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Mousespeedo

 Don't you wanna know how fast?
 
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Your mouse currently measures distance moved.

Add a timing device to the mouse.

d/t calculations galore. Add current speed to your task bar, with associated animal image for pictorial reference.

Add average speed to check if you're a little quicker today than normal.

Have office mousespeedo competitions.

—jonthegeologist, Sep 17 2003

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       no, I have no interest whatsoever, and obviously screen resolution will have the greatest impact on the perceived speed.. you're weird.
—neilp, Sep 17 2003
   

       screen resolution has nothing to do with it. d is derived from physical distance on mousemat or desk. Easy on the insults, bro.
—jonthegeologist, Sep 17 2003
   

       Mouse already measures speed, as this is used to make the Acceleration work in the MS mouse driver - the faster you move it the more it accelerates, so that a quick movement requires you to only move the mouse a short distance. Ergo, just need it to be represented grpahically or something, don't need any new timing device.
—goff, Sep 17 2003
   

       How are you gonna train the mice to pose in speedos? And in your office?
—kevindimie, Sep 17 2003
   

       I'm disappointed; this is neither spandex for rodents nor furry swimsuits for fashion models. Glum.
—Don Quixote, Sep 17 2003
   

       how can you build up any speed when your mousemat is only 8" long?
—po, Sep 17 2003
   

       I've seen script snippets to display mouse position and speed, so what you want is out there somewhere.
—DrCurry, Sep 17 2003
   

       Great idea.
—andrew76, Jan 22 2004
   

       Nice idea but your speed differs very much depending on what you do. Gaming? or leaving it sit there while you're typing?
—AliCo, Mar 01 2004
   

       quite right [alico], but this is a olympic-esque vision where the fastest wins. It matters not what you were doing to set a new record or personal best, just that the new high speed was registered.
—jonthegeologist, Mar 01 2004
   

       I thought this would be a little swimuit to put on your mouse. Hot pink w/yellow polka dots.   

       Very funny image.   

       Croissant from me.
—DesertFox, May 07 2004
   

       I agree it should be a bathing suit for your mouse.   

       And it should measure mouse speed as a percentage of the speed of light. And show the "red-shift" of the cursor -- you know, highly useful astronomical data.
—phundug, May 09 2004
   
      
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