From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261898AbTLHWDf (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:03:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261909AbTLHWDf (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:03:35 -0500 Received: from dial249.pm3abing3.abingdonpm.naxs.com ([216.98.75.249]:59284 "EHLO animx.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261898AbTLHWDc (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:03:32 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:12:14 -0500 From: Wakko Warner To: Scott Robert Ladd Cc: Florin Iucha , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: [OT] Re: Of Mice and Linux Message-ID: <20031208171214.A18606@animx.eu.org> References: <3FD4BD1B.1060708@coyotegulch.com> <20031208195203.GB28031@iucha.net> <3FD4E58E.10605@coyotegulch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <3FD4E58E.10605@coyotegulch.com>; from Scott Robert Ladd on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:56:46PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Is it possible for Linux to kill a Microsoft (or any) mouse via the USB > port? I hadn't seriously considered that problem... I don't have the > proper test equipment to check the voltages on the USBs to see if > something is amiss. > > And here I was going to write it off as "mouse suicide", the result of a > Microsoft mouse becoming depressed because it was attached to a Linux > system. > > (Note: For real humor, I should post a story to Slashdot about how Linux > kills Microsoft mice, with misleading anecdotes and undiscovered > evidence. But, despite my somewhat off-kilter mood today, I will > restrain myself.) I got rid of the mouse long ago, I use guinea pig now! -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals