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Gyroscopic Wireless Mouse
An anonymous reader writes "This is a must for any game player. Gyration has introduced a working wireless gyroscopic mouse. The $119.95 price tag is a little steep but it works with Linux and it doubles for an optical mouse if placed on the desktop. There is an article about it at Linux Journal." We mentioned an earlier version a year or two ago.
wow
I can't imagine that thing having much precision at all.
If you are going to spend $100 on a mouse/trackball, get a Kensington turbomouse 8.0.
It's a black USB trackball with a great feel.
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You totally have to check out the first post in the Line X article. It is about how to court horses!!! Sick bastards.
Temarc. The river termarc in winter.
...al-qaida hates us.
Indeed.
DATHON: The river Temarc in winter.
This phrase is used three times. The second time is when Dathon and the First Officer are arguing; the third is in Picard's conversation with the Tamarian First Officer. All three times, it's used to cut someone off. I would guess that it means something like "be quiet," or perhaps, literally, "chill out." Perhaps the allusion is to the fact that rivers become silent when they freeze over.
When "Darmok" first came out, someone on the Fidonet Trek echo suggested that the reference might be to the fact that frozen rivers can be crossed. This is an appealing idea-- Temarc might be a great, unfordable river separating two towns, which are able to communicate easily only in winter. (Remember the festival on the frozen Thames in Orlando?) This would fit in nicely with the episode's theme of communication. But after reviewing the tape and script several times, I don't think this interpretation is correct. Both Picard and Dathon speak this phrase in a tone of finality, and all three times times, the First Officer responds with silence. That's too great a coincidence for it to mean anything else.
...Mirab, his sails unfurled! (Or his pussy lips. Whichever ye happen.)
what do i win?