26 Oct
2002
26 Oct
'02
4:12 p.m.
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Sark wrote:
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...
-Toth
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.
Keeping balls in the mice is a huge headache. Damn if I know why anyone
wants them, though.