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		THU 12/28/00
...changing the world, one computer at a time. Today's Site Electronic Zoo Did you know that... ..."Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo. Today's Animated Gif Email Your FeedBack The Computer Guy Sign up for daily mailing. Click Here and type "SUBSCRIBE" as the email subject. (and if you want to be removed from this daily mailing, just Click Here and type "REMOVE" as the email subject.)	Today's Pic Ship Lights ©2000 Computer Guy CLICK to enlarge BACK to return	Today's Word Plotter A device that draws pictures on paper based on commands from a computer. Plotters differ from printers in that they draw lines using a pen. As a result, they can produce continuous lines, whereas printers can only simulate lines by printing a closely spaced series of dots. Multicolor plotters use different-colored pens to draw different colors. In general, plotters are considerably more expensive than printers. They are used in engineering applications where precision is mandatory.

For those individuals who want to carry the Internet around with them, there are several manufacturers who offer a laptop-sized device that allows full access to the Internet without any wire connection. The Internet signal may be transmitted from a satellite or from a wireless network within a physical building. Example: an executive might bring such a device to a meeting to access information while the meeting is in progress.

There's a new breed of mice available and they're out to prove that even traditionally boring pointing devices can be sexy.

Skipping the rollerball-based design altogether, this latter-day rat pack shines a tiny beam of red light to sample the mousing surface. These OPTICAL MICE, led by Microsoft's IntelliMouse Explorer, are super accurate and can be used on almost any surface.

No need to worry about dustballs or incompatible mouse terrain. And while a few have gone wireless, the majority connect to your computer thru the fashionable interface of the day — USB (Universal Serial Bus, the newer and faster type of connector found on the back of all modern computers).