26 Oct
2002
26 Oct
'02
3:18 p.m.
On Oct 26, 16:14, Tothwolf wrote:
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Sark wrote:
>
> > And they thought people would steal mouse balls WHY?
>
> Because people steal mouse balls. A friend works in a major computer
> chain store, and I used to work for University of Texas, in IT.
It isn't just the larger companies or universities
that have a problem
with this either. At one local school where I maintain dozens of older
systems, some years the kids steal the balls out of the mice. The year
before last, some kid even stole 6-8 mice (and switched 4 of them out
with
dead junk mice. This year I'm planning to ty-wrap
the cables to something
behind the systems so that won't happen again. I sure wish I could find a
lifetime supply of the older 3 button PS/2 Logitech mice. I've found
those
things to be nearly indestructible in a school, and
the younger kids will
usually find a way to break anything...
Talking of breaking, and mouse balls, you might be amused by the story of
the blackboard and the mouse ball. See the URL below. Oh, and vuft
cricket (mentioned on the same page) is played with the sort of ball you
commonly find near a PC and the sort of bat you commonly find in front of
the same PC (you know, the one with the clicky top surface).
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~bjmi100/uni%20history/compsci.html
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York