Why is a Computer Mouse Called a Mouse?
So why is it called a mouse? Is it because it slightly resembles a mouse in that it’s small and has a wire at one end? If so, then that is by far the most retarded name origin I’ve ever encountered. What were those engineers smoking?
They were told told to design a device which allows a user to move a cursor around a computer screen. So what they ended up with was something small that would fit in the palm of your hand, obviously, and also have a wire to connect it to the computer, also fucking obviously. THERE’S NO EARS, NO EYES, NO MOUTH, NO FEET, NO LEGS, NO FUR, NO GENITALIA. It doesn’t look anything like a mouse!
Take the computer keyboard for example. It looks kinda like a bar of chocolate? Do you sit there and type out e-mails on your Cadbury? No, you don’t, because that’s FUCKING RETARDED.
Posted 6 months ago by Bryan
If you have a look at some pre historic images of the very first mice you will see that the cable that attaches to the computer use to be the other way around (from the bottom of the mouse not the top)…check this out (http://www.computerweekly.com/PhotoGalleries/233745/272_30_The-first-ever-mouse.gif)… looks more like a mouse now doesn’t it.