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Raynach writes "A friend of mine recently sent me a link for Das Keyboard, the keyboard for UberGeeks. This keyboard is unique in that it has no inscriptions on the keys, which the maker touts will make you type 100% faster in a few weeks since it will keep you from looking at the keyboard. This keyboard also features individually weighted keyswitches, "The keys are divided into groups and their feedback springs are weighted differently; from 35 grams to 80 grams, which correspond to the strength of the finger that touches the keys." But is this "UberGeek" keyboard really worth the high price tag?"
here's a tip that can save you around 80 bucks:
BUY PRIMER -- take off cap -- spray.
Does it have the `any' key?
Banu
Nowadays keyboards come with an extra row of buttons along the top: email, internet, volume and so forth. The mute key is pretty useful but the real piece of genius is the calculator key.
I don't care how funky your keyboard is: if you don't have a calculator key I'm not buying it. I'm used to it and I've come to expect it. Five years ago, sure, but get with the program. I'm not willing to remap and lose a regular key.
The keys are divided into groups and their feedback springs are weighted differently; from 35 grams to 80 grams, which correspond to the strength of the finger that touches the keys.
Why not 500 grams? Sure, it'd hurt for a few weeks but then the jocks'd have to welcome their new muscle-nerd overlords! Muahahaha!
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Blank monitor screens to stop us constantly checking our work. Then we'll be flying.
I've been using a mouse like that for years.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird -- Proverbs 1:17
If you are a TRUE uber-geek, your keyboard will already be missing most of the markings from using it so much...and the ultimate uber-geek will usually be missing the markings from only one side... ;)
Money spent to replace malfunctioning keyboard: $10 Money spent on cover so soda doesn't affect it: $5 Taking a step back in keyboard production and watching them charge more: $80 more than priceless.
I don't usually look at the keyboard, except for some keys I don't use very often. It would be cool to get a Braile keyboard without the keys printed on it, so I could subconsciously learn Braile while I'm typing. You never know when or if you're going to go blind.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
...featuring 100% dead pixels. The monitor is unique as each pixel is black, which the maker touts will make you see and game 1000% faster as you don't have to wait for all those pixels to refresh.
Also available from the makers of "Das Keyboard" is "Das Display." It keeps you from looking at porn while trying to get work done. You'll find that you concentrate much better--mostly because you'll have to use "The Force" or some form of transcendental meditation to imagine WTF might be on your screen.
Coming soon: "Das Hard Drive" which has nothing on it also. You memory and recall could increase by 100,000,000,000-fold!* (*Results not typical. Void where prohibited. Some restrictions apply. See dealer for details).
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
For $799.99 you can have the ultimate in distraction free typing. after a few weeks you will intuitively know where on the screen the cursor is and your speed will increase at least 100%. Plus, without those distracting Graphics, you will be able to focus on kicking ass when gaming.
Order today, and I will throw in a Dolby 7.1 certified speakers that have no jack!
All you folks with worn keys are now under arrest.
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
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[email to daskeyboard...]
Hi,
Can I get a version that has the letters on all the wrong keys, so I'm
punished if I get weak and look at the keyboard?
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[reply...]
That's a great idea. I will let you know when we can send you your punishment.
Thanks
Birgit
Quite frankly I wouldn't give a dull butterknife to an eighteen year old who didn't have a driver's license.
A true geek kbd has only 2 keys anyway - 1 and 0. No matter how you place them, you'll be able to memorize their position in a few seconds.
You mean to tell me that other people have keyboards where the letters stay on?
I for one am baffled. This is like buying jeans with holes already ripped in them!
No, no, no, it _is_ because of the huffing! Huffing is a drug. And remember, drug money supports terror--if we don't stop children from buying spray paint, then the terrorists have already won!
Besides, you've got to think of the children! Won't someone please think of the children?
rage, rage against the dying of the light
Being able to read q,w,e,r,t,a,s,d,f,g,z,x,c,v,b with your left hand, and y,u,i,o,p,h,j,k,l,n,m with your right won't make for easy Braille reading.
you need to live in the uk - we hand out glass tubes filled with petrol and green dye to our eighteen year olds so that they can play starwars properly.
Every now and boobs but it usually happens when my mind hasn't quiet finish another thought.
Have you ever noticed the best
A TRUE ubergeek wears the letters off his keyboard after a few weeks of use.
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Oh crap, not again.
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
[honker@r11serv honker]$ su -
Password:
su: incorrect password
[honker@r11serv honker]$ su -
Password:
su: incorrect password
[honker@r11serv honker]$ su -
Password:
su: incorrect password
DAMN IT!!
- these are not the droids you are looking for -
A black sharpie?
Sand paper > 320 grit. start with 320 then work up to whatever.