[PLUG] Re: OT (Hardware): Do pointy devices wear out?

[Chris Jantzen]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 03:27:58PM -0500, Brian Beattie wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 14:29, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > ... Troublesome pointy devices ...
> > 
> > I don't use a trackball, but I imagine the issues are similar to a
> > mouse, with the added bonus that garbage falls in, not out. 
> 
> Not as big a problem, since crud has a smaller target, the mouse will
> pick up all the crud that falls on the mouse pad, where as the track
> ball it is only the ball it'self that is the target.  Works out about
> even IME.

Unless you're me and have chronically oily hands, and therefore the
trackball is constantly accumulating junk to run off on the support
posts. (Optical)

-- 
chris kb7rnl =->
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