Re: geography nerds?

Tim Merrigan <tppm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul Dormer) wrote:
> >And I'm still not sure whether it's that device which is messing up my
> >optical mouse, causing my cursor to jump suddenly, or for the
> >right-click menu to be suddenly displayed for no reason.
>
> I don't have a cordless phone, but I do occasionally get my optical,
> though not wireless, cursor bouncing all over the screen.  I assume
> it's something, dust or whatever, interfering with the laser sensor.

That sometimes happens to me if I use a current optical mouse on a
too-reflective surface (the old-school Sun optical mice, IIRC, required a
special semi-reflective surface covered with dots.)

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