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Apple Applies For Rotary Mouse Patent

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmm-ouse dept.

Dregs of Tar writes "According to an article at The Mac Observer, Apple has applied for a patent on an interesting new mouse idea. A rotary disc on the surface of the mouse can be pushed straight down as a mouse button, tilted forward or back to scroll vertically, and tilted side to side for horizontal scrolling. In other words, it's a rotary scroll wheel! Could it be so? Could we soon see Apple-branded, multibutton, scrolling mice?"

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  1. cats and dogs... living together.... by path_man · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Total Pandemonium!!!

    hehehe...

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    The surest sign of intelligent life in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. -- Calvin & Hobbes
    1. Re:cats and dogs... living together.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
      Mayor: What do you mean, biblical?
      Ray: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor... real Wrath-of-God-type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies.
      Venkman: Rivers and seas boiling!
      Egon: Forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes.
      Winston:The dead rising from the grave!
      Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats, living together... mass hysteria!

  2. Re:This is sad... by thatnerdguy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You mean fourth post?

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  3. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bill gates farted...
    so fuckin' what?

  4. Dear Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I am a homosexual. I bought an Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.

    with much gayness,

    Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.