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NES Controller Laser Mouse

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-cute-hack dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Old school is new school, fool. It's time to take that retired NES controller of yours that you broke so mercilessly smashing it on the carpet in frustration at never ever ever being able to beat Ikari Warriors, and recycle that biz. Be good to the environment and turn that thing into a laser mouse, why don't you? And yes, the A button is left click, and the B is your right, and your raging case of carpal tunnel is about to get a whole lot more fun."

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  1. Unlike modern controllers by Drew+Curtis · · Score: 3, Informative

    there would be no damage from smashing the NES or its controllers against the floor. Hell, it was designed so that you could turn it off by KICKING it.

    1. Re:Unlike modern controllers by cosmol · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, but I don't have to lick or blow my hard drive to get my computer to work.

    2. Re:Unlike modern controllers by EEBaum · · Score: 4, Funny

      Lick? Wow, you must have had a different relationship with your Nintendo than I did.

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    3. Re:Unlike modern controllers by IcarusMoth · · Score: 3, Funny

      Licking and blowing? thats the only way i can get my girlfriend to work *rimshot*

    4. Re:Unlike modern controllers by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Licking and blowing? thats the only way i can get my girlfriend to work "

      Well that and the puncture repair kit.

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  2. Laser Mouse? by thomble · · Score: 5, Informative

    Contrary to popular belief, optical mice do not use lasers.

    1. Re:Laser Mouse? by Daath · · Score: 4, Informative

      Logitech MX700 Cordless laser mouse.
      Logitech G7 Cordless laser mouse.
      Logitech G5 laser mouse.

      I don't know of others :)

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    2. Re:Laser Mouse? by roadrunnerro · · Score: 3, Informative

      No it doesn't - it's optical too... now the MX1000, G5 and G7 are indeed laser mice...

  3. no mention of new command by GunFodder · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article doesn't mention the hidden backdoor command sequence to immediately gain root access:

    Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A

  4. That's before MacGyver. by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny

    Give him an optical mouse, a paperclip, and some belly-button lint, and he'll have a laser weapon strong enough to take out a battlestar before the next commercial break comes along.

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  5. Light Gun by sheehaje · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now, if I can just change the light gun into a real gun, I can finally finish Ikari Warriors for good.

  6. Re:Akari? by dknj · · Score: 4, Funny

    the sad thing is, they stole the article summary word for word from the site and still spelt it incorrectly. what the hell are the slashdot editors doing when they read these submissions?

  7. A warning. by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do not stare into laser mouse beam with remaining eye.

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  8. Hmmm by Realistic_Dragon · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ikari not Akari. If you are going to blatantly steal the introduction to the article why not at least do it right?

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    1. Re:Hmmm by Realistic_Dragon · · Score: 4, Informative

      Come to that you could have linked directly to http://zieak.com/projects/nintendo_mouse.htm rather than to a ad laden blog site whoring someone else's content for pennies a click. (Not that it matters I suppose as the site is offline already.)

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  9. Neat, but by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can it perform cunnilingus on a hardwood floor?

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    1. Re:Neat, but by NitsujTPU · · Score: 3, Informative

      Well, I found the original reference, for everyone who, like me, was confused by this post.

      Essentially, the original reference was a story posted to slashdot which involved a comparison between female orgasm, and game playing. The hardwood floor part was there to infer that you would remember the experience of performing cunnilingus on a woman on a hardwood floor because your knees would hurt thereafter.

      A high point in Slashdot history, to be sure.

  10. Re:Akari? by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Funny

    See, where you go wrong is assuming that they even read the sumbissions.

  11. Pathetic example of internet "journalism" by Reaperducer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, what we have here is a Slashdot article which rips off an Engadget article which is basically ripped off from a Joystiq article on something from some guy's blog.

    So, the guy who put the time, money and effort into this hack gets virtually no credit for what he's done, but three other web sites make money off of him via banner ads.

    (I'd link to the original site, but it's already collapsed under the weight of the combined Slashdotting/Engadgeting/Joystiqing.)

    I weep for the state of internet "journalism" these days. Can't imagine why people still buy newspapers.

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    -- I'm old enough to have lived through six different meanings of the word "hacker."