资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

drunk mouse syndrome
     
        (Also "mouse on drugs") A malady exhibited by the mouse
        pointing device of some computers.  The typical symptom is for
        the mouse cursor on the screen to move in random directions
        and not in sync with the motion of the actual mouse.  Can
        usually be corrected by unplugging the mouse and plugging it
        back again.  Another recommended fix for optical mice is to
        rotate your {mouse mat} 90 degrees.
     
        At {Xerox PARC} in the 1970s, most people kept a can of copier
        cleaner (isopropyl alcohol) at their desks.  When the steel
        ball on the mouse had picked up enough cruft to be unreliable,
        the mouse was doused in cleaner, which restored it for a
        while.  However, this operation left a fine residue that
        accelerated the accumulation of cruft, so the dousings became
        more and more frequent.  Finally, the mouse was declared
        "alcoholic" and sent to the clinic to be dried out in a CFC
        ultrasonic bath.
     
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