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Article #620468Re: testing new computer new isp
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:48
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:48
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Quadibloc wrote: > On Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 7:42:04 AM UTC-7, jmfbahciv wrote: >> Gene Wirchenko wrote: >> > On 9 Feb 2018 15:28:09 GMT, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote: > >> >>I like using track pads but the newer ones are extremely sensitive. >> >>There are times when I don't even have to touch one. My fingers >> >>must be invisibly longer. > >> > I have managed that trick, too. My hands are quite dry. Are >> > yours? > >> I don't think so. The skin doesn't flake off. My nails aren't long >> either. (How do people with long nails use these devices?) > >> Doesn't the gear work based on heat difference? > > No. Trackpads, unlike some elevator buttons, work by touching them and > bringing into contact strips connected by a different level of resistance > to the power and ground. > > Even without skin flaking off, on a dry day, you could still have static > electricity, which might mess things up. It's not static electricity. I'd feel enormous pain if it was. /BAH
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