Flashy flashy

[Paddy]

I wonder how far the LED on the Optical Explorer mouse will travel.

If I put my finger over the sensor I can hit the wall opposite me.

This is cooool. I cant wait 'till its dark!

*sorry*

[Paddy]

er.. that should read 'light from the LED' obviously.

[Alec]

I always play in the dark...

[ayoub_ibrahim]

Alec "I always play in the dark..."
would that be with your mouse or trackball??? lol

[cjolley]

I played quake1 for a couple of days with my optical mouse.
Unplugged it and threw it realy hard.
It, and it's LED traveled pretty far.
chuck

[ahartman]

Suuuure, Chuck.

Blame the equipment...

[SteveC]

ayoub_abrahim - no, it's with his Joystick!!

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[cjolley]

Hey Steve, you leave my "joystick" out of this!
chuck

PS come play qw sometime @164.58.68.9 (i'm cannonfodder dressed as dilbert )


[This message has been edited by cjolley (edited 24 October 2000).]

[Greebe]

Uhmm, light, regardless of it's source, will travel forever unless impeded by another object. Sorry, couldn't help it

[Brian R.]

That's just a technicality

[cjolley]

Greebe,
But, are you sure?
chuck

[Rags]

Greebe, dust in the air, and air itself impede and refract light, and because of diffusion and the particles in the air, light will not go infinitely in one vector (I think I worded this correctly, if not I am sure Himknowledge or Brain will show up to make sure I get it right)

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[Himself]

I thought diffusion was just an artifact of the radial spread of the light from a source and that refraction is what happens when light passes through a medium.



[This message has been edited by Himself (edited 25 October 2000).]

[Paddy]

oh dear, what have i done

[cjolley]

Keep in mind that as far as light is conserned, even many sub-atomic particles are "objects".
chuck

PS Paddy, you have started a soapbox conversation. You Little Dickens, you.