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From: kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: one blind mouse
Summary: Needed attention
Message-ID: <253@lloyd.camex.uucp>
Date: 9 Nov 88 14:45:49 GMT
References: <870259@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <870262@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Reply-To: kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg)
Organization: Camex, Inc., Boston, Mass USA
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In article <870262@hpcilzb.HP.COM> cnc@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Chris Christensen) writes:
>>Sorry to have no solution, but I hope you do have a happy ending...
>
...
>... for a full refund and I am up and running again (for how long who
>knows).
>
>Chris

It makes perfect sense.  My mouse started working when I futzed around
enough, and yours too.  The ticking thread of news has the
explaination: Our Macs were craving attention.  In my case opening it
up and admiring its construction (and showing it off) appeased it.  In
your case the threat of breaking up your computer-mouse team shook
them up enough that they decided to behave.

The problem boils down to our Macintoshs some what resenting the idea
of being only `appliances'.  They occasionally crave the doting that
other computers demand.  Let's hope they never discover their own
`Abort, Retry, Ignore?'.

Everybody please dote on your Macs a little bit more, don't forget the
little guy.

Kent Borg
kent@lloyd.uucp
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