OT: Really wireless (was Re: wireless mouse)

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 18:33 +1100, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 18:07 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > >>>> I am planning to buy a wireless mouse. Please suggest me the make of
> > >>>> the mouse which is supported by Ubuntu Linux 10.04
> 
> Apropos wireless mice: I was recently asked by a client to come and get
> his new wireless keyboards and mice working. He'd bought two new laptops
> and had purchased a wireless keyboard + mouse combo for each.
> 
> When I arrived he said he'd tried everything but they didn't work. His
> method: Place the keyboard in front of the laptop, place the mouse just
> to the right of the keyboard, sit down, start typing and mousing.
> Nothing happened. And he had double checked that everything had fresh
> batteries.
> 
> I explained that they were not *completely* wireless; you do have to
> plug the little black box into a USB port on the laptop. "Oh!", he said.
> "I wondered what that was for!"

Showing my mother how to use a computer, she took the mouse, held it in
mid-air, and waved it at the screen. I guess that would be intuitive for
a non-computer user, but I cringed anyway. She never used the computer
as her 2nd husband was afraid she'd go into chat rooms and be
propositioned, at 75 years old. Heh, maybe he was really afraid she'd
agree to a meetup. <cackles>  :) Ric


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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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