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Mighty Mouse hardware easter egg

dkmiller (apparently) - 12:16pm Mar 23, 2006 PST
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I like the Mighty Mouse that came with my iMac, but it does seem a bit
pricey as an add-on accessory of you buy it separately. Now, perhaps,
we know why:

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/3/20/3272

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danbowles/115199744/in/photostream/

Lift it up in a dark room and the light pattern on your desk looks
like the face of a mouse. I tried it, and yes, it works.

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Nigel Stanger (apparently) - Mar 24, 2006 5:45 am (#1 Total: 2)

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Re: Mighty Mouse hardware easter egg

On 24/3/2006 7:16 AM, "Derek K. Miller" <dkmiller

pobox.com> spake thus:

> Lift it up in a dark room and the light pattern on your desk looks
> like the face of a mouse. I tried it, and yes, it works.

This isn't specific to the Mighty Mouse. My perfectly ordinary Apple
single-button one-and-a-bit year old mouse produces exactly the same
pattern. You do have to hold it at about a 45 degree angle to get the shape
right, but it's clearly the same. I also see that someone in the Ars
Technica discussion forum says that Apple's optical mice have always done
this.

<http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=942005082
731&m=907009628731&r=907009628731>

(6th posting down)

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ccc (apparently) - Mar 30, 2006 9:14 pm (#2 Total: 2)

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Tilting the mouse differently elongates the ears so the animal looks
like a rabbit instead of a mouse. The Easter Bunny!

-Chuck.

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