What's the average life of a mouse?

[94fordguy]

Well, about a month ago, the left button on my mouse stopped working... luckily I was able to get the functions switched from the left to the right button and have trained myself to use the right side as the primary side now, but my question is....


What's the average lifespan of a computer mouse?

I have about 20,000 posts total with my current keyboard/mouse setup (its a little over a year old) and am just wondering if it is normal for those buttons to wear out that quickly?

The right button seems to still be doing ok for now... sometimes I have to click things a few times, but for the most part it seems to be working ok for now.... just that I can't "rightclick" anything with the left button now, lol....



anybody else wear out a mouse?

 

[cubby]

I have yet to wear one out. I use a skidoo mouse and it's super fast!!!

 

[aart]

Small animals such as birds and squirrels rarely live to their maximum life span, usually dying of accidents, disease or predation. Grazing animals accumulate wear and tear to their teeth to the point where they can no longer eat, and they die of starvation.

The maximum life span of most species has not been accurately determined, because the data collection has been minimal and the number of species studied in captivity (or by monitoring in the wild) has been small.

Maximum life span is usually longer for species that are larger or have effective defenses against predation, such as bird flight, tortoise shells, porcupine quills, or large primate brains. When compared to primates, of the approximately 20,000 to 25,000 genes in the human genome, it is estimated that 6% of these are different from those of a chimpanzee which has an average lifespan of only 52 years, in contrast to the human lifespan. The difference in longevity between humans and chimps could be due to as few as a hundred genes or less; however there may be other factors that shorten the life span of chimpanzees.

The differences between life span between species demonstrate the role of genetics in determining maximum life span ("rate of aging"). The records (in years) are these:

for common house mouse, 4[4]

hope this helps you seth!

 

[208_RMK]

I have worn out the old style tracker ball kind. I don't think I will wear out the new red lazer one I have now.

 

[buck50]

probably depends on how much p0rn you look at to whack off. most likely very proportionate!!!!!!! just saying..............

 

[Samurai]

 

[Samurai]

try the iPad

 

[mcgyver]

is said mouse used only for posting on snowest.......or is it also used in posting on A&K?

maybe said mouse has confused feelings as to what roll said mouse plays in the relationship of poster to forum between 2 sites....

confused as to being mod status here and then subserviant to gummer on the other....

maybe you just need another mouse

 

[POLZIN]

mr jangles from the green mile was like 117 years old

 

[johnny be bad]

depends how many times a day she clicks her mouse! hahahahahha