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A Selective History Of The Keyboard

Posted by timothy on from the triumph-of-the-louse dept.

Anonymous Gimp writes "Today's keyboards aren't what they used to be, no sir! Back in my day, we had our BS technology; our keyboards had chassis which allowed 'em to be thrown off a 3-story building and still work - barely dented. Yes those were the days. Now we've got these newfangled Wireless Ergonomic E-Mail button membrane keyboards. To heck with them, I say!"

2 of 436 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Tap tap tap by Buck2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    dd, yy, p

    Hah. Nowadays all I ever do is:

    shift-V
    j,j,j, (or whatever)
    y
    cntrl-W l (or whatever)
    j [or k]
    p

    vim r0x045!

    --

    As my father lik@(munch munch)... ....
  2. I'm not spending that sort of money by DABANSHEE · · Score: 1, Troll

    for some bloody keyboard.

    Particularly when I can get brand new 104 key jobs for just US$5. Which means buying half a dozen at oncee. So every time someone (including myself) spills a cup of tea, a beer or a Bourbon & coke on a keyboard, I can throw it out (or they can take it home, clean it out & keep it) & just pull a new $5 keyboard out of the cupboard for them.

    People who spend $100 for a keyboard that will get coffee spilled on it within 4 months or whatever, are crazy.