Stop Microsoft
All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Hardware => Topic started by: MrX on 4 March 2005, 02:45
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welome to Mr X's part II of how he killed his mouse.
warning: try this at home.
this time, it is with the intellimouse explorer that i said i was going to kill.
ive had it, it just sucked so much. it was impossible to use, the mouse just jittered all over and coulnt even work. so i ripped it out of the computer, and swung it round real fast, and aimed it to the garage. btw this garage has 1/2 inch thick spruce/maple on it for practising my lacrosse against. it crashed into many pieces. i then stepped on the remains repetedly.
i put the pieces back into a zip-lock bag. i want to turn my destructive energy into constructive art.
then i needed a new mouse. so i went to one computer store, and bought a $15 POS china optical mouse thing. the mouse wouldnt go side to side, only up and down. i put it back in the box, and took it back. $3 restocking fee.
so i went to computer store #2 . got a $5 600dpi no name ball mouse, that works just smoothly and perfectly.
today, i also did the cd in the microwave thing. i nuked 5 cd-rs that didnt burn right.
get a paper towel, and put the cd face down
turn the microwave on for 3 secs. it sounds like bubble wrap popping and an electric buzz from a transformer all at once.
the sparks do a little dance and jump around.
next i put 2 in at once. for ten secs. double the fun!
then i put two stacked upon each other, for 20 seconds.
it was really cool. they warped a little bit.
they look real 'bling' especially the ones that were in for 20 seconds. it doesnt damage your microwave. just leave the door open for a while and windex it out when you are done.
the next thing i will do, is stick the microwaved cds in an old cd drive, and hopefully they will explode.
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Okay, you are not a writer.
So why not take photos in future? (BeOS does support digital camera's right?, or are you living in the 20th century over there?)
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my cash focus is to buy a highspeed pc techbench. the big one. a camera is nice, but i wouldnt benifit too much from it.
Mr X
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2 000 th POST on Microsuck Microsoft Hardware Forums ! yipeee.
ps- i should be gettin some pictures soon.
Mr X
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That pink font herts my eyes!
Oh no MrX, please don't bother with the gay pictures the gay pretty pink font is already bad enough. :thumbdwn:
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How much anger does it take to hit MrX with a shovel? (yes, I've been playing too much POSTAL 2)
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How much anger does it take to hit MrX with a shovel? (yes, I've been playing too much POSTAL 2)
Did you finish it yet? I completed it a couple months ago and thought the ending was pretty lame.
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Did you finish it yet? I completed it a couple months ago and thought the ending was pretty lame.
I just completed Tuesday. I enjoy fucking around with those anti-book nuts (http://www.gopostal.com/postal2/screenshots/cops6.jpg) too much, than completing a mission.
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That pink font herts my eyes!
Oh no MrX, please don't bother with the gay pictures the gay pretty pink font is already bad enough. :thumbdwn:
Dude, don't be a dick.
Still, the dayglo pink is making my eyes bleed.
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Dude, don't be a dick.
Still, the dayglo pink is making my eyes bleed.
MrX is always doing stupid shit like this.
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okay, i got some pictures. i resized them from 3000x something to 600x something so the complainers wouldnt complain about pictures being to big. here they are:
(http://beq2.beworld.info/pics/msmouse1.jpg)
(http://beq2.beworld.info/pics/msmouse2.jpg)
(http://beq2.beworld.info/pics/msmouse3.jpg)
(http://beq2.beworld.info/pics/msmouse4.jpg)
the last image upbove, i had to re-wire the connection because it had a short in the cable sporadically cutting power and then back on to the mouse. this was a problem with the intellimouse explorers and microsoft had to recall them.
well, i hope you like them and that i dont get to much heat for doing this.
Mr X :beos:
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fixed
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noooooooo, this is so wrong. I'm sure the mouse would've been fine on a better surface. :(
Why must you destroy? Why not just donate unused things to people who need them?
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Didn't you ever learn the art of taping mice?
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MrX is always doing stupid shit like this.
There's a "report post" button now. Use it... I check it three or four times a day.
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when you get really mad and frustrated- the best thing to do is smash things. it's good for the body, and soul.
muzzy:
noooooooo, this is so wrong. I'm sure the mouse would've been fine on a better surface.
Why must you destroy? Why not just donate unused things to people who need them?
it was well used, unfortunately. no, it's just a piece. the cmos camera was real lame, you could hardly move the mouse even moderately medium speed without it darting all over the place. more often than not, the mouse cursor would get jammed and do a little dance on the screen, all by its self. and people dont need crap or garbage, if they want it bad enough they can go rummage in the dumpster for all i care. there are many mice out there, and what people dont need, are microsoft mice ruining their lives.(untill they smash them ofcourse)
and complainers: don't complain unless you have something to back it up. im getting real tired of people having negative attitudes towards me. i try to be as positive and upbeat as i can, and if it seems annoying or stupid, or idiotic thats fine with me, but that's between myself and I not you and I.
Mr X
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As someone who loves drawing with a mouse, I feel sorrow towards such abuse of a potentially fine mouse. Microsoft mice tend to be great based on my experiences on them, although my current favourite is Logitech MX-500 (which is a true king of all the optical mice I've tried so far)
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Nice pictures MrX :thumbup:
Now put the circuit boared in the microwave and turn it on at full power for a miniute, and don't sue me if it goes wrong! :D
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As someone who loves drawing with a mouse, I feel sorrow towards such abuse of a potentially fine mouse. Microsoft mice tend to be great based on my experiences on them, although my current favourite is Logitech MX-500 (which is a true king of all the optical mice I've tried so far)
Mice seem to be the only thing I've found that Microsoft can make without screwing up somewhere, whether intentionally or otherwise.
While I don't get nearly as sentimental as you do over a $20 piece of hardware, it does somewhat disturb me that someone would take his stress out on the mouse that's currently hooked up to his computer. Now if only I didn't have to plead guilty to the same thing, I could talk more....
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Destroying a Microsoft mouse requires no anger at all from me.
I simply do it.
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Microsoft indeed makes great hardware. The keyboards are quite ok, too. I believe the only way microsoft could make their hardware truly suck, would be by going into vacuum cleaner market. Imagine all the slogans they could use...
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I would never purchase Microsoft hardware purely on principle. A corporation who has made it plain they desire to dominate and control the free-flow of information through monopolization of technology and a monoculture mentality doesn't deserve my donations, even if it is $1.
And this is the same reason no one should buy an X-Box, even if it is a cool piece of hardware. My beef with Microsoft has nothing to do with quality; they could make the absolute finest OS in the world (even though the opposite is true), it's purely about avoiding a digital hegemony. If for some reason I can't afford a Mac, I'll be using Linux again. And if Linux ceases to exist, I'll use an abacus.
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If Linux dies it would be only because something else better has replaced it.
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I would never purchase Microsoft hardware purely on principle. A corporation who has made it plain they desire to dominate and control the free-flow of information through monopolization of technology and a monoculture mentality doesn't deserve my donations, even if it is $1.
And this is the same reason no one should buy an X-Box, even if it is a cool piece of hardware. My beef with Microsoft has nothing to do with quality; they could make the absolute finest OS in the world (even though the opposite is true), it's purely about avoiding a digital hegemony. If for some reason I can't afford a Mac, I'll be using Linux again. And if Linux ceases to exist, I'll use an abacus.
An X-box doesn't become worthy of its continued existence until you put Linux on it.
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"How much anger does it take to destroy a microsoft mouse?"
I wager it wouldn't be a great deal of anger. A few years ago I was having a lot of problems with my wireless mouse (I got myself a wireless KB/mouse combo).....well the problems started after I changed the batteries. I'd move the thing a few centimetres and then I'd get no response from the mouse. Shaking and tapping (read as pounding) would sometimes get it going again......but usually you'd have to open it up and fiddle around with the batteries. Using different batteries had no effect. It started doing this during a particularly hectic game of Emperor: Battle for Dune. The inability to command my Harkonnen minions infuriated me so much that I stood poised to throw that f*&(ing mouse through a second storey window.
Thankfully I calmed down and plugged in my dodgy Genius optical mouse.....which I recently replaced with a Logitech MX 510. What sucks is the KB/Mouse combo is Logitech too.........and they normally make pretty kickass gear. I guess I should've tried to go for a manufacturer replacement.....but I'm not sure if I liked that wireless thing anyway. The batteries made it just a little too heavy for my liking - and it was probably too sensitive as well. Plus I hate the hassle of warranty replacements.
So, to reiterate - if that mouse had been a microsoft, there probably would've been a hole in my window........or at least one big f(*&er of a crack.
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So, to reiterate - if that mouse had been a microsoft, there probably would've been a hole in my window........or at least one big f(*&er of a crack.
You know you can solve that pesky issue by opening the window and removing the screen first, right? :D
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Yes, but the sound of smashing glass does have incredible therapeutic value. Hell, I could use some such therapy - today is two months to the day since our family applied for broadband internet - and we're still using dialup. Our DSL account has been active for a week.......but we purchased the DSL router from the ISP and we're waiting for it to be delivered.
Yes....I must defenestrate the deliveryman when he arrives...........once I've taken the package, of course.
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Don't make me tell you about my experience with SeNet, they were actually at one stage worse than Microsoft.
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MS make a mouse? Now I've seen everything! ;)
I didn't samsh a MS mouse...cos ive never had one. they must b relly crap.
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How me (and some friends) attempted to destroy a microsoft mouse tonight:
Friend sits in front passenger seat. Friend leaves mouse dangling on the ground. Friend slams door shut, jamming mouse cable. Other friend drives around town with mouse scraping (and occasionally bouncing) against the asphalt. Much laughter is had on account of the scraping noise..........and the very odd looks we get from pedestrians and fellow drivers. After about 40km (25 miles) of driving, inspection reveals an extremely scraped up mouse. Surface of the mouse is surprisingly smooth in some sections. Mouse is partially jarred open on account of the scroll wheel being dislocated. Frustration at the lack of fragmentation of the mouse results in friend lobbing it out of the car window into the middle of a main road. With any luck, the mouse will be annihilated by an enterprising motorist.
Too bad none of us had a digital camera to photograph the damage.
[Edit] Tomorrow night me & some friends are thinking of doing something similar with a 15 year old VCR I have stashed in the closet. Tie the power cable onto the tow-ball and VROOOOOM. The last time we did this the sparks flying from the VCR were AWESOME.
[Edit 2] Brief search reveals old VCR is gone. Mostly likely disposed of in a boring, non-destructive manner by parents. BUGGER. I found an old alarm clock, though. That should provide some entertainment.
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Microsoft mice are great, yes. Thing is, though, is that Microsoft doesn't make them. Somebody else does, and MS buys them. Too bad that company doesn't sell mice themselves. ;) My dad has an older optical MS WheelMouse; terrific. My own mouse is a generic AOpen ball mouse with a scrollwheel; it serves me well, but I can't help but wonder, for how long.
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TB:
i like that dragging mouse idea. have you seen napoleon dynamite? well napoleon takes an action figure, ties some string on it, chucks it out of the bus windows and drags it along. i just may have to try that- except with a microsoft mouse.
ps- i wish someone could get the xbox being dragged from the hitch ball of a car caught on camera!
Mr X
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Just today I had to replace the burners on our gas BBQ. The burners are made of cast iron - two of our old ones had huge chunks of rust flaking off of them. I was able to "harvest" somewhere in the region of 200-400 grams. Now I just need some aluminium filings.......and I'll be able to rain hot thermite death onto any piece of hardware that I wish.
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Barbeque a Microsoft Windows disk...
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Barbeque a Microsoft Windows disk...
why? that's only hurting the buyer becuase now you can't use it. You're not hurting MS becuase you already bought it. Might as well sell it and attempt to make some money.
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why? that's only hurting the buyer becuase now you can't use it. You're not hurting MS becuase you already bought it. Might as well sell it and attempt to make some money.
Doesn't that violate your EULA or something?
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yes it does, because it is property of microsoft.
Mr X
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Doesn't that violate your EULA or something?
not even sure, I didn't say anything about the cdkey... you may have to check your countries copyright laws.
thanks for paying attention to the main point of my post. :rolleyes:
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Doesn't that violate your EULA or something?
Who cares?
I don't see how the EULA makes much difference you don't sign it anyway, and if you're under 18 you can't be bound by a contract in the UK anyway.
I don't care.
The only thing you ever risk being prosecuted for is copying of using Windows on more computers than you're allowed to do, and eve then the risk of prosecution is really low unless you sell copied CDs at a car boot sale every weekend.
And the origional topic is a bit old anyway if I want to talk about destruction I'd rather talk about explosives and high voltages or something more interesting.
WoW I cAn DESTory A MicroCock MoUse bY BaShinG it UP!
Come on pack it with expolsives, connect it to the mains, do something fun for fuck sake. :)
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Who cares?
I don't see how the EULA makes much difference you don't sign it anyway, and if you're under 18 you can't be bound by a contract in the UK anyway.
I don't care.
The only thing you ever risk being prosecuted for is copying of using Windows on more computers than you're allowed to do, and eve then the risk of prosecution is really low unless you sell copied CDs at a car boot sale every weekend.
And the origional topic is a bit old anyway if I want to talk about destruction I'd rather talk about explosives and high voltages or something more interesting.
WoW I cAn DESTory A MicroCock MoUse bY BaShinG it UP!
Come on pack it with expolsives, connect it to the mains, do something fun for fuck sake. :)
when i was youger i connected the ps2 connector on an ms mouse to a 240v mains socket, the circuit breakers downstairs blew and lots of bits inside the mouse were smouldering :thumbup:
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when i was youger i connected the ps2 connector on an ms mouse to a 240v mains socket, the circuit breakers downstairs blew and lots of bits inside the mouse were smouldering :thumbup:
Damaging your home to spite Microsoft is either extremely ballsy or extremely fucktarded... I'm not sure which.
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An X-box doesn't become worthy of its continued existence until you put Linux on it.
Have any of you tried that? I'm really curious about it. What becomes of the thing... Does it actually become useful? (the latter, of course, is only a possibility if the Xbox itself is not made by MS, just like the mice)
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my cousin from australia he says he got some geeks to install it on his xbox, and he sais although i doesnt really know anything about linux he can save dvd's to his hdd, save xbox games, download and play xbox games, rip music etc.
Mr X
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I use my xbox to play games, I already have a PC, why do I need to use my xbox as one? I bought it to play games.
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my cousin from australia he says he got some geeks to install it on his xbox, and he sais although i doesnt really know anything about linux he can save dvd's to his hdd, save xbox games, download and play xbox games, rip music etc.
Mr X
I Would upgrade my xbox to linux but M$ coded the live servers to check for any kinds of mods like mod chips and linux, if it detects either my MAC address and gamertag get banned from xbox live, so id need a new xbox
M$ :fu:
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I Would upgrade my xbox to linux but M$ coded the live servers to check for any kinds of mods like mod chips and linux, if it detects either my MAC address and gamertag get banned from xbox live, so id need a new xbox
M$ (http://../ubb/ubb/graemlins/fu.gif)
Is it really that bad? The fucking bastards! I was atually thinking fo buying an X-box just to install Linux on it!
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Dont bother just use a machine, xbox live is pretty good even though it has constant network problems
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Is it really that bad? The fucking bastards! I was atually thinking fo buying an X-box just to install Linux on it!
That's a good idea, I like the idea of having a simple PC that connects to my TV.
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You can install Linux on it still, but not use it for Xbox Live. That's all.
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Originally Posted by Jenda
Is it really that bad? The fucking bastards! I was atually thinking fo buying an X-box just to install Linux on it!
That's a good idea, I like the idea of having a simple PC that connects to my TV.
That's the idea. Although I don't know just how simple it is. Does anyone know the approx specs for an XBox? And do you think you could connect it to the internet, or a PC somehow?
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Does anyone know the approx specs for an XBox?
733Mhz Intel Celeron CPU (Coppermine)
64MB RAM
8GB hard drive (usually)
custom nVidia graphics card
Weird USB ports that can be adapted to standard ones for keyboard/mouse
100Base-TX ethernet
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Thanks, WMD. But a slight dissappointment. I thought it was a little more powerful than that. But I suppose you don't need that for shoot'em ups...
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Mainly because the software is able to write within the means of the hardware with a closed system. And because a console runs at a far lower resolution than a typical PC game.
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TB:
ps- i wish someone could get the xbox being dragged from the hitch ball of a car caught on camera!
Mr X
shit, ya can have my hexbox, the dvd-rom drive has gone out in a typical microsoft fashion. I have modded it and soldered in a hardwired digital audio port on the back. What a waste of a good rca jack and a 2 inch piece of solder.