Posted by
timothy
on from the don't-take-the-salmon-fishing-job dept.
japala writes "Many of us will have to use our computers even when it's summer. Getting sweaty and frustrated, but you have to get the work done or that last level played. Why not cool your mousing hand down with something as unique as BreezePad. DIY all the way baby!"
215 comments
Better Solution?
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FlipmodePlaya
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Re:Better Solution?
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Anonymous Coward
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clicky... not sure about that though, a friend of mine bought the nyko airflow gamepad and it broke (fan stopped working and the right analog control is messed up) after like a week.
Re:Better Solution?
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Predius
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Got both their mouse and gamepad. I can't tell when the mouse is on or off unless my hand is on it to feel the breeze. Haven't really done any super hardcore gaming since getting it, so can't comment on it's abiltity to help when gaming or visiting those... moist websites.
You probably just sold more of those than every advert they ever put out.....
Re:Better Solution?
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utahraptor
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I have to say, after having that mouse for 3 months with it slowly becoming worse to unuseable at the end, that it is the worse mouse ever. The noises the fan makes is like the buzzing of an angry hornet. You have to hit it gently to get it to stop. Eventualy, after hitting it too many times, the optics gave out.
Perhaps this should give people a clue that violence is not always a good way of fixing things...
-- Martin
Re:Better Solution?
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Anonymous Coward
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I agree. I bought my current mouse five years ago (MS IntelliMouse Explorer - the first Microsoft optical mouse) and the previous one was still working after five years.
I agree, slashdot would be a so much worse without the Anonymous Coward first post sex story trolls:P
Re:Summer is coming?
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Anonymous Coward
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It could be the article was for the Southern Hemisphere -- summer is coming, they just want to give you lots of lead time.
Or it could be that this was a dupe of an old story about summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
Anyway, on behalf of the Slashdot editorial staff, I'd like to apologize to both of our readers in the Southern Hemisphere for any slight, real or imagined.
Re:Summer is coming?
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Anonymous Coward
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Anyway, if you don't have AC, I pity you and your computer.
I dont have electricity you insensitive clod.
Re:Summer is coming?
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Anonymous Coward
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It's those damn blue leds. [drum roll]
Re:Summer is coming?
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ottothecow
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While the other lamp-oriented reply may have been aimed at humor, I bring a serious suggestion:
In order to do some renovation, I had to clear everything out of a room, so my gaming computer is sitting in a basement room (right next to kitty litter and the washing machine) where it can be rather cold (minnesota here). The first time I went for a gaming session, I had a desklamp on the table and turned it on. As I felt its warmth an idea popped into my head and now whenever I am using that computer for something, I position the lamp right over my hand.
a 60watt bulb a couple of inches above your had does a wonderful job of keeping them from getting cold and stiff and provides just enough light to see your keyboard and the rest of your desk. I only wish that I had it for my left hand as the keyboard fingers need much more agility (since the mouse is mostly hand and arm) but the light makes too much glare there
When your hands and wrists are cold the friction of the sinew is higher then when your arm is warm which can cause RSI. This is also part of the reason why you shouldn't rest your wrist on the table. The angle of the wrist increases the friction and at the same time the table cools your wrist increasing the friction even further.
Well, assuming that the function of heat is continuous, the Intermediate Value Theorem tells us that it will be just right at some point between too hot and too cold.
Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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mikeophile
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For some of us, it represents half our love lives.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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sburnett
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Only half?
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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Anonymous Coward
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I don't know too many ambidextrous masturbators. Then again, I've never really asked.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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Anonymous Coward
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Well, if you use only one hand, give your other hand a shot. It's a unique experience.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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thunderflash21
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For some of us, it represents half our love lives
Yeah, especially for those of us that masturbate with both hands...
-- My spoon is too big.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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SensitiveMale
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For some of us, it represents half our love lives.
At least, it is sex with someone you love.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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maxbang
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I'm Jewish, you insensitive clod!
-- I also reply below your current threshold.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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Anonymous Coward
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Yeah, referred to by many (read: me) as ambiwhacstrous, it is pretty useful, especially when you want that mousing hand doing other things. My friend says that it feels like someone else is doing it when he uses his other hand, guess that's a plus.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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The+Infamous+Grimace
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Well, if you use only one hand, give your other hand a shot. It's a unique experience.
Like gettin' some strange? =)
(tig)
-- Ignorance and prejudice and fear
Walk hand in hand
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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Anonymous Coward
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Hey now, that's crazy talk!
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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Anonymous Coward
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The other half is the other hand, of course.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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spectre_240sx
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The main problem with that, is that it's still a guys hand doing it...
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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Anonymous Coward
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The other half is the non-mouse hand.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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Anonymous Coward
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Never tried this, but I heard about it (from a girl, no less... I think she heard about it from the HBO show "Real Sex")
Anyway: When you are getting ready to masturbate, lay on your normal masturbatory arm for a while. After some time, it "goes to sleep" (gets numb)... you still have the use of your more "practiced" hand, but it feels completely different.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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Bobman1235
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Only half?
He must be ambidextrous.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand.
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ctk76
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i know! Whats up with that, i cant even see it. Thats all i want! I guess i have to learn to be a little faster with the mouse. Or maybe its that i dont have that mousepad and my mousing hand is too tired. Oh well...
-- He say 1 and 1 and 1 is 3, got to be good lookin' cause hes so hard to see...
Well, its not just temperature. There's always a little bit of sweating (especially with the nervousness of online gaming) and the fact that plastic doesn't readily absorb water makes it difficult for the water to just evaporate into the air, hence the wetness.
By having a forced air cooling system with ventilation, the palms can stay dryer.
Re:Obligatory /.ing joke
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FrYGuY101
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More obligatory Slashdot jokes:
Yeah, but does it run Linux?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
I for one welcome our new climate-controlling-mousepad overlords.
In Soviet Russia, Mousepad cools YOU!
1: Slap fan on mousepad
2: ???
3: Profit!
Sadly, I can't figure out any way to work in either hot grits, or Natalie Portman.
-- "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living."
- Seneca
Re:Obligatory /.ing joke
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tjowatonna
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I thik some posters above you already figured in Natalie Portman when discussing masturbating.
Nope,, sorry, his site says: "All information and graphics contained in MetkuMods are sole property of Jani 'Japala' Pönkkö and may not be reproduced or copied in any manner without written permission from him. "
I do have the pages and pictures in my browser right now, but I guess he will have to suffer. Guess his banners won't help him much this time.
An even better option...
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henriksh
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An even better option, for all the mice haters out there:
When will slashdot start providing an automatic mirror for personal pages that it links to. The poor guys servers probably don't know what's hit them!!
When will slashdot start providing an automatic mirror for personal pages that it links to. The poor guys servers probably don't know what's hit them!!
never, didn't you know? slashdot is perfect the way it is.
Re:Slashmirrior..
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Anonymous Coward
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Lame. Once Rob got his porsche, all innovation on slashdot came to a close. It was all over by the big pizza party.
Hell, half the stuff I read on here, I'd already read elsewhere weeks ago.
No worries... my computers are in the basement, which is nice and cool in the summer... so my hand will be just fine. Now, all those people with upstairs computers might not be so lucky.
You are lucky. In addition to my vintage celeron, I got a friend's Toshiba laptop. It is making my life hell. It's bad that the temperature out there is around 45 degree centigrade (do the math for Farenheit) and damn thing heats up my room. I'm taking cold showers at odd times - 2 in the night, just to get some sleep. This mouse sure looks good. Got to find out where it's available in India.
ps:- I'm keeping the laptop on a wet cloth to cool it faster. Any better ideas?
-- Happy Hacking!!!
Re:Mouse hand
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Anonymous Coward
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Yeah, fill your tub with cold water, plug in the laptop, and hop in.
Re:Mouse hand
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Anonymous Coward
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No worries... my computers are in the basement, which is nice and cool in the summer... so my hand will be just fine. Now, all those people with upstairs computers might not be so lucky.
Yeah, some of us aren't lucky enough to live in our mother's basement....
I live in Michigan and the Winters here can get fairly cold. Does anyone know if there is any type of heated keyboard/mouse out there. I have searched relentlesly but haven't been able to find an actual heated keyboard/mouse.
I have a heated keyboard and mouse (touchpad anyway); It's my P4 laptop computer.
It would also keep my legs warm if I actually kept it on my lap, and it puts out enough heated air from the side vent to use as a hand-dryer/blow-dryer. Thanks Intel!
-- "Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey?"- Peter Gabriel
You're not recycling that energy nearly enough unless you've got an Athlon XP2800 laptop. Buy now and Dell will include a voucher for a free ambulance ride to the hospital for your 2nd degree thigh burns
I've been looking for one too. I wore gloves with the fingertips cut off this winter because my hand was so cold. Anyway, I found this website today: www.theheatedmouse.com
Yes, several of our gateways Pentium II's came with "heated" Microsoft PS/2 Intellimice. Unfortunately the darn things kept melting and nearly catching fire, or just stop working. You'd think they would test this stuff before you introduce a product that nobody else has. Sheesh.
As for heated keyboards, I suggest some toaster wire and a variac, or the PowerBook G3 Wallstreet, Mainstreet, or PDQ models. All of which use the back of the keyboard as a heat pipe from the CPU heatsink. (That said, it's a very solid machine.)
Re:The truly l337...
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Anonymous Coward
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Naw, they use 8 toggles and one of two buttons.
slashdotted already
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po_boy
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One of the benefits of being a slashdot subscriber seems to be that in addition to seeing the stories posted before the unwashed masses do, you get to read the linked stories before they are slashdotted. I'm surprised that slashdot doesn't include this fact in their marketing material aimed at increasing the subscriber base.
Actually, have any subscribers found that sites get slashdotted before they're even presented to the main audience?
Re:slashdotted already
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beeplet
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But if they used that as a reason to subscribe, everyone would be signing up... and suddenly it would be false advertising.
Well, it survived...
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No+Such+Agency
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My mousing hand survived Quake, Quake 2, Half-Life, Counterstrike, a smattering of non-FPS games, and (so far), America's Army. However, when it's released, Half-Life 2 may turn out to be the final nail in my carpal tunnel, cooling or no cooling.
-- Freedom: "I won't!"
Wimpy computers
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andy_shepard
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What kind of pathetic little computers do you use that your computer room isn't hot year round?
Anyone up for a game of rock-paper-scissors....er, AC-computer-Electric Company?
...Never mind. It doesn't quite have the same ring to it, now does it?
Re:Wimpy computers
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Anonymous Coward
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AC beats computers (by cooling).
Is that why some of us use Anonymous Coward for posting? Because we beat our computers...
Drysol is the answer
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cookie_cutter
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Its basically an industrial strength antiperspirant that plugs your pores. Its great for those with overactive sweat glands.
(Yes, this means there is a cure for ball-sweat)
My brother uses it and now has dry hands year round. Just reapply once a week before bedtime. The stuff can really burn the first couple times you use it.
In Canada its available without a prescription at any drug store. Just ask for it at the Pharmacist's counter.
Other alternatives include iontophoresis (don't buy the unit, just build one yourself with some aligator clips, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series).
Surgery is also an option for overactive sweat glands, but I'd say the risks outweigh the benefits in that instance.
Re:Drysol is the answer
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dhalgren99
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Wait, wait, wait. You say:
"(Yes, this means there is a cure for ball-sweat)"
And yet, you also say:
" The stuff can really burn the first couple times you use it."
Not to mention:
"Other alternatives include iontophoresis (don't buy the unit, just build one yourself with some aligator clips, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series).
Surgery is also an option for overactive sweat glands, but I'd say the risks outweigh the benefits in that instance."
Something's not right in that reply!
Re:Drysol is the answer
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Anonymous Coward
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I'm sorry, but there is no way in hell that I'm putting something that "can really burn the first couple of times you use it" anywhere near my nether regions.
Re:Drysol is the answer
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Fnkmaster
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Other alternatives include iontophoresis (don't buy the unit, just build one yourself with some aligator clips, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series).
I'm sorry, did you just recommend I put an alligator clip, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series with my balls to cure ball sweat? You sir are a disturbed man.
Re:Drysol is the answer
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Anonymous Coward
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And nor will your girlfriend put her mouth near your sweaty smelly nether regions.
Its basically an industrial strength antiperspirant that plugs your pores.
Uhh, isn't that really bad, health-wise?
Firstly, the obvious: If you're sweating, at least one part of you is probably over-heating, and needs to cool down somehow.
Secondly, perhaps not so obvious: If your sweat glands are operating, but have nowhere to dissipate, there's going to be an accumulation of all sorts of chemicals (salts) in the clogged area, which can produce nasty health problems later on.
Kind of like the reason anti-persiprant deodorants are bing phased out in some places - they've been lined to breast cancer.
-- "Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
Re:Drysol is the answer
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cookie_cutter
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Well, for any number of reasons, some people just have overactive sweat glands in certain regions that just keep pumping out sweat regardless of being too hot or not. That's why he uses it for his hands. Putting this stuff on your whole body would be a bad idea. Your body would lose some of its cooling ability no matter where you use it however, though even athletes use anti-perspirant deodourants.
As far as he knows, in his research of the products, nothing has been mentioned of overaccumulation. I'd believe that they serve no real purpose other than cooling the body. Other sweat glands are still functioning normally anyway.
The main concern is compensation from other sweat glands in the body, though he has no such problem.
I at times have overactive sweat glands but I have never thought about doing something about it. I figure if my body wants to cool itself down who am I to tell it to stop? I would rather sweat than overheat.
Re:Drysol is the answer
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M.+Silver
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Kind of like the reason anti-persiprant deodorants are bing phased out in some places - they've been lined to breast cancer.
And Bill Gates is going to send me $25 if I forward this email, too. Uh huh.
I don't see anywhere that the original poster said it would cure ball sweat. In fact, I saw him mention it as an alternative for ball sweat, and, you know, I do think that wiring up my balls with a couple of alligator clips and a string of 9 V batteries probably would make them sweat.
I don't see anti-perpirants being phased out around here. In fact, it seems much more difficult than it used to be to find non-anti-perspirant deodorants. I don't use anti-perspirants (but I do use deodorant!) because they irritate my skin.
IANAMD, but I believe that many anti-perspirants contain an aluminum compound; aluminum has been linked to Alzheimer's and breast cancer. That may a bit of a stretch though. I'm not sure what people who wear tin-foil hats made of aluminum should do.
Re:Drysol is the answer
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Anonymous Coward
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You obviously can't read worth shit. Poster says 'cure for ball sweat'. Then , talks about alternative methods for curing sweat (including mentioned ball-sweat). Dumbass.
Have to say it
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Anonymous Coward
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I am in the Southern Hemisphere, you insensitive clod! Yesterday I turned on the heat for the first time this year.
Re:YAY!
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Anonymous Coward
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For $200 I will submit them. No guarantee on acceptal/rejection part.
I bought one...
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Anonymous Coward
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-- Hey Taco! Looks like you're using the "infinite monkeys and typewriters" scheme to generate Ask Slashdots again...
Re:Oblig...
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Anonymous Coward
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You do realize that your name "Colin Gregory Palmer" will forever be associated with this masturbation joke.
You know, when somebody is interviewing for a job for me, I often google their name to see what comes up. If it's a big OSS project, then it's good for you. If it's a lame masturbation joke, then you may not be in.
I have to say that I really didn't remember this having being submitted already. I thought that only the MouseFan and GlowPad were the ones that were shown.
About that self-promoting, why not? You mean that it is ok to login with same "fake" account and submit a story or do it anonymously? If the story seems worth sharing and administration of Slashdot feels it is funny, why shouldn't it get posted regardles who is the source?
A lot of questions but it just seems strange that the source of the article can't be the creator of the content. I know that I'm not the only one doing it around here.
The real issue here is journalistic intergrity. When I pick up my copy of the Guardian and see a review of the new Aston Martin or the little Audi I know the company involved schmoozed the journo to within an inch of ejaculation and lent them the car for the weekend to take their mistress off to Tuscany with.
This pisses people off - but they know the auto section is a big money spinner for the paper and mainly just treat it as a big ad suppliment.
Slashdot has NO journalistic integrity. None. No editorial standards. None. And little by way of consistency. Little.
The assertion is not, I think, that you are evil for trying to plug your stuff (good luck to ya). The issue is really that the reader doesn't know that any objective view has been taken before the story makes front page.
An example! If I take a shit and think it looks like jesus thats one thing, if my stoner mate agrees, thats a bit better, but if my local minister comes round and proclaims that it truly DOES look like jesus I want to get on the front page of/. "Geek shits out jesus!".
In this example - you think your shit looks like jesus and the/. eds just said 'why the hell not!'
So if the article is submitted to Slashdot by some third party that feels that the article was ok, it makes the readers of Slashdot feel the same way? Shouldn't you make your own mind if the content is good or not and not care about the submitter of the link?
You mentioned a review about some paper. Sure, if you make a review it is much more easier to be bias if you get to keep the product or like in this case, get the ride the car. On the other hand I didn't do a review. I'm not selling anything here or try to promote some commercial product. Something that I did it myself and wanted to see other peoples reactions about it. This just brings us back to the question that I asked at the beginning of this reply.
Its not so much that I'm more likely to think it 'a good thing' if an independent party submits - more that it is more worth my time seeing if I DO think it a 'good thing' because of the independent approval already garnered.
Car reviews happen because the car was sent for review - not because the reviewer has 'something to say' or because the car is particularly newsworthy.
Self submits are similar. No disrespect to your fine submission - better than yet another 20 daily SCO stories anyway!
Yes, I understand your point on this. It is just that there are tons of tech sites pushing their reviewing articles into slashdot and while they are talking about something they had as a loaner or to keep I made the item myself. On the other hand I'm bias to my own work as the reviewers can be bias towards the products or companies that they are reviewing for.
Perhaps it should be Slashdot's job to decide what to do on this situation in future. There will be submissions by the creators of the articles themselves so could it be possible to block these or do we want to block them at all?
it just seems strange that the source of the article can't be the creator of the content.
I don't really thing that its appropriate, but if the editors don't have any problem with it, well, then I can either go somewhere else for my news, ignore it, or enjoy an interesting article:)
I know that I'm not the only one doing it around here.
Okay, that really doesn't justify anything -- of course, I don't think you really need to justify your actions here. The editors have don't that for you.
Come on guys, I know/. is sometimes a little slow, or repetitive, but 6 MONTHS overdue!? Too late now, Summer is over, it's becoming winter here, sheesh, talk about LAG.
I swear, you'd think that the northern hemisphere thinks that it's the only hemisphere.
Half?
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Anonymous Coward
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Its my whole life you nitwit.
Serious problem for some users
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fo0
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Many slashdoters may think this is a joke, but it is a serious problem for some users. I had a friend at college who's hand would sweat so profusely that he had to put a rag over his mouse to keep it from shorting out. No joke!
Re:Serious problem for some users
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Spoing
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Many slashdoters may think this is a joke, but it is a serious problem for some users. I had a friend at college who's hand would sweat so profusely that he had to put a rag over his mouse to keep it from shorting out. No joke!
Sure that was "sweat", sunshine?
-- A firewall can not protect you from yourself. Turn off what you do not need. Do not use the firewall to do your work.
Re:Serious problem for some users
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cookie_cutter
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Read my post about Drysol and Iontophoresis:)
totally insensitive
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big+daddy+kane
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MetkuMods - Because you love your hardware
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kekeruusperi
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I guess the submitter doesn't love the site's hardware very much, their server seems to have melted already.
mice are bad news
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Anonymous Coward
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A lot of RSI injuries are mouse-related. I don't believe an ergonomic setup should include a mouse type device. Myself, I use a Kinesis Classic (it's $200, but worth every penny) and stick to the shell whenever possible. If your windowing environment supports keyboard shortcuts (as any good one should) then you don't even need a mouse. There are exceptions, but even then there's usually a better, less injury-prone device to use (frex, graphic artists are better off using a tablet).
You can get RSI from typing also. Sticking to a shell doesn't save you.
The most important thing is making sure your wrists don't touch anything, and making sure your chair is such that you can keep your elbows at 90 degrees and comfortably use your keyboard and mouse.
For those of us who require mouses (i.e. when I do design work), I highly reccomend the Quill. It's a bit expensive, but 100x more comfortable and much better designed, especially from the wrist POV. Took me one week to get fully adjusted; now I'm just as accurate with it as I was with my IntelliMouseExplorer (I know that doesn't look possible, but it is; this mouse actually feels MORE natural).
The other important thing is taking breaks. Use DrWrite (which is now built-in to Gnome's Keyboard preference pane) or if you run Windows, use Breaktime by Kadmi software.
For those of us who require mouses (i.e. when I do design work), I highly reccomend the Quill [quillmouse.com]. It's a bit expensive, but 100x more comfortable and much better designed, especially from the wrist POV. Took me one week to get fully adjusted; now I'm just as accurate with it as I was with my IntelliMouseExplorer (I know that doesn't look possible, but it is; this mouse actually feels MORE natural).
I can completely how it would feel more natural, just holding me hand in the same position that it would be for the mouse feels a lot better on my wrist...
Too bad I'm too cheap to actually go out and buy one of those;)
Huh, I can definitely see what they're saying, I get made fun of all the time for having sweaty hands.
However, the lede made me think of summer and electricity. When the weather gets warmer, I'm planning to turn my comp off at sunrise and not turn it back on until it gets dark out. When this year's repeated blackouts happen, I don't want to feel guilty about it, you know?
-- [o]_O
forget mice. use a trackball.
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herrd0kt0r
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using a mouse requires movement of the entire upper extremity.
using a trackball requires movement of yr thumb.
it's much more efficient, and now i have MUSCLES, something i never could've gotten, using a mouse. of course, only my thumb is awesomely rippled, but hey, it's a start.
Re:forget mice. use a trackball.
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Morganth
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One of the great RSI myths is that trackballs are better for you than mice. Repetetive movement of your thumb directly causes harm to your wrist in much greater degrees than does movement of a mouse, especially a properly designed mouse like the Quill.
The second myth is that wrist rests are good for you, which they are not, under any circumstances. By resting your wrist on a pad, you are forcefully reducing bloodflow, and asking for trouble. Your wrists shouldn't lay on ANYTHING.
Re:forget mice. use a trackball.
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billcopc
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Movement ? Hell no, I just dangle my wrist off the edge of the desk, crank up the mouse sensitivity and wiggle the rodent with my fingertips. When my hand turns blue, that's how I know it's time for more pain killers.
Speaking of which, can anyone spare me a buck for some tylenol ?
Re:forget mice. use a trackball.
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Feanturi
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using a mouse requires movement of the entire upper extremity.
It does? My right arm rests on the armrest of my chair. The base of my palm rests on the edge of my desk (or could rest on a gel pad for those so inclined), so only my fingers and thumb tend to be moving as I mouse about. Wrist movement is very minimal. I hate trackballs because then I am using mostly the thumb instead of spreading out the work. 5 digits working in harmony offer much better control than 1. Any of your fingers including the thumb are moved from way up your arm anyhow, so I don't really see the benefit of avoiding using 'the entire upper extremity' if it comes to that.
Why correct spelling is important
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Compact+Dick
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Call me a nitpicker, but summer is "coming" for only about half the world. For the other half summer has already gone, and winter is approaching.
This presumes...
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Anonymous Coward
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...people use the same hand, or frequently, the same hand for mousing. As a primary ambidextrous, I switch between hands pretty easily. I don't spend an extremely long period of time with either hand.
Re:google translation of another page
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Anonymous Coward
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mod parent +1, informative.
whoever modded the parent redundant needs better modding skills, sorry. the page in the story was (still is?) slashdotted, so the parent was quite useful to me as well as others.
As defined by Tolkien 'Middle Earth' is based on Lancashire in England. We're getting the first sun of summer here:)
whatever
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Anonymous Coward
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I'll cool my mousehand down by my usual method of jerking myself off. Its free and its something I like. I don't think breeze pad will be able cool my hand and also make me ejaculate.
I couldn't access the New Scientist one, but the latter site merely mentioned parabens (Drysol just contains an aluminum salt, like normal antiperspirants, but stronger), and using antiperspirants on skin that has been recently shaved. (I'm guessing there's a joke there about slashdotters and hairy palms...)
I was shaving this morning, and took a close look at the ingredients of my shaving gel -- "Nivea for men" "Sensitive" shaving gel -- "Chamomile & Vitamin enriched". However "Methylparaben" and "Propylparaben" are listed as ingredients.
I thought back to the studies: parabens found in tumour tissue... shaving nicks getting the chemicals past the skin barrier. Granted, men don't "wear" shaving gel through the day like women do with deodorants. But this gel is going in the bin.
When I was young, a person suggested using soap instead a shaving gel, and I thought "bah". Looks like he was right.
Will my mousing hand survive?
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... probably. It almost didn't survive Diablo 2, which should have been renamed `carpal tunnel syndrome in a box', but it did, because I just stopped playing -- it was just too hard on my mouse pointing finger. Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click...
Oh yeah, that's about as do-it-yourself as a ricer putting an 'R' sticker on his Honda Civic to make it go faster (yes, I look down on ricers and case modders and overclockers. losers).
Try out the Big Blue Room!
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Man, I thought this article was going to be about how to protect your hand while bungee jumping/cycling/fishing/guitar playing/hang gliding/etc. Am I the only Slashdotter who makes it outside during the summer?
Easier solution, requiring no soldering
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serutan
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A much simpler way to keep your hand from overheating is to grasp and lift an ice-cold refreshing beverage at regular intervals. Low-tech approach, but it works for me.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards /6afa/
Wow, it's about time Slashdot started breaking some real news like a season starting. Anyway, if you don't have AC, I pity you and your computer.
sounds like a good way to get RSI, you should allways make sure you hands/arms stay warm, better a bit too warm then too cold
For some of us, it represents half our love lives.
They didn't give a date.
Cover your eyes and click this link!
"See that's what you have to do, come up with some really great idea and never have to work again. Like that guy, that invented the pet rock."
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Slashdotted in a whole 3 minutes!!!
My sig beat up your sig.
Wow... thats really sad... Im am really glad that my house has central AC and I wont need to be worried about needing to make one of those
Well, at first I wasn't interested, but your snazzy "DIY all the way, baby!" lingo got me interested. Let's have a look.
Oh... server's down?
Well, my mousing hand will survive longer than their web server!!!!
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Just leaves your hand in perfect shape for the other good use... ..sax.
/.'er... ;)
What? You were thinking something else than Saxophone? You dirty minded
Perhaps the slashcode's submit script should have a spell checker.
Make America grate again!
Somebody mirror it. Slashdotted in less than 5 mins. man, what's going on?
Happy Hacking!!!
Ratpoison.
Or you could just buy a cat.
When will slashdot start providing an automatic mirror for personal pages that it links to. The poor guys servers probably don't know what's hit them!!
one of these (the second row)
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
RSI has never been more enjoyable.
-- "You can lead a yak to water, but you can't teach an old dog to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke" - Opus
Many of us will have to use our computers even when its summer.
Excuse me, but just what kind of a geek are you ??
I hear there's rumors on the Slashdots
It is almost winter must be had to watch 3D movies with only one eye eh Northern Hemispherians?
In the Slashdot moderating system, humourless based offenses are considered especially heinous.
No worries... my computers are in the basement, which is nice and cool in the summer... so my hand will be just fine. Now, all those people with upstairs computers might not be so lucky.
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You use the mouse? I'd rather have cooling for my foot peddles.
I like the idea of a cool stream of air blowing up my pants...Oops, did I say that out loud.
whose time has come
Mousing? Is that what you internet perverts are calling it now?
I live in Michigan and the Winters here can get fairly cold. Does anyone know if there is any type of heated keyboard/mouse out there. I have searched relentlesly but haven't been able to find an actual heated keyboard/mouse.
....use nothing but a keyboard
One of the benefits of being a slashdot subscriber seems to be that in addition to seeing the stories posted before the unwashed masses do, you get to read the linked stories before they are slashdotted. I'm surprised that slashdot doesn't include this fact in their marketing material aimed at increasing the subscriber base.
Actually, have any subscribers found that sites get slashdotted before they're even presented to the main audience?
My mousing hand survived Quake, Quake 2, Half-Life, Counterstrike, a smattering of non-FPS games, and (so far), America's Army. However, when it's released, Half-Life 2 may turn out to be the final nail in my carpal tunnel, cooling or no cooling.
Freedom: "I won't!"
What kind of pathetic little computers do you use that your computer room isn't hot year round?
(Yes, this means there is a cure for ball-sweat)
My brother uses it and now has dry hands year round. Just reapply once a week before bedtime. The stuff can really burn the first couple times you use it.
In Canada its available without a prescription at any drug store. Just ask for it at the Pharmacist's counter.
Other alternatives include iontophoresis (don't buy the unit, just build one yourself with some aligator clips, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series).
Surgery is also an option for overactive sweat glands, but I'd say the risks outweigh the benefits in that instance.
I am in the Southern Hemisphere, you insensitive clod! Yesterday I turned on the heat for the first time this year.
For $200 I will submit them. No guarantee on acceptal/rejection part.
...and it blows.
What if they just made a hovercraft mouse? Smooth scrolling and forced air - the perfect hack!
Humor from a Genetically Molested Mind
Summer Is Coming; Will Your Mousing Hand Survive?
Must... Resist... Lame... Masturbation Joke.
-Colin
Check it out
This is a dupe...
use the search luke
Come on guys, I know /. is sometimes a little slow, or repetitive, but 6 MONTHS overdue!? Too late now, Summer is over, it's becoming winter here, sheesh, talk about LAG.
I swear, you'd think that the northern hemisphere thinks that it's the only hemisphere.
Its my whole life you nitwit.
Many slashdoters may think this is a joke, but it is a serious problem for some users. I had a friend at college who's hand would sweat so profusely that he had to put a rag over his mouse to keep it from shorting out. No joke!
you insensitive clod I live in Antartica!
Clammy Modding
What would you do?
Stop lying.
P226
>sweaty and frustraited
>cool your mousing hand down..
riiiiight...thats something that one dude shouldn't say to another dude
dupe
I guess the submitter doesn't love the site's hardware very much, their server seems to have melted already.
A lot of RSI injuries are mouse-related. I don't believe an ergonomic setup should include a mouse type device.
Myself, I use a Kinesis Classic (it's $200, but worth every penny) and stick to the shell whenever possible. If your windowing environment supports keyboard shortcuts (as any good one should) then you don't even need a mouse. There are exceptions, but even then there's usually a better, less injury-prone device to use (frex, graphic artists are better off using a tablet).
Slashdot Is Coming; Will Your Server Survive?
Huh, I can definitely see what they're saying, I get made fun of all the time for having sweaty hands.
However, the lede made me think of summer and electricity. When the weather gets warmer, I'm planning to turn my comp off at sunrise and not turn it back on until it gets dark out. When this year's repeated blackouts happen, I don't want to feel guilty about it, you know?
[o]_O
using a mouse requires movement of the entire upper extremity.
using a trackball requires movement of yr thumb.
it's much more efficient, and now i have MUSCLES, something i never could've gotten, using a mouse. of course, only my thumb is awesomely rippled, but hey, it's a start.
Use ISO 8601 dates [YYYY-MM-DD]
Is almost certainly "sweaty and frustrated" by definition.
Slashdot has given up on simple banner ads and side bar text ads and given a full story text ad a chance.
An AC talking about AC...
I have discovered a truly remarkable sig which this 120 chars is too small to contain.
Japala already submitted the exact same thing a year ago.
Not to mention his user info shows about 5 comments posted from him, most concerning mouse pads. Talk about a self-promoter
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YOU try taking 5.000.000 hits on YOUR hand in a couple of hours. :)
Any technology distinguishable from magic, is insufficiently advanced.
is it just me or has /. become a cheap advertising site?
Just get one of these!
j pg
http://static2.stileproject.com/rnd/img/grap14.
It's Christmas everyday with BitTorrent.
Call me a nitpicker, but summer is "coming" for only about half the world. For the other half summer has already gone, and winter is approaching.
...people use the same hand, or frequently, the same hand for mousing. As a primary ambidextrous, I switch between hands pretty easily. I don't spend an extremely long period of time with either hand.
mod parent +1, informative.
whoever modded the parent redundant needs better modding skills, sorry. the page in the story was (still is?) slashdotted, so the parent was quite useful to me as well as others.
You had toggles?
Instead of building that mousepad, maybe he should have patented that transformer with DC output. --tarballedtux
It's autumn down here in Middle Earth, you insensitive clod!
gadgetophile.com
I'll cool my mousehand down by my usual method of jerking myself off. Its free and its something I like. I don't think breeze pad will be able cool my hand and also make me ejaculate.
Pants? You wear pants? ...Oops, did I say that out loud?
Three Squirrels
Is coming; Will your server survive?
Learn how to spell, you drooling halfwit.
Getting sweaty and frustraited but you have to get the work done or that last level played.
Eeeeewwww
E.
Never rub another man's rhubarb - The Joker
Hahah!
Good job. Simple, concise, and to the point.
> And Bill Gates is going to send me $25 if I forward this ...
Don't assume the OP was talking about stuff in your inbox.
Here: two studies so far....
One of the chemicals mentioned in one of the earlier studies (parabens) was removed from many consumer products only in the past few years.
Here's a more critical look at both studies.
link
My PC has so many mods (All of which draw power) that when I turn the thing on the lights dim.
The Erogenous Zone
Oh my god.. This is the .. third time this is posted?
The original article was posted in 14.06.2003..
But they didn`t think of hooking it up to an ups.
Now I'm just more careful about what I play :)
Who is Summer?? PICS?!
Oh yeah, that's about as do-it-yourself as a ricer putting an 'R' sticker on his Honda Civic to make it go faster (yes, I look down on ricers and case modders and overclockers. losers).
Nathan's blog
Man, I thought this article was going to be about how to protect your hand while bungee jumping/cycling/fishing/guitar playing/hang gliding/etc. Am I the only Slashdotter who makes it outside during the summer?
A much simpler way to keep your hand from overheating is to grasp and lift an ice-cold refreshing beverage at regular intervals. Low-tech approach, but it works for me.