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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?"
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.
Great! Now all my keys are sticky and have fingerprints on them and my fingers are covered with gunk...Got any other bright ideas, professor?
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
it worjs perfevtky wekk anf i'n revommenfing it to everuone#
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
...you might want to point the can at your keyboard. alternatively, you could huff it, which might make it impossible to see what's on the keys as well (or anything else for that matter, but hey- think of what you'll save on monitors!)
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.
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!
Here's a tip that will save you three bucks worth of primer:
Grab moderately sharp object -- stab eyes out.
This thing is just a dumb idea, plain and simple.
[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
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 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.