Herd of oversized concrete computer mice seen rushing for the shore -- do they know something we don't?
By Paul Miller 
posted April 26th 2009 5:32AM
posted April 26th 2009 5:32AM
posted April 26th 2009 5:32AM
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Wtf...
Yeah, wtf? They aren't wireless??
lol wireless
In addition, they don't scroll…
*in a british accent* - "Ah yes, the peromyscus computus, or comomly known as the household computer mouse makes its way to the shore. However, unaware to the mice, a DSL modem lurks near..."
LOL @ Saad.
Instantly Reminded me of that guy from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. lol
Couldn't be apple mice
Why would someone want to make a concrete oval?
Yeah, they would be charging you to sit on them if they were Apple mice.
Yeah, these would NEVER work with an Apple computer. Apple sucks.
Wait, what's that? Apple has supported left and right click since the 1990's? They INCLUDE drivers for most mice available today?
Oh. Well, I still hate Apple, just cuz it's cool to hate on Apple.
mice need drivers?
Paul Miller needs to get into the 21st century. The link to the Apple tag was uncalled for.
Macintosh computers, since 2004, have come with mice with 4 buttons. Even the laptops have multi-touch right-click ability. Even before then, I was using a Microsoft Intellimouse on my Macs, and it worked just fine, no drivers required.
Personally, I hate the "Mighty Mouse" and use a Dell (!) mouse on my iMac.
Yes brian, mice need drivers. Most operating systems include basic drivers though. However, if you ever bought a mouse better than the freebie that came with your bargain basement Dell, you'd realize that many mice have extra buttons, more features, and better sensitivity with their manufacturer's drivers installed. I use a Mac, and personally HATE every mouse Apple has ever made. I use an Evoluent Vertical Mouse with my Mac, and it works great.
You're a confusing fella, Terc.
@Aaron: Me too, except mine is a Microsoft one =D
@Aaron "Paul Miller needs to get into the 21st century. The link to the Apple tag was uncalled for."
I think it might have been a joke. Just gonna throw that out there.
hehe. I knew the "but they support any number of buttons" folk would appear. Face it. Apple brands themselves anti button. The all knowing Jobs said so when they released what I consider their current flagship product, the iPhone. It also has 1 button. Apple hates buttons. It's funny. Don't defend yourselves, just laugh about it.
I can not wait for some poor, extremely confused archeologist to discover these 20,000 years from now
(in my best Charlton Heston)
"You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you!"
Especially since this is pretty inexplicable already.
Unfortunately, you won't be able to wait 20,000 years...
omfg....i didnt think of that....some guy will be like...so back then....humans were f*king huge!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsbYx6hevoQ
Maybe its a nice sunbed =]
This photograph is a record of what happened when Bill Gates dressed up as the Pied Piper of Hamelin for halloween.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin
Wired mice with no scroll wheel? Get with the times.
tell that to Apple....stupid nub...
According to the tail they are heading in land.
Did Engadget just make a dig at Apple?!
lol yeah, they did. Click the word "quaint" and it takes you to posts tagged with apple lol
I wish I had one of those. My perfect resting place.
No they aren't. They're mocking two button mice as quaint then points you to Apple.
Yeah, that was a dig at MS I think. Saying that 2 buttons are quaint, and one button is superior.
But I guess I don't want to come to conclusions too quickly.
Or, most mice have @least 3 buttons on them. I have 9. The Apple "easy button" doesn't count.
Naah. Its not a dig at Microsoft. Engadget editors are just smugly pointing out that Apple designed hardware is superior.
They're clearly teasing about 2-button mice being outdated since we all have mice with multiple scrollwheels, 9 buttons, and a cupholder thrown in for good measure. These things are straight outta 1993.
Sheesh.
@ Unix-
Then why would they link to Apple? To be honest, I expected that link to go to some super-gaming mouse with 50 buttons, but instead it went to a mouse with 1. Judging by Engadget's previous uses of text linking, I'd say this is a little attempt to assert the 'cutting-edge' of only one button. Makes me think of the Macbook Wheel...
I don't see how there is any confusion here. This is obviously a dig at Apple. Notice the word "usable" and how they seem to suggest Apple's mice/trackpads are not.
I think the point everyone is missing is "tactile"
Apple ship four button mice, but the top only has one button and uses touch sensitive tech to tell if you used your left or right finger. While this is very "cool" it does require you to totally raise your right finger off to left click and lift your left finger off to right click.
The point being these have two tactile buttons, which means they are actually usable.
They could just be trying to get some rest and relaxation.
They are getting ready to lay they're eggs.
their* :)
Not to be a grammar nazi, but it is "they are", not "their".
@3rdman
I'm quite certain that the correction he was making was not for the "They are" but rather for the "they're" later in the sentence
"They are getting ready to lay *they're* eggs."
corrected to
"They are getting ready to lay their eggs."
This is the proper correction, as he stated... But I'm sure even the grammar Nazis accidentally get the wrong guys =]
you do know that mice don't lay eggs right? right?
They're escaping from the mouse flu pandemic.
The Attack of the Keyboard Warriors are imminent.
this is the start of rise of the machines
The pipes coming out of them make them look like sewage tanks.
Dude, that's probably the single greatest architectural idea for sewage tanks, quick, contact china about this.
maybe microsoft's huge sidewinder would do more storage though.. (im not saying its bad, i love it and im using it right now)
They sure are mighty.