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Mouse Balls Available as FRU (Field Replacement Unit) http://www.neystadt.org/john/humor/IBM-Mouse-Balls.htm

Jeez, one of the first topics on mice in a long while (and a review no less), 200 comments, not one mention of this Golden Oldy. Let's lighten things up!

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"Memo of the Month," From The Washington Monthly, January/February 1991, page 24:

This is an actual alert to IBM Field Engineers that went out to all IBM Branch Offices. The person who wrote it was very serious. The rest of us find it rather funny.

Abstract: Mouse Balls Available as FRU (Field Replacement Unit)

Mouse balls are now available as FRU. Therefore, if a mouse fails to operate or should it perform erratically, it may need a ball replacement. Because of the delicate nature of this procedure, replacement of mouse balls should only be attempted by properly trained personnel.

Before proceeding, determine the type of mouse balls by examining the underside of the mouse. Domestic balls will be larger and harder than foreign balls. Ball removal procedures differ depending upon manufacturer of the mouse. Foreign balls can be replaced using the pop-off method. Domestic balls are replaced using the twist-off method. Mouse balls are not usually static sensitive. However, excessive handling can result in sudden discharge. Upon completion of ball replacement, the mouse may be used immediately.

It is recommended that each replacer have a pair of spare balls for maintaining optimum customer satisfaction, and that any customer missing his balls should suspect local personnel of removing these necessary items.

To re-order, specify one of the following:

P/N 33F8462 - Domestic Mouse Balls
P/N 33F8461 - Foreign Mouse Balls

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Cheers Thud457, glad somebody remembered her.

Unless memory fails me; Grace Murray came up with the term "BUG" in the sense that we use it today when referring to software or systems. Except in her time it really was a "bug" in the system (moths I think). Huge systems that took up whole buildings, we could have easily ended up with: "that old win98 box has a bunch of buffalo's in it"

...google... a-hah! Here's a link to that info. -whew, no memory errors.

A lot of ignorant sexism in this thread, I like to think Slashdot posters and readers are more evolved than that, heh.
Take a trip to the local computer museum if you still underestimate the role women have played in the evolution of computers -you might be suprised how great an influence they were and still are.

http://www.neystadt.org/john/humor/Girls-Guide-To- Geek-Guys.htm"

What about C+-?

I doubt you can beat a subject-oriented language!!!

Getting facetious, Cyclone sounds like an interesting idea - I just wish they'd released an open source edition of C+@, and let Unir be the little fish in the big pond that that would've provided, instead of letting Unir be the extra-size fish in the tiny little pond that resulted - yes, we've read DJJ, and no we can't afford C+@!!! What more can you want?