# Most Stupid PC accessory **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787 "2008-04-10T19:06:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/21 "2008-04-11T00:13:16Z")
It’s not that I don’t see the potential market or use for heated gloves. It’s restricting the heated gloves to being powered through the computer that boggles me. There’s a part of me looking at them and thinking, “It’s like a leash for cubicle farm drones, to keep them at their computers.” ETA: Just saw your post about the real mouse. I’m torn between “ick” and wanting to talk to one of the local colleges to get a dead mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/22 "2008-04-11T00:15:06Z")
While it is hard to say that a USB hub could be considered as stupid, I thank anybody who travels by air with a laptop would have to be some kind of stupid to carry [this hub.](http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/9116/) I hear Gitmo is nice this time of year. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/23 "2008-04-11T00:50:06Z")
What’s so stupid about the Cat? I use it in connection with Library Thing. It works very well. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/24 "2008-04-11T01:42:31Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] [Pretty much anything on this page.](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/feature/desc/0/all) [/QUOTE] I want the chain-mail T-shirt. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/25 "2008-04-11T01:51:23Z")
[QUOTE=Uvula Donor] You want a stupid accessory? [Try _this_ one.](http://www.everythingusb.com/usb_humping_dog.html) [/QUOTE] Now I want to name my next doggie “Johnson.” Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/26 "2008-04-11T01:57:53Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] [Pretty much anything on this page.](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/feature/desc/0/all) [/QUOTE] From that page: > [@](#): > > Green Laser Pointer II > **The beam itself can be seen in mid-air in the dark, not just the laser beam dot** My bolding. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/27 "2008-04-11T02:11:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I want the chain-mail T-shirt. 🙂 [/QUOTE] A want to have the USB vibrator anonymously delivered to a certain cow-orker so that her associates might see them open the package. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/28 "2008-04-11T03:36:30Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] A local computer shop has a PC with a car-type cigarette lighter in a drive bay. [/QUOTE] I was just coming in to mention that I once put one in one of my computers. I figured 12 volts is 12 volts right. It worked. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/29 "2008-04-11T06:19:06Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] [http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/85b6/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/85b6/) Someone must be buying these but they don’t do anything for me. [/QUOTE] I have one of those. I drink a lot of coffee and I do it slowly. I figured it would be nice to keep the coffee warm for a longer period of time. Too bad the heater doesn’t work. At best, it will make the bottom of a paper cup slightly warm. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/30 "2008-04-11T06:23:11Z")
[QUOTE=Lakai] I have one of those. I drink a lot of coffee and I do it slowly. I figured it would be nice to keep the coffee warm for a longer period of time. Too bad the heater doesn’t work. At best, it will make the bottom of a paper cup slightly warm. [/QUOTE] I have one too, but only because it came as a promotional item in a case of Guinness, tried it once and tossed it. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/31 "2008-04-11T07:06:12Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] [The CueCat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat) is in the running, both because it was horribly mishandled and because it solved a problem nobody had and, to this day, nobody has. [/QUOTE] Oh hell no! My CueCat scanned my whole library of books and DVDs into my [Readerware Database](http://readerware.com/). It saved me probably days and days worth of hours of manually entering ISBN numbers or titles, etc. Plus it was free! (I don’t care what it was originally marketed to do–it’s a barcode scanner and it works.) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/32 "2008-04-11T07:15:42Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Until I saw this post, I figured that the stupidest accessory was going to the #1 item from this [list](http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-usb-devices-ever/). Though the others on that list are worthy runners up. (USB heated gloves?) [/QUOTE] I want some! One of the things I like about using a trackball instead of a mouse is that when my hands turn to blocks of ice while I’m at the computer (which is frequently) I can put my hands in my lap under a blanket or something and still control the computer, until I have to type something. Having warm hands while on the computer would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/33 "2008-04-11T14:40:39Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I want some! [/QUOTE] Do you realize they send such medical information as blood pressure, temperature and heart rate (possibly brain waves as well) to a Secret Government Agency over the net so they can measure your response to the subliminal messages they send you? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/34 "2008-04-11T21:35:11Z")
[USB christmas tree.](http://www.vat19.com/dvds/usb-christmas-tree.cfm)[USB pencil sharpener, papershredder, vacuum cleaner, aromatic diffuser, and more USB stupidity than you can shake a dongle at.](http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_list.php?page=&cat_id=008&cat=USB+Gadgets&pgSize=97) ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/35 "2008-04-12T01:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [USB christmas tree.](http://www.vat19.com/dvds/usb-christmas-tree.cfm)[USB pencil sharpener, papershredder, vacuum cleaner, aromatic diffuser, and more USB stupidity than you can shake a dongle at.](http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_list.php?page=&cat_id=008&cat=USB+Gadgets&pgSize=97) [/QUOTE] I have a USB Christmas tree, a USB LED task light and a USB fan. I love them all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/36 "2008-04-12T01:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=enipla] I surprised there isn’t a computer mouse that looks like a real mouse. The little ears could be the buttons. Or a cat for that matter. Oh, never mind here ya go… [http://www.bloganything.net/558/computer-mouse-that-looks-like-real-mice](http://www.bloganything.net/558/computer-mouse-that-looks-like-real-mice) I am really looking forward to retirement. [/QUOTE] I clicked on this link expecting a cute little item that would make a nice gag gift. I was not expecting a real eviscerated mouse. I doubt this will be catching on… I dissect mice daily and you couldn’t pay me to use that thing. :nauseous: JRB ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787/37 "2008-04-12T01:58:15Z")
You’ll have my USB fork lift when you pry it from my cold, dead hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-pc-accessory/444787.md?page=1)