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  1. 02-03-2004, 09:00 AM #1
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    think i've killed my trackball

    i got one of these:



    The blue ball just sits on top, not fixed or anything.

    It was sticking a bit, no problem with the rollers underneath so thought i'd give it a clean, grab the glass cleaner, give it a good wipe....

    oh dear


    now it moves in its little socket with all the smoothness of a brick being dragged through sand.

    help
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  2. 02-03-2004, 09:10 AM #2
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    :sympathy post:
    "They're very much like scruffy pigs to look at, and they've got big, knobbly warts and lumps all over their long, hairy faces. They are very, very ugly indeed..."
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  3. 02-03-2004, 09:24 AM #3
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    Amonia + plastic = bad.

    That's why you don't use glass cleaner on plexiglass or your LCD.

    Sucks.
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  4. 02-03-2004, 09:27 AM #4
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    its served me well but now its days as a mouseball roller type thing are over..

    ready to start its new career as a novelty blue magnifying glass:

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  5. 02-03-2004, 09:28 AM #5
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    try warm water and washing up liquid (dish detergent)
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  6. 02-03-2004, 09:44 AM #6
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    If you invest in some smoke and mirrors, you could use your 'crystal' ball to start a whole new career as a fortune teller down in Covent Garden.
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  7. 02-03-2004, 11:07 AM #7
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    Originally posted by hurricaneone
    If you invest in some smoke and mirrors, you could use your 'crystal' ball to start a whole new career as a fortune teller down in Covent Garden.

    LMAO


    SB bad news that you killed ya trackball though...
    and in a blink of an eye...
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  8. 02-03-2004, 11:23 AM #8
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    Personally, not a fan of the trackball. Feel there's less precise control.

    Anyone else?
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  9. 02-03-2004, 11:37 AM #9
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    I love my trackball, but i also have a graphics table too which has a cordless mouse, so i got three devices, trackball, mouse and pen all on same pute... I know I'm spoilt for choice... lmao

    (trackball is used more then other two..)
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  10. 02-03-2004, 12:21 PM #10
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    Originally posted by PAlexC
    Personally, not a fan of the trackball. Feel there's less precise control.

    Anyone else?
    Nope... used to have one... foul devices... mainly used by nerds and criminal masterminds.
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  11. 02-03-2004, 12:36 PM #11
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    Give the company a ring. They probably won't replace it but it can't hurt to call. You never know.
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  12. 02-03-2004, 01:11 PM #12
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    Originally posted by 1stbite
    I love my trackball, but i also have a graphics table too which has a cordless mouse, so i got three devices, trackball, mouse and pen all on same pute... I know I'm spoilt for choice... lmao

    (trackball is used more then other two..)
    Hello mate

    whats that graphics thing you got mate?

    I'm interested in getting some new input devices, i fancy a Wacom but they're too much, seen cheaper devices but dont know how good they are.

    so come on list your stuff and oi can drive you mad with questions about it
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  13. 02-03-2004, 01:49 PM #13
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    Originally posted by Markp.com
    ... mainly used by nerds and criminal masterminds.
    Yeah, I love mine. I used to have one where the left mouse button was on the side for the thumb, and the middle and right buttons where on top.

    No one could use that thing. They could never find the left button.

    I thought of it as a bit of added security

    I now have one of these


    works great as long as I keep it clean
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  14. 02-03-2004, 03:58 PM #14
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    DOH! The old acrylic + amonia miracle. I found that one whilst cleaning me biznong once. The thing just crumbled to pieces literally.
    Reminds me of a funny story. I was working at a pre-press house once and we needed a new op. for our drum scanner. One of the sales idiots insisted we hire some kid he knew.
    His first day he went to clean the drum (which is a cylinder about as big as a 2 liter bottle made out of .5 inch thick acrylic. He was holding it over a garbage can and squirting alchohol on it. Needless to say the garbage can is right where it ended up. And he didn't make it past lunch.
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    Originally posted by jAQUAN
    DOH! The old acrylic + amonia miracle. I found that one whilst cleaning me biznong once. The thing just crumbled to pieces literally.
    Drugs are bad.
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  16. 02-03-2004, 04:09 PM #16
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    Originally posted by phenomenalCat
    Drugs are bad.
    since when?....note to self, get with the times.
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  17. 02-03-2004, 04:10 PM #17
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    dont start a tangent, you'll just get this thread deleted.
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    Originally posted by MikeInkJunior
    since when?....note to self, get with the times.
    I dunno, that's just what I heard.
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  19. 02-03-2004, 04:20 PM #19
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    how did the ball in the mouse evolve? really..I know that microsoft had scroll button in the middle of both mouse click buttons..its different getting adjusted to the ball...just like its different for double click mouse users to adjust to the single mouse click ie..macintosh.
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  20. 02-03-2004, 05:08 PM #20
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    ..just like its different for double click mouse users to adjust to the single mouse click ie..macintosh.
    Unless like most mac users you use a 2 button anyway.
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