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On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:07:58 GMT
SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

> Of course, that method supposes that the monitor itself is a fixed
> size. After all, if I move a mouse halfway across a 1024x768 screen,
> the actual distance is going to vary depending if I have a 12"
> monitor or a 24" monitor.

That depends on whether you're talking about distance travelled by the
cursor, or the mouse itself.

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  Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls thresh3@fastmail.com (Lev) - 2026-04-03 07:22 +0000
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                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-05-10 18:49 -0300
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                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-11 11:46 +0200
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                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-11 17:03 +0000
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  Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 08:00 -0700
    Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-05 20:24 +0200
  Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-04-04 02:52 -0300
    Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-04-04 17:44 +0000
  Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-14 22:49 +0000
  Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-04-17 14:19 +0300
    Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-17 22:39 +0000
      Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-04-21 12:51 +0300
        Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2026-04-21 14:14 +0000
          Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-04-22 02:40 +0000
            Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-04-22 03:54 -0300
              Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-22 23:14 +0000
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-04-23 17:40 -0300
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-23 21:36 +0000
            Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-04-22 13:48 +0000
              Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-04-22 17:18 +0100
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 19:12 +0200
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-04-22 13:19 -0400
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-04-22 21:07 +0000
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 23:19 +0200
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-04-22 14:58 -0700
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-04-23 14:02 +0000
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-04-22 19:13 -0400
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-26 07:34 +0100
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