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Post subject: Humble mouse is 40 years old today  Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:01 am |
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 Quote: The humble computer mouse celebrates its 40th anniversary today.
On 9 December 1968 hi-tech visionary Douglas Engelbart first used one to demonstrate novel ways of working with computers.
The first mouse that Dr Engelbart used in the demo at the Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) was made of wood and had one button.
Much of the technology shown off in the demo inspired the creation of the hardware and software now widely used. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7768481.stm_________________ 
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:42 am |
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aye ... i remember cleaning my balls ............ eh Slap
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:05 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:41 pm |
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I heard Geoff actually invented the right click....
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:45 pm |
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he was incharge of desktop icons
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:06 pm |
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you should make him an icon 
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:18 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:02 pm |
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Quote: you should make him an icon have you got a 50" monitor - superwide aspect ratio  _________________
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:36 pm |
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Lemon =GCHQ= wrote: aye ... i remember cleaning my balls ............ eh Slap So u had fun cleaning the internal rollers as well lemon?  
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:58 pm |
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TheMacOne=GCHQ= wrote: Lemon =GCHQ= wrote: aye ... i remember cleaning my balls ............ eh Slap So u had fun cleaning the internal rollers as well lemon? _________________ "If your going to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."- Winston Churchill three and a half foot long??? dude, it could have swallowed you whole! 3jorn=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:07 pm |
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In hindsight, a bit silly really, they designed the mouse 25 years before it was needed!! http://kotaku.com/5106418/fifteen-years-of-doomDOOM IS 15 YEARS OLD TODAY!_________________  LINUX : If it was any good, they'd charge for it. I want to die peacefully in my sleep just like my Grandad, not kicking and screaming like his passengers...
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Post subject: Re: Humble mouse is 40 years old today Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:06 am |
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I think..... 
