“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print on Tuesdays” (2009)

Re:“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print ... by anovikov on Monday January 27, 2020 @06:53AM (#22158500)

Remember exactly same thing happening to me some 18-19 years ago lol! It was in the time when mice still had balls, so the reading sensor got blinded by sunlight in at least one direction - sometimes mouse won't work at all, sometimes would but only on X or only on Y axis. Fix: install window shutters.

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Re:“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print ... by zoomablemind on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:54PM (#22162522)

> ...It was in the time when mice still had balls,

Thinking of present times and times forgone: now mice lost not only balls, they lost their tails, and often find themselves devoid of any 3-dimensionality, being reduced to flat touchpads.

Using a mouse always felt to me as having a friedly handshake with the computer, something that touchpads can't emulate.

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Re:“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print ... by Phrenzy on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:50PM (#22162486)

So... This would not happen with Linux?

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Re:“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print ... by hazeii on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @03:02AM (#22167366)

I wonder if the downvoters missed the joke?

>Fix: install window shutters.

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Re:“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print ... by hazeii on Monday January 27, 2020 @05:00PM (#22164292)

That's about the right timescale, I guess mice of the era was a bit 'sensitive'. Lucky we were a small office, I wouldn't have wanted to sent out a memo telling people to cover their mouse in the afternoon.

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