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We discover that you can’t use a wireless mouse on an airplane

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We were flying cross-country last night, and The Man, aka American Airlines, forced us to stop using the Kensington Pocketmouse Pro wireless mouse we were using while we were writing a few emails inflight. Apparently the wireless mouse, which has such a weak signal that it would stop working if I moved it more than six inches away from my laptop, was a threat to the safety of the aircraft.

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