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Better Solution? (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Better Solution? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Better Solution? (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe you wouldnt have that problem if you didnt buy a $16 mouse in the first place ;)
Re:Better Solution? (Score:3, Funny)
"Yes, in fact I have many fans."
Re:Better Solution? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Better Solution? (Score:5, Interesting)
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Summer is coming? (Score:4, Funny)
When? (Score:2)
Re:Summer is coming? (Score:5, Funny)
totally insensitive (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Summer is coming? (Score:3, Informative)
In order to do some renovation, I had to clear everything out of a room, so my gaming computer is sitting in a basement room (right next to kitty litter and the washing machine) where it can be rather cold (minnesota here). The first time I went for a gaming session, I had a desklamp on the table and turned it on. As I felt its warmth an idea popped into my head and now whenever I am using that computer for s
Re:Summer is coming? (Score:2)
Re:Summer is coming? (Score:2)
not a good idea (Score:5, Insightful)
Why correct spelling is important (Score:2)
Re:not a good idea (Score:2, Funny)
Re:not a good idea (Score:2)
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Gotta take care of the mouse hand. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand. (Score:2)
He must be ambidextrous.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand. (Score:2, Funny)
Like gettin' some strange? =)
(tig)
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand. (Score:2)
At least, it is sex with someone you love.
Re:Gotta take care of the mouse hand. (Score:4, Funny)
I'm Jewish, you insensitive clod!
is this really necessary? (Score:3, Funny)
Down we go! (Score:1)
Wow (Score:1)
Re:Wow (Score:2)
By having a forced air cooling system with ventilation, the palms can stay dryer.
Lingo! (Score:1, Interesting)
Oh... server's down?
Obligatory /.ing joke (Score:1)
Re:Obligatory /.ing joke (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, but does it run Linux?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
I for one welcome our new climate-controlling-mousepad overlords.
In Soviet Russia, Mousepad cools YOU!
1: Slap fan on mousepad
2: ???
3: Profit!
Sadly, I can't figure out any way to work in either hot grits, or Natalie Portman.
Well that depends (Score:2)
Hehe... (Score:5, Funny)
What? You were thinking something else than Saxophone? You dirty minded
Re:Hehe... (Score:5, Funny)
..but then again i'm a
Re:Hehe... (Score:2)
So, you'll need a mouse that not only cools your palm but also shaves it.
Spell checker (Score:4, Funny)
An even better option... (Score:3, Interesting)
Ratpoison [sourceforge.net].
Or you could just buy a cat.
Slashmirrior.. (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Slashmirrior.. (Score:2)
When will slashdot start providing an automatic mirror for personal pages that it links to. The poor guys servers probably don't know what's hit them!!
never [slashdot.org], didn't you know? slashdot is perfect the way it is.
Re:Slashmirrior.. (Score:2)
Try... (Score:5, Informative)
Sweaty and frustrated? (Score:1)
Wannabe (Score:5, Funny)
Many of us will have to use our computers even when its summer.
Excuse me, but just what kind of a geek are you ??
what are you talking about? (Score:1)
What Mouse? (Score:5, Funny)
I like the idea of a cool stream of air blowing up my pants...Oops, did I say that out loud.
Re:What Pants? (Score:4, Funny)
This looks like one idea... (Score:3, Informative)
Getting sweaty and frustraited... (Score:2, Funny)
Warming (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Warming (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Warming (Score:2)
Re:Warming (Score:4, Funny)
It would also keep my legs warm if I actually kept it on my lap, and it puts out enough heated air from the side vent to use as a hand-dryer/blow-dryer. Thanks Intel!
Re:Warming (Score:3, Funny)
You're not recycling that energy nearly enough unless you've got an Athlon XP2800 laptop. Buy now and Dell will include a voucher for a free ambulance ride to the hospital for your 2nd degree thigh burns
Re:Warming (Score:2, Informative)
The truly l337... (Score:2, Funny)
Well, it survived... (Score:4, Funny)
Wimpy computers (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wimpy computers (Score:5, Funny)
Electricity company beats AC (by huge bills).
Computers beat electricity company (by cracking the customer database).
It's a whole new game for the summer folks!
Drysol is the answer (Score:5, Interesting)
(Yes, this means there is a cure for ball-sweat)
My brother uses it and now has dry hands year round. Just reapply once a week before bedtime. The stuff can really burn the first couple times you use it.
In Canada its available without a prescription at any drug store. Just ask for it at the Pharmacist's counter.
Other alternatives include iontophoresis (don't buy the unit, just build one yourself with some aligator clips, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series).
Surgery is also an option for overactive sweat glands, but I'd say the risks outweigh the benefits in that instance.
Re:Drysol is the answer (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sorry, did you just recommend I put an alligator clip, a resistor and a bunch of 9V batteries in series with my balls to cure ball sweat? You sir are a disturbed man.
Re:Drysol is the answer (Score:2)
Your mileage may vary.
Re:Drysol is the answer (Score:2)
Uhh, isn't that really bad, health-wise?
Firstly, the obvious: If you're sweating, at least one part of you is probably over-heating, and needs to cool down somehow.
Secondly, perhaps not so obvious:
If your sweat glands are operating, but have nowhere to dissipate, there's going to be an accumulation of all sorts of chemicals (salts) in the clogged area, which can produce nasty health problems later on.
Kind of like the reason anti
Re:Drysol is the answer (Score:2)
As far as he knows, in his research of the products, nothing has been mentioned of overaccumulation. I'd beli
Re:Drysol is the answer (Score:3, Informative)
And Bill Gates is going to send me $25 if I forward this email, too. Uh huh.
Read what the American Cancer Society [cancer.org] has to say on that subject.
Stop smirking... (Score:2)
Don't assume the OP was talking about stuff in your inbox.
Here: two studies so far... [newscientist.com].
One of the chemicals mentioned in one of the earlier studies (parabens) was removed from many consumer products only in the past few years.
Here's a more critical look at both studies.
link [breastcancercare.org]
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Re:Stop smirking... (Score:2)
I was shaving this morning, and took a close look at the ingredients of my shaving gel -- "Nivea for men" "Sensitive" shaving gel -- "Chamomile & Vitamin enriched". However "Methylparaben" and "Propylparaben" are listed as ingredients.
I thought back to the studies: parabens found in tumour tissue... shaving nicks getting the chemicals past the skin barrier. Granted, men don't "wear" shaving gel through the day like women do with deodorants. But this gel is going in
Re:Drysol is the answer (Score:2)
IANAMD, but I believe that many anti-perspirants contain an aluminum compound; aluminum has been linked to Alzheimer's and breast cancer. That may a bit of a stretch though. I'm not sure what people who wear tin-foil hats made of aluminum should do.
I bought one... (Score:5, Funny)
Better idea (Score:5, Interesting)
Oblig... (Score:5, Funny)
Must... Resist... Lame... Masturbation Joke.
-Colin [colingregorypalmer.net]
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Re:Oblig... (Score:2)
I know. That's the joke.
-Colin [colingregorypalmer.net]
I will make me one of these... (Score:5, Informative)
dupe (Score:5, Insightful)
use the search luke
Serious problem for some users (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Serious problem for some users (Score:3, Funny)
Sure that was "sweat", sunshine?
Re:Serious problem for some users (Score:2)
subliminal hit (Score:2, Funny)
>cool your mousing hand down..
riiiiight...thats something that one dude shouldn't say to another dude
mice are bad news (Score:3, Insightful)
Myself, I use a Kinesis Classic (it's $200, but worth every penny) and stick to the shell whenever possible. If your windowing environment supports keyboard shortcuts (as any good one should) then you don't even need a mouse. There are exceptions, but even then there's usually a better, less injury-prone device to use (frex, graphic artists are better off using a tablet).
As the title says... (Score:5, Funny)
zerg (Score:2)
However, the lede made me think of summer and electricity. When the weather gets warmer, I'm planning to turn my comp off at sunrise and not turn it back on until it gets dark out. When this year's repeated blackouts happen, I don't want to feel guilty about it, you know?
forget mice. use a trackball. (Score:3, Funny)
using a trackball requires movement of yr thumb.
it's much more efficient, and now i have MUSCLES, something i never could've gotten, using a mouse. of course, only my thumb is awesomely rippled, but hey, it's a start.
Re:forget mice. use a trackball. (Score:2, Informative)
The second myth is that wrist rests are good for you, which they are not, under any circumstances. By resting your wrist on a pad, you are forcefully reducing bloodflow, and asking for trouble. Your wrists shouldn't lay on ANYTHING.
Re:forget mice. use a trackball. (Score:2)
It does? My right arm rests on the armrest of my chair. The base of my palm rests on the edge of my desk (or could rest on a gel pad for those so inclined), so only my fingers and thumb tend to be moving as I mouse about. Wrist movement is very minimal. I hate trackballs because then I am using mostly the thumb instead of spreading out the work. 5 digits working in harmony offer much better control than 1. Any of your fingers including the thum
Anybody Who Visits /. (Score:3, Funny)
Dupe (Score:5, Interesting)
Not to mention his user info shows about 5 comments posted from him, most concerning mouse pads. Talk about a self-promoter
Re:Dupe (Score:2)
This pisses people off - but they know the auto section is a big money spinner for the paper and mainly just treat it as a big ad suppliment.
Slashdot has NO journalistic integrity. None. No editorial
Re:Dupe (Score:2)
Car reviews happen because the car was sent for review - not because the reviewer has 'something to say' or because the car is particularly newsworthy.
Self submits are similar. No disrespect to your fine submission - better than yet another 20 daily SCO stories anyway!
No worries (Score:2)
http://static2.stileproject.com/rnd/img/grap14.
Amazing (Score:2, Insightful)
Will my mousing hand survive? (Score:3, Funny)
Now I'm just more careful about what I play :)
Who... (Score:5, Funny)
Do It Yourself? (Score:2)
Oh yeah, that's about as do-it-yourself as a ricer putting an 'R' sticker on his Honda Civic to make it go faster (yes, I look down on ricers and case modders and overclockers. losers).
Easier solution, requiring no soldering (Score:2)
Re:slashdotted already (Score:4, Informative)
Re:dupe (Score:2)