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linugen writes
"How do you avoid those sweaty mouse hands after playing a game of Quake for a couple of hours? Sure, you could use the keyboard, but this site has a 'cool' alternative. It's in Finnish (I think), so the fish won't be able to help you. The pictures speak for themselves."
How about a wireless? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:How about a wireless? (Score:3, Insightful)
Yeah, and you'll be paying that every month for batteries.
Re:How about a wireless? (Score:4, Funny)
Now add to it the rolling action you make and we have ourselves a powergenerator on your mousepad.
OK OK I am sorry don;t mod me down for this stupidity
Here's the english version. (Score:5, Informative)
For those of us who don't speak Finnish.
And here's the linked version... (Score:4, Informative)
http://hw.metku.net/rottaflekti/index_eng.html [metku.net]
Re:And here's the linked version... (Score:2, Informative)
All browsers should support this (if they don't already
Dave
Re:And here's the linked version... (Score:1)
Re:And here's the linked version... (Score:2)
Determining a language (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Determining a language (Score:1)
And someone would have replied with a post more useful than this. Since when was hindsight any use?
Re:Determining a language (Score:1)
Link to what article? The poster was asking a question about pages in general. To my knowlege there is not an article on this subject, which might indeed be why he is posting an Ask Slashdot.
This is one of the major problems with Slashdot; it consists primarily of links to articles rather than any more than a pretense to original content.
Re:Determining a language (Score:2)
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Re:Determining a language (Score:3, Informative)
I basically use the same method... I'm not sure if I can write down exactly what I do though; some of it is probably just recognizing certain words and knowing which language that word is from. Anyways, a rough list of my heuristics:
Latin scripts (you know, like English :) :) :) Not too many accents... only é, I think. :) Probably one of Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.
If there aren't any funny marks above or below any of the letters, it's probably English. But you should recognize English when you see it
If you see ã and õ, probably Portuguese
If you see ñ, but no ã or õ, probably Spanish.
No tildes anywhere, but various accents on top of vowels, especially à, é, è, ê, î, ù, and also ç. Probably French.
üs and ßs. Probably German.
Dunno about Italian... I know it when I see it
Long words with lots of doubled letters, and doubled äs; "y" always used as a vowel (like right at the beginning of the mouse fan article: "nyt"): probably Finnish (and Estonian too? Not sure 'bout that).
å and æ: some Scandinavian language... I can't tell the difference between 'em
and : Hungarian
ð and : Icelandic
, , , , : probably Czech.
: probably Polish
, , : probably Turkish.
Letters with way too many diacritics for their own good (such as , "latin small letter e with circumflex and hook above", or "latin small leter a with breve and acute"): Vietnamese
Non-Latin scripts: :)
Just memorize how they look and you can at least get to a group of languages that use that script (Cyrillic and Arabic, for example), or maybe even to a single language (Thai, for example). If you see all Chinese characters, it's Chinese. If you see Chinese characters mixed with Japanese kana, it's Japanese. If you see mostly Korean characters with some Chinese, it's Korean
Well that's all I can think of for now :)
Re:Determining a language (Scandinavian) (Score:3, Informative)
Yep, that's a pretty sure sign of Finnish, and indeed this article is Finnish.
Both Finnish and Estonian (and Hungarian) belong AFAIK to the same group of languages. Finns and Hungarians can't understand too much of each other's languages though.
Hehe, telling the difference between Swedish and the two other are easy enough: Swedes use ö whereas we (I'm Norwegian) use ø. Also, "and" is "och" in Swedish but "og" in Norwegian and Danish.
Generally, spoken Swedish is closer to Norwegian than Danish, but written Danish is closer to Norwegian than Swedish. I have actually been acting as translator between Stockholmers and Danes at times...
Telling the difference between Norwegian (no) and Danish (da) is harder. It's easy enough to a native, but Danish was the official language in Norway for a very long time and dominated up to a big reform in 1917, where it was norwegianified. If that isn't bad enough, we have two official languages here, no is in fact nb and nn, so if you think it's hard to tell the difference between da and no, it's even harder to tell the difference between nn and nb. Besides, if I write informally, I'd like to write something in between of nn and nb. :-) I think no makes more extensive use of double consonants, but I'm not sure about that. You can see it on quite a few words, typically one letter is different, like "language" which is "språg" in da but "språk" in no, "of" which is "af" in da but "av" in no. And so on... :-)
Noise... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Noise... (Score:1)
hydraulic, maybe
Power Issues... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Power Issues... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Power Issues... (Score:3, Informative)
The 5V comes directly from the powersupply, except for a 500ma fuse.....
An extra 0.5W of power from that 350W powersupply should be ok.
Roger.
Re:Power Issues... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Power Issues... (Score:5, Informative)
If you look at the schematic for a typical motherboard you will notice that the 5 volt line on the PS2 ports is usually directly connected to the 5 volt buss.
When Cooling goes too far... (Score:2, Interesting)
While sucky for art, Trackballs are the bomb for quick precision rail-gun targeting in FPS'ers, group selection in RTS'ers, and action selection in MMORPG's. Using a combination of trackball and keyboard chording, my mild case of RSI has all but dissapeared.
Re:When Cooling goes too far... (Score:1)
Re:When Cooling goes too far... (Score:1)
Re:When Cooling goes too far... (Score:1)
I used to be real happy with my logitec trackball, what model do you use or recommend? (anyone) Id be happy to go back to one as long as its reliable under heavy usage.
more useful for gaming? or pr0n? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh wait, is that sweaty palms or hairy palms?
Re:more useful for gaming? or pr0n? (Score:1)
thats not to say anything about the poor mouse when the user is drunk.. *shivers*
Bad Airflow (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Bad Airflow (Score:1)
Re:Bad Airflow (Score:2)
Re:Bad Airflow (Score:2)
An other hole story... (Score:1)
Or...
I don't think that's sweat he's got on his palms... <badum-ching!>
Some thoughts (Score:5, Interesting)
JC
Just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD.
Re:Some thoughts (Score:3, Funny)
And get fragged??? I think not... :-)
Re:Some thoughts (Score:2)
Re:Some thoughts (Score:2)
Re:Some thoughts (Score:2)
Anyway, as someone else already mentioned, the worst part of this mouse-mod is stuff falling through the holes, and possibly smudging up the optical parts.
Ok... Ok... Hold on... (Score:4, Interesting)
When I actually need personal cooling devices b/c I am concentrating so hard on a video game... That is when I stand up and go walk outside... I mean comon.. Are the people using these also strapping Gatorade bottles to their heads and urine bags to their waists so they can remain hydrated and excrete waste with out getting up as well....
Comon... nice hack, but, get up and walk outside for a while.
Re:Ok... Ok... Hold on... (Score:1)
Re:Ok... Ok... Hold on... (Score:3, Funny)
Comon... nice hack, but, get up and walk outside for a while.
Ah, from this statement, we know you are not a real gamer. Dude, real gamers don't walk away from the game, this is about professionalism.
Re:Ok... Ok... Hold on... (Score:2, Insightful)
The hack is the point, not cooling. The cooling is just the excuse. I bet if you checked out the rest of his system, his case is modded, his kb is, & he's water-cooling his overclocked processor.
While I dig case mods, I'm kinda surprised to see it here. There's no politics involved. I guess the "gaming abuse" aspect covers it. Go figure...
Re:Ok... Ok... Hold on... (Score:2)
Of course! Urine bags! Why didn't I think of that? But as for Gatorade, I might like something that will not only hyrdate me but also nourish. Really, something intervenous would be best, just as long as it doesn't get in the way of my gaming. Why don't they sell this stuff in game stores?
Bingo.... (Score:5, Funny)
The problem with my mouse is not me, but my boss. For some reasons that are too difficult to grasp for my techhead, she just loves to play on my computer. The problem is, she never washes her hand after toilet, according to a female colleague who was horrified to see the boss play with my computer.
Now, only if I could get a mouse to wash and sanitize itself too....
Re:Bingo.... (Score:2, Funny)
did you sniff your kbd and mouse?
Re:Bingo.... (Score:3, Funny)
Heh (Score:1)
Side note: anyone know when they'll come up with something similar for sticky hands?
Central Air (Score:3, Funny)
(ducking)
Oldschool solution (Score:5, Funny)
Bring back furry mice!
Re:Oldschool solution (Score:1)
I was thinking along similar lines, albeit steering wheels instead of mice. You can get wool covers for steering wheels, I figure a nice patch (no, the physical kind) of same on the mouse would have a good effect.
On a steering wheel it also keeps you from burning/freezing your hands in hot/cold weather, but until X-Treme Outdoors Quake Arena!!! takes hold, that shouldn't really be a problem.
Re:Oldschool solution (Score:2)
Yeah, at least they were quiet as they ate the crumbs off your desk. Big fan in box on floor? It's a vacuum cleaner! Wheeeeeeeeee, all day long!
no wheel (Score:1, Insightful)
Sweating for traction. (Score:3, Interesting)
Maybe this responce was better suited to natural services like dirt, leaves, and grass, than todays PVCs.
So maybe mouse makers could come up with some other materials that work hand in hand with our flight responce and stick better when wet.
Re:Sweating for traction. (Score:1)
Finnish translator (Score:4, Informative)
Not sweaty (Score:3, Interesting)
Are there any electric hand warmers out there or should I go build my own?
Re:Not sweaty (Score:1)
Hey, now you can make a neat hack of your own and solve that problem! Plus, you can double the processor power of your PC! Instead of that fan in the mouse, just install an Athlon 1900+ processor, and voila! No more frozen fingers!
Re:Not sweaty (Score:1)
Does that suit you better than my 'weak-ass attempt at humor'?
Re:Not sweaty (Score:1)
The best way to improve circulation? Exercise often. But that sounds like too much hard work to me.
Re:Not sweaty (Score:1)
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Kensington Trackball (Score:2)
Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Re:Kensington Trackball (Score:1)
It takes a fair bit of getting used to that kind of speed though.
Re:Kensington Trackball (Score:1)
good luck getting some decent rails in with such a high sensitivity. ever notice how all the top quake players (the ones making thousands of dollars in tourneyments) always have really low sensitivty?
Re:Kensington Trackball (Score:2)
Re:Kensington Trackball (Score:1)
what the hell are you talking about? if your circle strafe takes more mouse movement than pad before you score a kill, then you need to turn your mouse sensitivity up.
Site Slashdotted - mirror now available (Score:2, Informative)
It's shaky... (Score:3, Informative)
It should draw in air on one side and blow it out on the other. The cool air would have to pass some holes on top.
Anyway... I don't know how long she can take it capt'n. a mirror. [geocities.com]
Re:It's shaky... (Score:1)
Should have known, damn geocities
Re:It's shaky... (Score:1)
no more dusty keyboards.
Slashdotted (Score:3, Informative)
http://bunkergate.org/RottaFlekti-MouseFan.htm [bunkergate.org]
I hope this doesn't hurt too much. : P
Interesting.... (Score:1)
Pick a better subject! (Score:5, Funny)
Another alternative: beta-blockers (Score:4, Funny)
Simple problems, simple solutions.. (Score:1)
Re:Simple problems, simple solutions.. (Score:1)
--
Dave
Old news.. (Score:1)
By the way.. If you have problems with sweating.. Is it a good idea to open the mouse??..
Fish? We don' need no stinkin' fish... (Score:4, Interesting)
hw.metku.net/rottaflekti/index_eng.html [metku.net]
Also take a step back up to root at hw.metku.net/ [metku.net] and look at the other cool stuff they've been doing...
t_t_b
What about Mouse Heater? (Score:1)
In these cooler times, when I have to pay the heating bill, I tend to keep the temp colder. I can always put on a sweater, but it doesn't seem to help keep my mouse hand warm. Gloves are abviously out, so what are the options? I can't be the only one with this prob.
Bowling (Score:3, Funny)
- StaticLimit
I hope he patented it... (Score:2)
Re:I hope he patented it... (Score:2)
Too late. The second he puts it on the web it becomes unpatentable.
You simply cannot publish something you intend to patent untill you are some way along into the patenting paperwork....
Roger.
Re:I hope he patented it... (Score:2)
This is not true, at least in the United States. US patent law allows the "first to invent" to patent an invention, period. There is no requirement not to disclose invention details to the public.
Secrecy has to do with "trade secrets," not patents.
BWT, I'm co-inventor on US patent 5,331,222.
Hygenic Solution (Score:5, Interesting)
Use a feminine napkin. Get the thinnest one you can find. Be sure to get the kind that DOES NOT have gel inside it. Slice it into 3 or 4 strips depending on how long it is. Peel the strip to expose the adhesive. Stick it on the mouse right under your palm. This should absorb any moisture from your sweaty game hand. This will also work on the wrist wrest for your keyboard.
I got this idea from watching my buddy's father gardening while I was in High School. He used to use them for knee pads. What a sight he was, but his knees never ached.
Re:Hygenic Solution (Score:1)
Frank: (Gets in line behind Jack)
Jack: Frank! How's it going, friend?
Frank: Great, great... (notices basket) Looks like the old lady has got you running errands again.
Jack: No, no, these are for me. I've got a lot of work to do.
Frank:
Jack: Well just last week I was hunched over whacking the weeds when I noticed a strange discharge seeping out of my Grace's prizewinning flytrap! There is much to be done if I'm to save that old beast.
Frank:
thats all we need (Score:2, Funny)
WHAT??? I CANT HEAR YOU!
Hovermouse!!! (Score:1)
Just get the exact same setup but point the fan down. Drill the holes on the underside of the mouse and you got yourself a... Hovermouse!!
Just use a sponge! (Score:1)
(Not to mention I already did it to my mouse.
I must be weird (Score:1)
Re:I must be weird (Score:1)
Re:I must be weird (Score:1)
but when I play UT this happens
hey guys (Score:1)
What about clammy mouse hands? (Score:2, Insightful)
How about making a heated mouse garage?
Re: (Score:1)
Screw Dry Hands (Score:1)
Wow! That's amazing! (Score:1)
The irony kills me (Score:1)
Now for the keyboard (Score:1)
Nice to see you all. (Score:4, Informative)
Wh ytranslate? Linus is all around us.... (Score:2)
Re:huh? (Score:1, Flamebait)
Any Slashdot readers who don't have them, hold up your hands...
Self cleaning mouse. (Score:2)