Spatial anisotropy in the vicinity of a small massive sphere

[John Woodgate]

Why does clag collect mostly on the east-west roller in a mechanical
mouse?

 

[amdxjunk]

I don't know, but I did verify the same on my mouse.
Mike K.

 

[[email protected]]

Why does clag collect mostly on the east-west roller in a mechanical
mouse?

Don't know. One interesting thing might be to modify the mouse driver
to record total movement in the two axis over a week of usage. Scale
by any physical aspect ratio of course.

Is this difference more pronounced on a scroll wheel mouse (where
vertical movement might be reduced?)

Maybe horizontal movement has higher acceleartions and so is more
likely to shed dirt?

Does the coffee cup go next to the mouse or above it?

 

[Ken Taylor]

Why does clag collect mostly on the east-west roller in a mechanical
mouse?

Just checked mine, no such problem in the Southern Hemisphere. Mind you the
LED of the mouse is pretty bright, I may have missed something....

Ken

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Why does clag collect mostly on the east-west roller in a mechanical
mouse?

Because computer screens are wider than they are tall?


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Frank Bemelman]

Why does clag collect mostly on the east-west roller in a mechanical
mouse?

More fingerprints/grease east & west of the mouse than north of it.

 

[Jim Thompson]

Why does clag collect mostly on the east-west roller in a mechanical
mouse?

What is a "mechanical mouse" ?

...Jim Thompson

 

[Rich Grise]

Why does clag collect mostly on the east-west roller in a mechanical
mouse?

Because that's the direction along which it does the most movement?

Heh. I was about to check my mouse ball, but I had forgotten I have
an optical mouse.

(Is "clag" Brit for "crud"?)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Howard Eisenhauer]

What is a "mechanical mouse" ?

...Jim Thompson

http://www.salmagundi-tintoys.com/animals/an_45.html


H.

 

[Rather Play Pinball]

Most balls swing left/right rather than front back, according to some
government study. Probably the Ministry of Ball Physics has some archives
on it. Hence more foobar on the left/right sensors.

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

Because that's the direction along which it does the most movement?

Heh. I was about to check my mouse ball, but I had forgotten I have
an optical mouse.

Would that be a female mouse?

No balls, just a little red spot underneath.

;-)

 

[xray]

Why does clag collect mostly on the east-west roller in a mechanical
mouse?

It's nature. Traditionally the world has been more open to north-south
transitions than east-west transitions. Compare the Mexico-US transition
to the Berlin wall for example.

Clag? What's clag? We ain't got no clag. We don't need no stinkin' clag.

Take your pick.

Or rotate your desk 90 degrees.

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson

What is a "mechanical mouse" ?

One with a 'small massive sphere', which engages with two rollers that
operate optical rotation sensors.

Probably regarded as prehistoric in US.

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich Grise <[email protected]>
wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'Spatial
anisotropy in the vicinity of a small massive sphere', on Mon, 3 Oct
2005:

(Is "clag" Brit for "crud"?)

Yes.

 

[Paul Burke]

Why does clag collect mostly on the east-west roller in a mechanical
mouse?

According to Fung Hooey, the NS axis represents career and success,
whereas EW is home and children. Your career is dependent on your
computer skills; the counterclaims of your home ties impede it. The
mouse reflects this conflict.

The solution is to have a computer mat with a picture of your wife and
children; change the desktop colout scheme to a metallic yellow- green
colour, with a mountain scene as a screensaver; burn a joss-stick
(scandalwood or emery paper); and let off firecrackers in the NW corner,
or in extreme cases a small stick of dynamite.

Paul Burke

 

[Keith Williams]

What is a "mechanical mouse" ?

Like this, but smaller?

http://www.doublehooked.com/photogallery.htm

 

[Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie]

Would that be a female mouse?

No balls, just a little red spot underneath.

;-)

This raises an interesting question: Do inanimate objects have a gender?
Ships, of course, are always female, except some warships have very
male names, like "The Nimitz" - but, say, your car, or your computer -
are they "he", or "she"? Currently, I have a 1986 Fiero, but I think
it's kind of ambivalent - it wants to be a boy, but it has a lot of
feminine attributes, like it keeps hanging in there supporting me even
though it's subjected to some amount of neglect. The computer I'm at
right now is "Daphne", which is a girl name, but I have another one
named "Thunderbird", which sounds very masculine - our server is
named "Ops", which is sort of a play on words - it's both an
abbreviation for "operations", and the name of some ancient goddess...
<Rich does a quick google>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=define:ops&btnG=Search

Yeah, goddess of abundance and fertility. I like it!

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson


One with a 'small massive sphere', which engages with two rollers that
operate optical rotation sensors.

Probably regarded as prehistoric in US.

Nah, not prehistoric - it's just that they've all been cannibalized to
make fast quadrature rotary position/velocity sensors.

With a PIC, of course. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie]

http://www.salmagundi-tintoys.com/animals/an_45.html

Oh, Geez, does this bring back memories! I was with a girlfriend once,
who had a cat, and she brought one of those things home one day, and
it was hilarious, for about 20 minutes. They go about 5 feet and have
to be rewound, and it was more like the cat was playing "make a monkey
out of the human", as it sat there and watched her wind the toy. Of
course, the cat would sit there and let her get up and go retrieve
the toy and wind it up for its benefit. Feh. It was supposed to be
a housecat, but it would escape outside every chance it got, and
so this woman would go chase it. It would go sit under a car, and
when she got within arm's reach, it would casually get up and amble
away, as if it didn't even care that it was being chased. It'd wander
down the street, decide to stop and rest, and she'd chase after it,
and just about when she got within catching range, the cat would go,
"Oh, ho-hum, I guess I don't want to sit here any more" and walk
another block or two. I used to rant at her: "Let it go! It'll
come back when it gets hungry! It knows where the food is! It's
just playing 'Make a monkey out of the human'!" She'd chase that
cat for like six blocks before it got tired of the game and let
her carry it back to the house. About two years after that girl and
I had broken up, we were talking on the phone (we were "still friends")
and she said, "Y'know? Buckwheat ran away again ("Buckwheat" was the
cat's name, because it was pitch black. You should have seen her
trying to explain that to the African-American solicitor that
showed up at her door one day!), and I just got disgusted and left
him out all night, and you know what? He came back!" Like, she was
so astonished that the fucking cat would come back for fucking cat
food. Duh. Guess I'm better off without her, although it was some
of the most transcendental sex I've ever had. Sigh.

I went to look up "cat toys" at google, and, um...
http://www.naughtybitsandbobs.com/For-Him/Black-Cat-Dual-Rotating-Butt-Plug.htm

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

but, say, your car, or your computer -
are they "he", or "she"? Currently, I have a 1986 Fiero, but I think
it's kind of ambivalent ...

My current car is has no name and is not easily sexed, but the
previous two were clearly female and male (feistly little red Kyoko
and powerful silver Wolfgang) respectively. C.'s car Sven is more of a
hermaphrodite- perhaps the automotive equivalent of the Man from Glad.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany