I like your "Pavlov's Meece"--reminds me of Susan Stewart's "Marquis de
[Edwin] Meese."
It took me forever to learn to use the mouse because, due to some
neurological quirk, my perspective converges with whatever I'm seeing on
screen, so I "identify" with the cursor and have had to train my hand to
move in the direction opposite to where my so-called mind thinks it should
go. When my husband jocularly reported this to his cs/ai friends, they were
astonished--until he mentioned that I'm a poet. "Ah well...that explains
_that_" seemed to be the consensus among the cybervermin crowd--too much
negative capability and all that....
Candice
> I also wonder whether mouse disorientation is a side-effect of cyberdom,
> y'know, the effect of staring screens on brain-wave patterns, etc? Perhaps
> there is a need for a study, as in Pavlov's Meece?
>
> Best
>
> Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 12:45 AM
> Subject: Re: yr sister's mouse
>
>
>> David wrote:
>>>
>>> I would snarl at the bewilderments, go to Settings,
>>> click the Mouse icon,
>>> tail over to Pointers, as in pointing devices, and,
>>> without compunction,
>>> summon 'restore defaults'.
>>>
>>>
>> I _never_ snarl, as all of you know. This mouse is
>> beyond redeeming, since it has a very uncertain sense
>> of direction. I _did_ go to defaults, which is how I
>> got rid of the way the cursor turned into a flower and
>> a beetle (who thinks of these bright ideas?) and I did
>> clean it (thanks Andrew) which made no difference at
>> all.
>>
>> However, back to business as usual by Monday, so I can
>> then grumble about mine own rodent, which seemeth from
>> these foreign climes to be a saintly beast indeed.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Alison
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