@robinwhittleton @jonty this has reminded me of an early job which involved training people who barely knew what a computer was how to do the basics. I was once asked why the mouse wasn’t working right. I rotated it 180 degrees so the cable was coming from the top rather than the bottom and all was well after that.
@jon @jon@blankpad.netty oh, I can match that. Tech support in ’99, gave a new starter his requisite Thinkpad 380 and mouse, told him to call if he had any problems. 30 minutes later: “Can you help? My trackball isn’t working.” Poor guy turned out to have never used a mouse before, but had discovered the ball on the bottom and was trying to push it unsuccessfully around with his finger.
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