Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the to-much-spare-time dept.
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."
Here's the english version.
by
Mike+the+Mac+Geek
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· Score: 5, Informative
http://hw.metku.net/rottaflekti/index_eng.html
For those of us who don't speak Finnish.
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The man, the myth, the something or other.
Power Issues...
by
cliffy2000
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· Score: 4, Insightful
I can't imagine that it's a good idea to draw extra power off the bus. Without the proper regulations/driver information, this "cool" hack could quickly lead to a very "hot" fire.
Re:Power Issues...
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RadioheadKid
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· Score: 4, Informative
Well for USB, its not a problem, USB power is regulated and the host controller/USB driver will let you know if you are using too much power by not enabling the port. But with PS2, I have no idea what the max current rating is, but 100ma for the fan could be pushing it if you are also using a PS2 mouse and keyboard...
-- "Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos." -Homer Simpson
Re:Power Issues...
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nEoN+nOoDlE
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· Score: 4, Funny
well, it's a good thing the fan will be there to put it out.
-- Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
Re:Power Issues...
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jjeffers
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· Score: 5, Informative
PS2 Spec says 300ma @ 5 volts. The fan in the picture draws 100ma. No problem that I can see.
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.
Re:Power Issues...
by
rew
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· Score: 3, Informative
But with PS2, I have no idea what the max current rating is, but 100ma for the fan could be pushing it if you are also using a PS2 mouse and keyboard...
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.
And here's the linked version...
by
dhamsaic
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· Score: 4, Informative
Just from the pictures, I'm thinking a lot of crap could fall in those holes. Just the buildup of hair and potato chips could be enough to make cleaning it a daily chore. Oh, and I don't want my mouse vibrating and making noise like I'm sure that one does. I think a lower-tech solution is to remove your hand from the mouse once in a while, maybe wipe in on a t-shirt, or something.. jees...
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Ok... Ok... Hold on...
by
Peridriga
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· Score: 4, Interesting
This is getting really crazy..
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.:-)... Thats all...
Re:Ok... Ok... Hold on...
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2Bits
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· Score: 3, Funny
Comon... nice hack, but, get up and walk outside for a while.:-)... Thats all...
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.
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....
I'm sorry, but the 5 volts used in this project is far too low voltage to cure that sort of behaviour. Try with a bit of electronics, a little transformer, and most of all, two fine electrodes on the upper surface of the rodent... For timing the effect, trigger it with one of the buttons.
...of course, the traditional varieties of mice never had this problem, as the natural fur coating would wick away unwanted moisture. But now that we have them overclocked and pumped full of steroids, we resort to these fancy technological measures and have forgotten about the simple, elegant solutions that nature has provided for us.
I read in a Popular Science magizine a long time ago, that someone was theorizing that our feet and palms would sweat when we got nervose to improve our traction if we had to take flight.
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.
Finnish translator
by
Parafilmus
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· Score: 4, Informative
Not sweaty
by
Dyolf+Knip
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Now my problem was never sweaty hands but cold ones. I spend a few hours on a computer and my hands get so cold I'd swear they were blocks of ice.
Are there any electric hand warmers out there or should I go build my own?
-- Dyolf Knip
It's shaky...
by
Tha_Zanthrax
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· Score: 3, Informative
I like the idea but I think your hand will obscruct the airflow rendering it useless.
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.
Re:How about a wireless?
by
Negadecimal
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· Score: 3, Insightful
Make me a wireless one, and I'll pay you $50 for it.
Yeah, and you'll be paying that every month for batteries.
Pick a better subject!
by
fritter
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· Score: 5, Funny
I thought this was about a sexual harassment suit at Disney!
Another alternative: beta-blockers
by
ez76
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· Score: 4, Funny
Beta-adrenergic blocking agents can limit the physiological effects of Quake-borne adrenalin rushes (i.e. sweating and tremors). As medications that lighten the load on the heart, they are most often prescribed for hypertension, chest pain, and related cardiovascular stress ailments, but they have also historically been prescribed "off-label" for stagefright and other situations where one needs to "be calm." They are so effective at steadying your play that many professional gaming leagues forbid them explicitly (when money is on the line).
Determining a language
by
emkman
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· Score: 3, Informative
I came across this article about a month ago when it was Finnish only. While then fish can't translate Finnish, some other tools can, like InterTran. However, there was no way of knowing what language it was written in except for the.fi TLD of the author's email. This is obviously not a 100% accurate way to determine the language and many pages don't list any domains to guess from. So, I proceeded to post an Ask Slashdot: asking if there are any tools that will indentify the language of a URL or any translators that will autodetermine the input language you are translating from. Of course, my post got rejected, or I wouln't be talking about it now.
I ask now once again... Are there any tools online available to determine the language a page is written in?? If you know, share the wealth. Thanks.
Re:Determining a language
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Dahan
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· Score: 3, Informative
I don't know of any online automated tools, but I could have sworn that I saw a web page that had a list of heuristics you could use to try to guess some text's language.
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:)
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:) Not too many accents... only é, I think.
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:) Probably one of Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.
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:)
Fish? We don' need no stinkin' fish...
by
talks_to_birds
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· Score: 4, Interesting
First Person Shooters (FPS) aren't the first thing I think of when I see this. It looks like it'd be more useful in First Person Bowling (FPB) sims. The hand-dryer-blower-thing is just that subtle element of realism that FPBs are always missing;)
- StaticLimit
Re:How about a wireless?
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Razzious
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· Score: 4, Funny
Not if you created on that used the heat emited from your skin as you were getting all heated up and converted it to usable electricity to power the fan inside. Then you could rig a generator up on the buttons to give more juice with each click.
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
-- Razzious Domini
I could be a GREAT KARMA WHORE if I could just shed the few morals I have left.
Hygenic Solution
by
spector30
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· 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.
-- If Darwin was right, you'd be dead by now.
Nice to see you all.
by
japala
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· Score: 4, Informative
Feels great to get/.'ed. Thank you all for visiting my site http://hw.metku.net. Thanks to those who made mirrors to my site. hmm... this is getting similar to Oscar Gala, maybe I should thank my wife too...;)
Hope you all understand that this mod was made just for fun. I just wanted to see that could this be done. It was also intended to be a joke to everybody who place n+1 fans to their computers. Too bad that it really worked;)
Re:Determining a language (Scandinavian)
by
KjetilK
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· Score: 3, Informative
doubled äs;
Yep, that's a pretty sure sign of Finnish, and indeed this article is Finnish.
probably Finnish (and Estonian too? Not sure 'bout that).
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.
å and æ: some Scandinavian language... I can't tell the difference between 'em:) Probably one of Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.
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...:-)
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Slashdot Mirror
http://hw.metku.net/rottaflekti/index_eng.html
For those of us who don't speak Finnish.
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I can't imagine that it's a good idea to draw extra power off the bus. Without the proper regulations/driver information, this "cool" hack could quickly lead to a very "hot" fire.
for those of us who hate cutting and pasting :)
http://hw.metku.net/rottaflekti/index_eng.html
Every once in a while I like to masturbate a new word into my vocabulary, even if I don't know what it means.
Just from the pictures, I'm thinking a lot of crap could fall in those holes. Just the buildup of hair and potato chips could be enough to make cleaning it a daily chore. Oh, and I don't want my mouse vibrating and making noise like I'm sure that one does. I think a lower-tech solution is to remove your hand from the mouse once in a while, maybe wipe in on a t-shirt, or something.. jees...
JC
Just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD.
This is getting really crazy..
:-)... Thats all...
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.
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....
Now if I could just get a beowulf cluster of these, I could get rid of the central air in my house.
(ducking)
Move on. There's nothing to see here.
Bring back furry mice!
DO NOT LEAVE IT IS NOT REAL
I read in a Popular Science magizine a long time ago, that someone was theorizing that our feet and palms would sweat when we got nervose to improve our traction if we had to take flight.
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.
There's a translator at http://www.tranexp.com/intertran/ which handles Finnish and other non-babelfish-supported languages.
Are there any electric hand warmers out there or should I go build my own?
Dyolf Knip
I like the idea but I think your hand will obscruct the airflow rendering it useless.
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.
It seems to be gettin' slashdotted. I decided to mirror it:
http://bunkergate.org/RottaFlekti-MouseFan.htm
I hope this doesn't hurt too much. : P
Make me a wireless one, and I'll pay you $50 for it.
Yeah, and you'll be paying that every month for batteries.
I thought this was about a sexual harassment suit at Disney!
Beta-adrenergic blocking agents can limit the physiological effects of Quake-borne adrenalin rushes (i.e. sweating and tremors). As medications that lighten the load on the heart, they are most often prescribed for hypertension, chest pain, and related cardiovascular stress ailments, but they have also historically been prescribed "off-label" for stagefright and other situations where one needs to "be calm." They are so effective at steadying your play that many professional gaming leagues forbid them explicitly (when money is on the line).
I came across this article about a month ago when it was Finnish only. While then fish can't translate Finnish, some other tools can, like InterTran. However, there was no way of knowing what language it was written in except for the .fi TLD of the author's email. This is obviously not a 100% accurate way to determine the language and many pages don't list any domains to guess from. So, I proceeded to post an Ask Slashdot: asking if there are any tools that will indentify the language of a URL or any translators that will autodetermine the input language you are translating from. Of course, my post got rejected, or I wouln't be talking about it now.
I ask now once again ... Are there any tools online available to determine the language a page is written in?? If you know, share the wealth. Thanks.
Moderation Totals: Flamebait=2, Troll=1, Redundant=1, Insightful=6, Overrated=1, Underrated=1, Total=12. (not mine)
hw.metku.net/rottaflekti/index_eng.html
Also take a step back up to root at hw.metku.net/ and look at the other cool stuff they've been doing...
t_t_b
I'm on PJ's "enemies" list! Are you?
First Person Shooters (FPS) aren't the first thing I think of when I see this. It looks like it'd be more useful in First Person Bowling (FPB) sims. The hand-dryer-blower-thing is just that subtle element of realism that FPBs are always missing ;)
- StaticLimit
Not if you created on that used the heat emited from your skin as you were getting all heated up and converted it to usable electricity to power the fan inside. Then you could rig a generator up on the buttons to give more juice with each click.
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
Razzious Domini
I could be a GREAT KARMA WHORE if I could just shed the few morals I have left.
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.
If Darwin was right, you'd be dead by now.
Feels great to get /.'ed. Thank you all for visiting my site http://hw.metku.net. Thanks to those who made mirrors to my site. hmm... this is getting similar to Oscar Gala, maybe I should thank my wife too... ;)
Hope you all understand that this mod was made just for fun. I just wanted to see that could this be done. It was also intended to be a joke to everybody who place n+1 fans to their computers. Too bad that it really worked ;)
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... :-)
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