Scrolling and highlighting bugs

I don't know how else to desctibe it, but every now and then, my Mac Mini gets very tempermental where I lose all confidence and shut down the Mac, unplug it, press the ON button while reconnecting the power cord, and when I turn on the Mac, the fan revs up blowing hot air, and then disconnect the power cord again, reconnect it (this time without pressing the ON button) and then my Mac returns to its happy self.
How does my Mac get tempermental?
Let's say I am browsing the Internet either using Safari or Firefox. All of a sudden, I cannot scroll down the webpage. If I do, it would automatically return back to home position (top of the web page). I cannot scroll to the right, for when I try, the page automatically returns to the home position. If there are embedded frames, I cannot scroll the frame.
I also cannot see the drop-down menu listing previously visited sites. It won't let me. I'll try to type a web address in the URL box, and it will show the drop-down list for a split second. The response of the operating system slows dramatically.
Let's say I am using Word. I cannot highlight text or a series of text. It won't let me.
These things are occurring more frequently, and quite frankly I am getting a little frustrated. Has anyone else experienced such tempermental behaviors?

Really? No one knows any idea about my Mac mini issues???

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[svn:fx-trunk] 11574: Drag and Drop - Bug fixes:

Revision: 11574
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-11-09 10:53:35 -0800 (Mon, 09 Nov 2009)
Log Message:
Drag and Drop - Bug fixes:
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QE notes: None
Doc notes: None
Bugs: SDK-24047, SDK-23999, SDK-23871
Reviewer: Glenn, Deepa
Tests run: checkintests, mustella (List, ListDragDrop)
Is noteworthy for integration: No
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-24047
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-23999
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Author:   [email protected]
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Log Message:
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