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From: J. Clarke
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:18

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On 14 Feb 2018 18:13:07 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
wrote:

>On 2018-02-14, William Pechter
><pec...@lakewoodmicro-fbsd-tor1-01.lakewoodmicro.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <PM0005652...@aca41411.ipt.aol.com>,
>> jmfbahciv  <See....@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Joy Beeson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 13 Feb 2018 14:39:01 GMT, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If I was stuck with a mouse, I
>>>>> would turn it upsidedown and use it as a track ball.
>>>>
>>>> I just tried that.  All I got was a flashing red light on the wall.
>>>
>>> Kewl :-)  I've never used an optical mouse.  Does it work if
>>> you keep it upright and move the ball with your finger underneath?
>>
>> No ball... just led and opto sensor (or laser and optosensor).
>
>"An optical mouse has no balls and has to look at itself in a mirror to work."
>
>> They work great as long as the mouse is on a decent surface.  If there's
>> any issues put a piece of notebook paper under the mouse.  No special
>> optical mouse pad like the old days.
>
>If I need to do only a few mouse operations and have no flat surface,
>my leg works pretty well.  Optical mice like denim.

They will also work on a cat, although I do not recommend this
practice unless the cat is _very_ mellow.

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