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camwynThis was part of a 2003 article on how optical mice were about to totally take over the world from mice with balls. It made my eye twitch just a bit. Y'all on the Dark Tower side of things will know why.
"The only real conclusion to draw from them is that the new sensor should be faster and more precise. So we put it to a very stringent test using the most advanced measuring technique in the world: the hand of a crazy Quaker. Just like Logitech, I can scientifically prove to you that the hand of our local champion Roland has a faculty for acceleration (g), speed (m/s) and precision (msi or move/ stop per inch) much greater than any other. The hand of Roland beats mine hollow every time we play at Unreal Tournament."
"The verdict of our test hand is final. The new MX sensor is faster and more precise. For responsiveness, lag and speed, it cannot, it's true, catch out Roland's weapon."
His hand. Uh huh.
"The only real conclusion to draw from them is that the new sensor should be faster and more precise. So we put it to a very stringent test using the most advanced measuring technique in the world: the hand of a crazy Quaker. Just like Logitech, I can scientifically prove to you that the hand of our local champion Roland has a faculty for acceleration (g), speed (m/s) and precision (msi or move/ stop per inch) much greater than any other. The hand of Roland beats mine hollow every time we play at Unreal Tournament."
"The verdict of our test hand is final. The new MX sensor is faster and more precise. For responsiveness, lag and speed, it cannot, it's true, catch out Roland's weapon."
His hand. Uh huh.
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Date: 2006-09-07 07:14 pm (UTC)That game reviewer has forgotten the face of his father.
-- Lorrie
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Date: 2006-09-07 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 07:43 pm (UTC)Otherwise, he'd get all Elvis on the monitor with the guns of his fathers--which isn't as satisfying with today's flat panels as it would be with an old school CRT.
-- Lorrie
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Date: 2006-09-07 08:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 07:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 07:35 pm (UTC)So. When I read "optical mouse" I thought... "what's one of them, then?"
When I saw "mice with balls" I boggled.
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Date: 2006-09-07 07:37 pm (UTC).... no balls.
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Date: 2006-09-07 07:44 pm (UTC)...
...not to be confused with Unix, of course, jokes about MULTICS notwithstanding.
-- Lorrie
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Date: 2006-09-07 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 07:58 pm (UTC)Although, if you've read the Vorkosigan books, the genderless ba of Cetaganda also come to mind (same deal, though).
-- Lorrie
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Date: 2006-09-07 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 08:01 pm (UTC)...Right, then.
*twitching just slightly*
(Although I have to admit, I read Quaker as "member of the Society of Friends," not "player of Quake." *sheepish* And was going to comment on the fact that in that case he'd use thee and thy, too.)
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Date: 2006-09-07 08:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 08:06 pm (UTC)*sits happily in non-gamer corner*
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Date: 2006-09-07 09:30 pm (UTC)I am a loser.
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Date: 2006-09-07 08:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 08:20 pm (UTC)Make it stop!
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Date: 2006-09-07 08:26 pm (UTC)Although, the part that messed with my head about that is that King pretty transparently takes Quaker dialect for Susan Delgado, anyway -- the way she and her family use thee is from the "Friendly Folk," as I recall.
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Date: 2006-09-07 08:35 pm (UTC)And then a few lines later, my brain went "...Manni?"
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Date: 2006-09-07 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 08:46 pm (UTC)*destroys the very thing she's commenting on*
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Date: 2006-09-07 09:26 pm (UTC)-- Lorrie
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Date: 2006-09-07 11:35 pm (UTC)