/09

    @matt_mcmhn: I'll buy that miracle. How much?
     Reply
    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment soulfinger was starred soulfinger was unstarred
    Image of matt_mcmhn matt_mcmhn
    10/09/09

    @soulfinger: Ha, you fell for my devious ploy! Everyone knows miracles are priceless!
     Reply
    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment matt_mcmhn was starred matt_mcmhn was unstarred
    Image of DaveExile (SimANT for iPhone NOW!) DaveExile (SimANT for iPhone NOW!)
    10/08/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Maybe Apple can strike back at "Lisa" Simpson. I guess their computer came first....
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment Edited by DaveExile (SimANT for iPhone NOW!) at 10/08/09 11:40 PM DaveExile (SimANT for iPhone NOW!) was starred DaveExile (SimANT for iPhone NOW!) was unstarred
    Image of iansilv iansilv
    10/08/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Those idiots at Paramount need to put paranormal activity in theaters already. I keep checking fandango every week.

    Paramount- I will not fill out some stupid form so you can make money off of me!
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment iansilv was starred iansilv was unstarred
    Image of John Blair John Blair
    10/08/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Do you homework Rothman.

    Apple licensed the name from Viacom, which owns the trademark to the Mighty Mouse name, so the trademark for the other company means absolutely nothing. In fact, unless they licensed it, Viacom could easily sue and recoup damages.

    That being said; the mighty mouse did suck. Here's hoping the next one is less sucky...
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    VisibleHand promoted this comment John Blair was starred John Blair was unstarred
    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    10/09/09

    @John Blair: No: trademark only applies to specific product areas, because its purpose is to avoid product confusion. This is, incidentally, also why Apple can trademark the name of a kind of fruit.

    So Man & Machine was on solid legal ground when it started making "Mighty Mouse" computer peripherals, because there was no risk it could be confused with the cartoon.

    Later, CBS tried to trademark "Mighty Mouse" for computer mice (to complement their existing trademarks for entertainment), and license that to Apple.

    Since Man & Machine had been making Mighty Mouse mice for a while already by that point, they won the ensuing trademark dispute. Man & Machine gets exclusive use for computer mice, Apple gets kinda screwed.

    If anyone didn't do their homework, it was CBS and Apple.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman [Key in repetitiveness.] (Starman) Starman [Key in repetitiveness.]
    10/08/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    Yeah, the only thing Mighty Mouse had going for it was the 360-trackball. Even that sucked after many uses.

    And the name… come on!
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment (Starman) Starman [Key in repetitiveness.] was starred (Starman) Starman [Key in repetitiveness.] was unstarred
    Image of dingus dingus
    10/08/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    U-Verse would have my complete and undying love if their tech support didn't make every minor issue into a three premises visit ordeal. They have umpteen thousand wireless shops around town that are hawking it, so why do I need them to roll a truck to replace an obviously dead receiver?

    On the other hand, Time-Warner can eat a dick.
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    10/08/09

    @dingus: Completely agree. It's almost a little overkill. But I'll take that anyway over the god forbidden Time-Warner. They can eat a dick.
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    Image of iansilv iansilv
    10/08/09

    @macpatrik: Yeah. Time Warner can eat a dick!
     Reply
    Identity less than three promoted this comment iansilv was starred iansilv was unstarred
    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    10/09/09

    @iansilv: Time Warner eat dick!
     Reply
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    Image of plasticmouse plasticmouse
    10/09/09

    @Identity less than three: Time Warner Dick!
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    Identity less than three promoted this comment plasticmouse was starred plasticmouse was unstarred
    Image of MaQ MaQ
    10/02/09

    In reply to There Are No Limits for Linux Hackers
    There is a joke when an small older car, slammed the brand new BMW from behind

    and the on-board computer in the BMW
    showed on the display:

    "Found new hardware, want to install?"

    ---

    I'm from Europe, so ain't aware of what is going on over seas.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    10/02/09

    In reply to There Are No Limits for Linux Hackers
    I saw this earlier on XKCD, have the feed on my Google Reader, so I'm just passing by to say: XKCD IS AWESOME

    Also: USB thumb drive
     Reply
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    Image of AvohkahTamer Has A Lazorcat! AvohkahTamer Has A Lazorcat!
    10/02/09

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: YES, XKCD IS SO AWESOME! Totally describes my life all the time.

    Also: don't you mean USB Index Finger drive?
     Reply
    Bokusatsu_Tenshi promoted this comment AvohkahTamer Has A Lazorcat! was starred AvohkahTamer Has A Lazorcat! was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    10/02/09


    @AvohkahTamer Has A Lazorcat!: I got the wrong link... but it's somehow related.
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    Image of MIKEAWESOME MIKEAWESOME
    10/04/09

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: "You want a finger? I can get you a finger, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me."

    'Yeah, but Walter...'

    "Hell, I can get you a finger by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with a USB! These fucking amateurs.."
     Reply
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/02/09

    In reply to There Are No Limits for Linux Hackers
    Everyone knows the only real way to interact with hardware is to put a coaxial port on the base of your skull.
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    10/02/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I went with token ring
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    UnderLoK was starred UnderLoK was unstarred
    Image of kzooguy kzooguy
    10/02/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: What, no wireless??
    I'm rocking an 802.11n connection to the Matrix. Unfortunately everyone just thinks I'm crazy. Well, it'll catch on, just like bluetooth headsets.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment kzooguy was starred kzooguy was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/02/09

    @kzooguy: Yeah, well you people and your LAN party jack-ins enjoy your lag and occasional clothing disappearing because you're not in sync with your ship's servers.
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