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From: Unknown on 24 Mar 2010 16:15 Always best to remove batteries when transporting battery operated devices. "Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23k7ueX3yKHA.2552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > > choro wrote: >> Steve wrote: >> >>>Is your mouse connected directly to your computer or do you have a >>>keyboard/mouse switchbox in between ? And/or is there anything else >>>that could possibly be interfering with the connection to your PC >>>from the mouse ? >>> >>>A couple of alternatives before buying a new mouse. >>> >>>*1 Try an old fashioned Tethered ball mouse... and one that you know >>>works.... >>>*2 Clean the mouse inside (which may invovle unscrewing it) >>>*3 Reinstall Windows. >>> >>> >>>BTW.. For Wireless Optical Mouse designers... how about an ON/OFF >>>switch please to save battery life! >> >> >> Surely you don't mean that. A software auto-on (immediately when movement >> sensed) and auto off (after a certain period of inactivity) is far >> superior. > > unless it's in your briefcase! >
From: Carmel on 24 Mar 2010 16:54 On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:15:01 -0500 Unknown <unknown(a)unknown.kom> articulated: >Always best to remove batteries when transporting battery operated >devices. The trouble with a generalization is that it is generally wrong. To postulate that removing the battery from a device is a sound scenario is overly optimistic. Many laptops are not functional without the battery installed. Worse yet, pace makers usually tend to cease operation completely. While removal of a power source such as a battery while a device is in the process of being transported might be construed as didactic, it would be self evident that each instance would have to be studied extensively to insure that its intended goal does not diminish the usefulness of the device itself. -- Carmel Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Now and then an innocent person is sent to the legislature.
From: Bob I on 24 Mar 2010 17:30 You mean like flashlights, cell phones and laptops? <wink ,wink> Unknown wrote: > Always best to remove batteries when transporting battery operated devices. > "Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:%23k7ueX3yKHA.2552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> >>choro wrote: >> >>>Steve wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Is your mouse connected directly to your computer or do you have a >>>>keyboard/mouse switchbox in between ? And/or is there anything else >>>>that could possibly be interfering with the connection to your PC >>> >>>>from the mouse ? >>> >>>>A couple of alternatives before buying a new mouse. >>>> >>>>*1 Try an old fashioned Tethered ball mouse... and one that you know >>>>works.... >>>>*2 Clean the mouse inside (which may invovle unscrewing it) >>>>*3 Reinstall Windows. >>>> >>>> >>>>BTW.. For Wireless Optical Mouse designers... how about an ON/OFF >>>>switch please to save battery life! >>> >>> >>>Surely you don't mean that. A software auto-on (immediately when movement >>>sensed) and auto off (after a certain period of inactivity) is far >>>superior. >> >>unless it's in your briefcase! >> > > >
From: Unknown on 25 Mar 2010 12:25 Gee whiz---------Use common sense. "Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23WyXwk5yKHA.244(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > You mean like flashlights, cell phones and laptops? <wink ,wink> > > Unknown wrote: >> Always best to remove batteries when transporting battery operated >> devices. >> "Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:%23k7ueX3yKHA.2552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >>> >>>choro wrote: >>> >>>>Steve wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Is your mouse connected directly to your computer or do you have a >>>>>keyboard/mouse switchbox in between ? And/or is there anything else >>>>>that could possibly be interfering with the connection to your PC >>>> >>>>>from the mouse ? >>>> >>>>>A couple of alternatives before buying a new mouse. >>>>> >>>>>*1 Try an old fashioned Tethered ball mouse... and one that you know >>>>>works.... >>>>>*2 Clean the mouse inside (which may invovle unscrewing it) >>>>>*3 Reinstall Windows. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>BTW.. For Wireless Optical Mouse designers... how about an ON/OFF >>>>>switch please to save battery life! >>>> >>>> >>>>Surely you don't mean that. A software auto-on (immediately when >>>>movement sensed) and auto off (after a certain period of inactivity) is >>>>far superior. >>> >>>unless it's in your briefcase! >>> >> >> >> >
From: Alias on 25 Mar 2010 12:56
Unknown wrote: > Gee whiz---------Use common sense. This from someone who uses Expee and Outhouse Distress on a system with no anti virus or malware protection. You and common sense is an oxymoron. -- Alias |