come on, party people, everybody knows Xerox copy things. (i can already hear groans from Diggory's direction! )

Right - so: 1968: Invented at Stanford 1973: first appears in a "Manufactured" machine from Xerox (that no-one bought) 1984: Made popular by the Mac.

ya fren may not be rite on da invention part of mouse... but I'm pretty sure Xerox did have da patent for mouse and GUI... U can check dis out and tell me... http://www.cedmagic.…

O... thanks for the links... i got those already. My friend claimed that Xerox invented mouse, which i do not believe. However he claimed that Xerox invented it and he would bet h…

Quote: Originally posted by Gankdawg: Great pictures, nice job. You might think about someone proofreading of your text though. Just a suggestion. Not trying to b…

Google really is your friend "Computer Mouse video" gave me this: http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html http://vodreal.stanford.edu/engel/03engel200.ram I wonder ho…

Google is your friend: http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa081898.htm He was at Stanford. I seem to remember there is even grainy film of a demo of the early mouse on th…

Yes, that thing that you're now holding in your right hand (sorry lefty =P) If not, who did?

Quote: Originally posted by wataru: which is possibly the most inane, stupid thread in all the forums, courtesy of Mr. Smith. There's so many of his to choose from…

Quote: Originally posted by gatekeeper: There were far worse things done to Iraqi inmates than making them form pyramids naked.... Yeah, done by the Iraqi's thems…

Quote: Originally posted by fireside: i don't just walk into a barn and start killing all the cows just because i felt like it. Of course not, that's the butcher's…

I like this one, which is possibly the most inane, stupid thread in all the forums, courtesy of Mr. Smith.

I like this one, since it will potentially contain references to all the other best threads on NN. A collection of greatness, if you will.

Quote: I wasn't so hot on the uni (sea urchin roe) sushi. It was like a chunk of tan stuff that turned to creamy goo the second you bit down on it. :-/ Qu…

why?

what is your favourite macnn thread? why? some people like the member picture thread, because they like to talk about their pictures, and other people like the music association …

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I saw this and thought it was pretty damn cool. I may do this some day. Family Timeline

"chicken" (so it was called) at one of those American Chinese all u can eat buffets.

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: Indeed. Squid sushi is delicious. I wasn't so hot on the uni (sea urchin roe) sushi. It was like a chunk of tan stuff that turned to …

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: In France, they take little frogs and rip their legs off without killing it first. Just like sashimi, prawns, crab, lobster, …

Roasted locusts after a swarm in Madagascar.

Do you want fries with that? :-P Have fun... Tony.