[Gllug] Schools Software

[John Edwards]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 06:57:32AM +0000, M.J. Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 09:34:52PM +0100, John Winters wrote:
>>
>> Get optical mice, not expensive these days and will eliminate the
>> problems of having to replace the balls that seem to disappear in
>> schools.

> Not to mention getting clogged up with dust which collects on the
> rollers, preventing the ball from actually rolling.  One college I
> went to actually glued their ball covers shut so you couldn't get
> the balls out to clean them, which meant they stopped working
> properly after a few months.

That was common enough when I was last in a school (10 year back).
The trick is to unscrew them and take them apart to clean them.


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