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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 2:44 pm

I want a mouse with a lot of buttons.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 3:09 pm

What's the point of a red light on the bottom of a mouse?

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 3:36 pm

Wren wrote: What's the point of a red light on the bottom of a mouse?

It helps the optical mouse detect movement.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:25 pm

I thought of something that would make a cool mod, changing the color of the light. Something like green or blue. But I would not have the guts to try that, maybe it's red for a reason, maybe the "eye" can only detect movement with infrared light, which I think this is what it is, but slightly off the spectrum which is why we can see it (like lazer light).

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:55 pm

My friend has one...I just thought it was for show. I have an old plain one, still works for me.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 5:55 pm

Wren wrote: My friend has one...I just thought it was for show. I have an old plain one, still works for me.

I normally don't have any problems with ball mice, but I thought I might as well get optical since I had to buy a new one anyway.

Besides, there were many times that I almost lost the mouse ball!

I liked to play with it.

Now that my old mouse is useless, I guess I can play with the ball without worry now!

That's odd how my old mouse died like that.

I hope hard drives aren't the same way.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:41 pm

Actually, I had a hard drive catch on fire. I had to reinstall my firewall

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:44 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: Actually, I had a hard drive catch on fire. I had to reinstall my firewall

Did I mention my mouse is black?

I think it looks cool.

I can't wait to get a black keyboard to match!

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:28 pm

How are you doing tonight, Wren?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 11:22 am

takahita_tsukino wrote:
Red Squirrel wrote: Actually, I had a hard drive catch on fire. I had to reinstall my firewall

Did I mention my mouse is black? I think it looks cool. I can't wait to get a black keyboard to match!

Actually I find black nicer for PC stuff. It's about the only reason I like DELLs

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 11:25 am

Red Squirrel wrote:
takahita_tsukino wrote:
Red Squirrel wrote: Actually, I had a hard drive catch on fire. I had to reinstall my firewall

Did I mention my mouse is black? I think it looks cool. I can't wait to get a black keyboard to match!
Actually I find black nicer for PC stuff. It's about the only reason I like DELLs

Yeah, I prefer black too.

Actually, I would prefer a dark green, but that's harder to find.

Red, I left my computer on last night. Of course, that meant that the mouse had that light on all night. Will it hurt the mouse if that light is on for a long time?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 11:47 am

No, mine has always been on for long, pretty much 24/7. I used to worry about that too, but it's actually not bad for the light. I think it's a LED or some other special light which does not burn out like lightbulbs do.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 11:50 am

Red Squirrel wrote: No, mine has always been on for long, pretty much 24/7. I used to worry about that too, but it's actually not bad for the light. I think it's a LED or some other special light which does not burn out like lightbulbs do.

Oh, that's comforting.

Thanks.

How are you today, Red?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 11:59 am

I'm doing fine thanks for asking. How about you?

We're getting lousy weather again.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:05 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: I'm doing fine thanks for asking. How about you?

We're getting lousy weather again.

I am doing fine.

Lousy weather? What kind of weather? Cold? Wet?

Sand storms?

It's a bit hot here, but it isn't that bad.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:26 pm

Just cold and a bit wet. It was suppost to be 20 today. Right now it's only 17. Oh well, could be worse.

Hey, the sun just came out now.

Now I'm going to go do my home work, see you later

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 1:10 pm

See you later, Red.

Has summer school given your a challenge yet? Is it still easy?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:06 pm

It's getting a little hard, but I'm still getting most of the questions right when I do my work. I can't wait to do the test tomorow and then I cant wait to get the results for both the test and the assignment I did july 4th.

If I do well, it will be a good start. If I do bad, I will be in the same situation as when I failed. I'd always think that I did good but I would not!

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:28 pm

Good afternoon, Wren.

How are you?

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:36 pm

Hello, not good today. My face looks like I've been in a boxing match. The swelling won't go away...now it's a doctor's visit I'm trying to set up.

Now they have to do the insurance verification, blah, blah, blah!

I have a wedding to attend Friday...can't go looking like this! I'm really upset about it all!

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:49 pm

Sorry to hear. What happened?

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 2:55 pm

Wren wrote: Hello, not good today. My face looks like I've been in a boxing match. The swelling won't go away...now it's a doctor's visit I'm trying to set up.

Now they have to do the insurance verification, blah, blah, blah!

I have a wedding to attend Friday...can't go looking like this! I'm really upset about it all!

That's terrible!

I wish you luck and hope the swelling goes away before Friday.

What do you think is causing the swelling?

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 3:01 pm

I was told years ago that it is a reaction from being upset about something. It doesn't seem consistant with that. I don't know at this point.

Maybe I'm sick in the head and don't know it!

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 3:19 pm

Well hopefully it will become better.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 3:20 pm

Thanks, if they have a pc in the nut house, I'll send a note!

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