[OT] Re: Of Mice and Linux

Wakko Warner
2003-12-08T22:03:35Z

> Is it possible for Linux to kill a Microsoft (or any) mouse via the USB
> port? I hadn't seriously considered that problem... I don't have the
> proper test equipment to check the voltages on the USBs to see if
> something is amiss.
>
> And here I was going to write it off as "mouse suicide", the result of a
> Microsoft mouse becoming depressed because it was attached to a Linux
> system.
>
> (Note: For real humor, I should post a story to Slashdot about how Linux
> kills Microsoft mice, with misleading anecdotes and undiscovered
> evidence. But, despite my somewhat off-kilter mood today, I will
> restrain myself.)

I got rid of the mouse long ago, I use guinea pig now!

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