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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>drunk mouse syndrome</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="drum.html" title="drum"/><link rel="next" href="DSW.html" title="DSW"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">drunk mouse syndrome</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="drum.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="DSW.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="drunk-mouse-syndrome"/><dt xmlns="" id="drunk-mouse-syndrome"><b>drunk mouse syndrome</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (also <span class="firstterm">mouse on drugs</span>) A malady
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exhibited by the mouse pointing device of some computers. The typical
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symptom is for the mouse cursor on the screen to move in random directions
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and not in sync with the motion of the actual mouse. Can usually be
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corrected by unplugging the mouse and plugging it back again. Another
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recommended fix for optical mice is to rotate your mouse pad 90
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degrees.</p><p>At Xerox PARC in the 1970s, most people kept a can of copier cleaner
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(isopropyl alcohol) at their desks. When the steel ball on the mouse had
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picked up enough <a href="../C/cruft.html"><i class="glossterm">cruft</i></a> to be unreliable, the mouse
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was doused in cleaner, which restored it for a while. However, this
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operation left a fine residue that accelerated the accumulation of cruft,
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so the dousings became more and more frequent. Finally, the mouse was
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declared ‘alcoholic’ and sent to the clinic to be dried out in
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a CFC ultrasonic bath.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="drum.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="DSW.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">drum<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>DSW</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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