Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:

> Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really
> seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
> pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
> absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
> that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
> paper would work just as well).

:) Last decade the stock mice from Dell and Lenovo couldn't cope with
this rare and exotic desk material called "wood". As for paper, it tends
to move or the edges get crinkled. Replacements are certainly cheap for
paper though.

Anyways, slick plastic or wood desktop surfaces feel somehow too
slippery to me. And there's that annoying hissing noise to consider
too. Or maybe I'm just used to having something under the mouse.

On 5/30/24 23:05, candycanearter07 wrote:
> Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> wrote at 12:22 this Thursday (GMT):
>>
>> Agreed, currently using a wired on my workstation. On the laptop I just
>> use the trackpad, but then the only game I play on a laptop is Dwarf
>> Fortress, and then I go KB only. There are those newer cordless mouses*
>
> Original or Steam?
>

Original, and version 47.05 as even the none Steam 50.xx versions
REQUIRE a mouse to play which is a real shame.

>
>> *I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>> 'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>> anyone cares about that though :D
>
>
> Eh, I just say mice. It's easier.

It is! :D

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On Fri, 31 May 2024 09:46:00 -0000 (UTC), address@is.invalid (LucLan)
wrote:

>What config had/have the DOS computer?
>I am asking because I use also a P2 @ 350 mhz just for DOS games.

Do you mean what CPU \ video card and all that? I honestly don't
remember. I have not used a DOS computer in years. Very likely a
Pentium class CPU and maybe a Riva TNT but I am really not sure.

The only thing I do remember is the sound cards I had in there. A
SoundBlaster 16 and a Roland SCC-1.

On Fri, 31 May 2024 04:41:08 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

>It's useful if you have more than one PCs and just want to use one
>keyboard, video, and mouse with them. ;) I discovered and fell in love
>with KVMs back in the late 90s at work.

Yeah, that is what they are for and what I used them for. I would
still be using a KVM switcher myself if DosBox weren't around.

On 5/30/2024 2:05 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 15:02 this Thursday (GMT):
>> On 5/29/2024 2:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>>> On Wed, 29 May 2024 03:50:49 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Frankly mousepad is if anything more important.
>>>>
>>>> Shhhh! Don't give away next week's CRAP Poll! ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really
>>>> seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
>>>> pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
>>>> absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
>>>> that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
>>>> paper would work just as well).
>>>>
>>>> My current 'mousepad' is a 50-year old hand-made cutting board (you
>>>> know, for slicing veggies and whatnot) I inherited from a relative.
>>>> Since I already had a very nice cutting board in the kitchen, I had to
>>>> find some use for this battered piece of wood (it's been in the family
>>>> so long, and has hand-written notes on it from my uncle, who made the
>>>> thing). Turns out, it's /just/ the right size to be used as a mousing
>>>> surface. And I'm sure all those scrapes and knife-cuts make it a lot
>>>> easier for the mouse to 'see' where it's going. ;-P
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a skyrim themed one my brother gave me.. It's a full-desk one.
>>
>> You mean your brother gave you a Skyrim themed desk.
>
>
> Nah, it doesnt actually cover my desk. It covers a good distance though.

Then its not a full desk "one".

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On 5/30/2024 11:23 AM, Xocyll wrote:
> Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
> reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
> the signs say:
>
> <snip>
>> *I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>> 'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>> anyone cares about that though :D
>
> Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
>
Sounds like something the French would do.

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On 5/31/2024 3:26 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really
>> seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
>> pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
>> absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
>> that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
>> paper would work just as well).
>
> :) Last decade the stock mice from Dell and Lenovo couldn't cope with
> this rare and exotic desk material called "wood". As for paper, it tends
> to move or the edges get crinkled. Replacements are certainly cheap for
> paper though.
>
> Anyways, slick plastic or wood desktop surfaces feel somehow too
> slippery to me. And there's that annoying hissing noise to consider
> too. Or maybe I'm just used to having something under the mouse.

Same. My desk is old, no I mean *old* like from the 60's, inherited
from my Grandfather and has a 2" raised lip around the edge with a 1/8"
recess between it and the rest of the desk which makes not having a mat
really not work well for a mouse as it skips and bumps when going over
that part. I love the desk as it has real drawers! which seems to be a
rarity these days. My wife occasionally asks me to replace it as it's
well worn and used. I occasionally consider a sit-stand adjustable
desk, but that's a big expense.

I have a large "steelseries" black fabric topped rubber mat, with a
harder plastic one underneath it to make the transition more of a slope
than a bump, and that works well for me.

I don't like the textured plastic ones as the mouse slips a bit too
much, and seems like they were originally made for a ball mice, some
also don't seem like the optical mice can pick up the laser well and
skip or don't move. They're also louder moving the mouse around.
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On 5/30/2024 2:05 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
> Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> wrote at 12:22 this Thursday (GMT):
>> On 5/29/24 23:40, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote at 15:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>>> On 5/28/2024 1:35 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
>>>>> So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
>>>>> focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
>>>>> your hand. Let's describe it!
>>>>>
>>>>> Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As an additional question, wired or wireless?
>>>>
>>>> I have an aversion to wireless as you have to have batteries which
>>>> increase the weight, and the inconvenience of the mouse working
>>>> intermittently when they get low until you replace them. Or having a
>>>> rechargeable mouse where it doesn't work until it's charged a bit
>>>> possibly, and having the recharging port wear out. It's been a long
>>>> time since I used a wireless mouse.
>>>
>>> Yeah, it is annoying. However, on the go it is nice to not deal with a
>>> cable. For home/workstation setups, it is objectively worse IMO.
>>
>> Agreed, currently using a wired on my workstation. On the laptop I just
>> use the trackpad, but then the only game I play on a laptop is Dwarf
>> Fortress, and then I go KB only. There are those newer cordless mouses*
>
> Original or Steam?
>
>> that charge via NFC or something like it via a pad, so I MIGHT look into
>> that next time I need a new one.
>
> Seems neat, but probably obscenely expensive.

Logitech solution wireless gaming mouse that can be charged wirelessly
minimum about $70 (not bad for that) and logitech charging pad for it
$100. You can get a cheaper pad with a charging area for about $40, but
you have to remember to put the mouse on the charging area when not in
use - bonus that you can put your phone on that area and it will charge.
Note this is all speculation based on what I'm reading, I haven't
tested it, and I'm not one to trust such until I've tested it.

I'm not anwhwere near the point I'd do that just to get rid of the wire,
but I might consider it if my mouse ever fails.

On the other hand, weight of the mouse with the batteries in it is a
concern. For some reason one of my previous mice that failed quickly
had a bunch of removable weights in it, and it quickly fatigued me until
I removed the weights.

>> *I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>> 'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>> anyone cares about that though :D
>
>
> Eh, I just say mice. It's easier.

Same.

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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 04:41 this Friday (GMT):
> candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:10 this Wednesday (GMT):
>> > candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>> >> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
>> >> > #4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
>> >> > #USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
>> >
>> >> What's an omnicube?
>> >
>> > https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Omnicube-Kybrd-Mouse-Switch/dp/B00004Z7Y7
>> >
>> > KVM = Keyboard, Video, and Mouse. Yes, it's old and I still use old stuff.
>
>> Nifty, I've not really seen one before.
>
> It's useful if you have more than one PCs and just want to use one
> keyboard, video, and mouse with them. ;) I discovered and fell in love
> with KVMs back in the late 90s at work.

I don't use multiple pcs at once but if I do I'll keep it in mind.
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 14:51 this Friday (GMT):
> On 5/30/2024 2:05 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 15:02 this Thursday (GMT):
>>> On 5/29/2024 2:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>>>> On Wed, 29 May 2024 03:50:49 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Frankly mousepad is if anything more important.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shhhh! Don't give away next week's CRAP Poll! ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really
>>>>> seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
>>>>> pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
>>>>> absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
>>>>> that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
>>>>> paper would work just as well).
>>>>>
>>>>> My current 'mousepad' is a 50-year old hand-made cutting board (you
>>>>> know, for slicing veggies and whatnot) I inherited from a relative.
>>>>> Since I already had a very nice cutting board in the kitchen, I had to
>>>>> find some use for this battered piece of wood (it's been in the family
>>>>> so long, and has hand-written notes on it from my uncle, who made the
>>>>> thing). Turns out, it's /just/ the right size to be used as a mousing
>>>>> surface. And I'm sure all those scrapes and knife-cuts make it a lot
>>>>> easier for the mouse to 'see' where it's going. ;-P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a skyrim themed one my brother gave me.. It's a full-desk one.
>>>
>>> You mean your brother gave you a Skyrim themed desk.
>>
>>
>> Nah, it doesnt actually cover my desk. It covers a good distance though.
>
> Then its not a full desk "one".

Well, I'd assume it would cover a smaller desk..
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Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> wrote at 10:34 this Friday (GMT):
> On 5/30/24 23:05, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> wrote at 12:22 this Thursday (GMT):
>>>
>>> Agreed, currently using a wired on my workstation. On the laptop I just
>>> use the trackpad, but then the only game I play on a laptop is Dwarf
>>> Fortress, and then I go KB only. There are those newer cordless mouses*
>>
>> Original or Steam?
>>
>
> Original, and version 47.05 as even the none Steam 50.xx versions
> REQUIRE a mouse to play which is a real shame.

Wow, you must be really dedicated ^^

>>> *I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>>> 'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>>> anyone cares about that though :D
>>
>>
>> Eh, I just say mice. It's easier.
>
> It is! :D

It is :D
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 04:41 this Friday (GMT):
> candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 19:30 this Thursday (GMT):
>> > Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> >> On 5/29/2024 2:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> >> > Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
>> >> >> #4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
>> >> >> #USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
>> >> >
>> >> > What's an omnicube?
>> >
>> >> A bigger, more powerful Borg Cube.
>> >
>> > http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/pictures/BorgAnt.jpg -- We are ANTZ. We will assimilate you. Resistance is futile." ;)
>
>> woah spoopy
>> but do you have asimovs laws
>
> Nope.

we're doomed!
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JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:
>> Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada.
>
>I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English.

Canada usually follows British rules though.

Xocyll

Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> looked up from reading
the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the
signs say:

>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really
>> seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
>> pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
>> absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
>> that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
>> paper would work just as well).
>
>:) Last decade the stock mice from Dell and Lenovo couldn't cope with
>this rare and exotic desk material called "wood". As for paper, it tends
>to move or the edges get crinkled. Replacements are certainly cheap for
>paper though.

It doesn't move or crinkle if you tape it down.

Of course when you forget and put your coffee mug on it and it gets wet
and tears and then you have to peel up all the tape too.

I think this is the one I have, albeit plain black
https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Razer-Sphex-V2-Mini-Gaming-Mouse-Mat/6000197966816

Super thin, kind of plastic so no rips or issues if it gets wet, I just
taped the closest edge by the edge of the desk and it does not shift at
all.
It's actually kind of slippery all on it's own, so when the little mouse
feet wear off I think it'll still be effortless.

Best of all for a Razer product it does not require an internet
connection or special drivers to function, nor does it require
registration or activation.

Xocyll

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On 5/30/2024 11:23 AM, Xocyll wrote:
>> Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
>> reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
>> the signs say:
>>
>> <snip>
>>> *I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>>> 'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>>> anyone cares about that though :D
>>
>> Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
>>
>Sounds like something the French would do.

It was a ref to the endless Viruses vs Virii debate.

So actually the Latin-is-God types not the French.

Xocyll

On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:11 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

>Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
>reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
>the signs say:
>
><snip>
>>*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>>'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>>anyone cares about that though :D
>
>Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.

I always call them 'mooses'. One mouse, many mooses. No, it doesnt'
really make much sense. But I'm odd that way. ;-)

On Fri, 31 May 2024 04:41:08 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

>candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:10 this Wednesday (GMT):
>> > candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>> >> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
>> >> > #4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
>> >> > #USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
>> >
>> >> What's an omnicube?
>> >
>> > https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Omnicube-Kybrd-Mouse-Switch/dp/B00004Z7Y7
>> >
>> > KVM = Keyboard, Video, and Mouse. Yes, it's old and I still use old stuff.
>
>> Nifty, I've not really seen one before.
>
>It's useful if you have more than one PCs and just want to use one
>keyboard, video, and mouse with them. ;) I discovered and fell in love
>with KVMs back in the late 90s at work.

The only one I still use is the Belkin F1DK102P
https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-2-PORT-Switch-Keyboard-MOUSEPS/dp/B0000899ZE,
and that's only for the older PCs. It's only a two-port (and the
cabling is messy, and it lacks a hardware switch) but, really, it's
all I need these days.

Back-in-the-day, I was a much bigger fan of KVMs. Those were the days
of single-core CPUs when you'd literally dedicate a whole PC to a
single task; I'd have a bunch of computers stacked and switch between
them at need. These days, CPUs have become powerful enough that I
don't have the same need for keeping so many PCs running, and those I
still have around have enough spare cycles that accessing them
remotely is the easier solution. So over the years most of the KVM
switches have gone to e-waste. Remoting isn't a 1-to-1 replacement for
everything a KVM can do... but in most cases its good enough.

Still, there was something magic about flicking that switch (or using
a magic keyboard combo) and suddenly having access to an entirely
different PC.

On 5/31/2024 1:57 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:11 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
>> reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
>> the signs say:
>>
>> <snip>
>>> *I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>>> 'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>>> anyone cares about that though :D
>>
>> Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
>
> I always call them 'mooses'. One mouse, many mooses. No, it doesnt'
> really make much sense. But I'm odd that way. ;-)

A moose once bit my sister.

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On 5/31/2024 11:42 AM, Xocyll wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
> say:
>
>> On 5/30/2024 11:23 AM, Xocyll wrote:
>>> Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
>>> reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
>>> the signs say:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>> *I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>>>> 'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>>>> anyone cares about that though :D
>>>
>>> Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
>>>
>> Sounds like something the French would do.
>
> It was a ref to the endless Viruses vs Virii debate.
>
> So actually the Latin-is-God types not the French.
>
French is a debased derivative of Latin that thinks it is as good as the
original.

So I'm sticking with "sounds like the French". :)

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On 5/31/2024 1:57 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:11 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
>> reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
>> the signs say:
>>
>> <snip>
>>> *I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>>> 'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>>> anyone cares about that though :D
>>
>> Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
>
> I always call them 'mooses'. One mouse, many mooses. No, it doesnt'
> really make much sense. But I'm odd that way. ;-)

But not the only way.

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Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 May 2024 09:46:00 -0000 (UTC), address@is.invalid (LucLan)
> wrote:

> >What config had/have the DOS computer?
> >I am asking because I use also a P2 @ 350 mhz just for DOS games.

> Do you mean what CPU \ video card and all that? I honestly don't
> remember. I have not used a DOS computer in years. Very likely a
> Pentium class CPU and maybe a Riva TNT but I am really not sure.

> The only thing I do remember is the sound cards I had in there. A
> SoundBlaster 16 and a Roland SCC-1.

I had a SB16 ISA with Creative's WaveBlaster daughter card. Ha!
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> >> >> >> #4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
> >> >> >> #USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > What's an omnicube?
> >> >
> >> >> A bigger, more powerful Borg Cube.
> >> >
> >> > http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/pictures/BorgAnt.jpg -- We are ANTZ. We will assimilate you. Resistance is futile." ;)
> >
> >> woah spoopy
> >> but do you have asimovs laws
> >
> > Nope.

> we're doomed!

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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
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say:

>On 5/31/2024 11:42 AM, Xocyll wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
>> say:
>>
>>> On 5/30/2024 11:23 AM, Xocyll wrote:
>>>> Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
>>>> reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
>>>> the signs say:
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>> *I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
>>>>> 'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
>>>>> anyone cares about that though :D
>>>>
>>>> Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
>>>>
>>> Sounds like something the French would do.
>>
>> It was a ref to the endless Viruses vs Virii debate.
>>
>> So actually the Latin-is-God types not the French.
>>
>French is a debased derivative of Latin that thinks it is as good as the
>original.
>
>So I'm sticking with "sounds like the French". :)

But the Latin-is-God types generally are English speakers who don't even
know Latin, (generally they know only the one language unless you count
programming languages,) they just want to sound learned and pretentious.

Xocyll

On 31/05/2024 19:29, Xocyll wrote:
> JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>> On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:
>>> Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada.
>>
>> I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English.
>
> Canada usually follows British rules though.
>

Don't know Canadian English so not sure but I've always presumed that in
terms of grammar and spelling it's more akin to British English but for
actual terms used I also assumed (not sure why) it would have more in
common with what's used in the US.

On 01/06/2024 07:09, Xocyll wrote:
>> So I'm sticking with "sounds like the French". 🙂

> But the Latin-is-God types generally are English speakers who don't even
> know Latin, (generally they know only the one language unless you count
> programming languages,) they just want to sound learned and pretentious.

I've spoken to a few of them. I don't care what the Latin origins are, I
care what common usage is currently!