How does the small arrow on a computer monitor work when we move the mouse?

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  1. TheAnnoyingOne

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NoMoShocks @ May 9 2007, 11:40 PM) [snapback]438904[/snapback]</div>
    Oompa-Loompas ? - no, since the subject is not chocolate :p
     
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    Actually you'll have to go back to Stanford in the early 60's to get the real answer. Nearby, PARC had a lot to do with it as well.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(robincx @ May 10 2007, 06:25 AM) [snapback]438955[/snapback]</div>
    I imagine Xerox executives to this day wake up in the middle of the night weeping and asking "Why?!?"
     
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    It's fun to slowly move your mouse from left to right and back again from off-screen to on screen.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stev0 @ May 10 2007, 09:30 AM) [snapback]439163[/snapback]</div>
    They had the world by the tail and then let go! BaHAHAHAHAHAH! :lol:

    Also the home of the GUI if I remember correctly. Apple robbed them blind. :p

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    i sent this to a few coworkers saying that it's a screen magnifier that allows you to see exactly what makes up the mouse.

    When you click, they squat down.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ May 10 2007, 08:50 PM) [snapback]439615[/snapback]</div>
    Ah, yes. They invented the personal computer, the GUI and mouse, the laser printer, and several other important aspects of computing we use to this day, and didn't do a damn thing with any of them because The Suits upstairs said, "This isn't a copy machine - it won't make us any money!"
     
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