BY FAR, the best kbd and support I've ever used
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After nearly 8 years of serious computer use, my wrists begged for a break. My carpal tunnel had gotten so bad, the doc told me I was about 2 months away from surgery. "Get help, or get surgery," I believe were his exact words.
After scouring the net for a while, I ran into some boards that I was willing to try. The Kinesis looked weird, but had a 60-day guarantee, so I shelled out the $300 for it.
Within 1 week, I was typing at 120% of my old speed, my wrists (while still weak) didn't ache after 8 hours of continuous typing, and I could grip the steering wheel for the drive home after work.
Granted, this keyboard isn't for everyone. But if you're looking for something to try out, give it a shot. The funky layout does take some getting used to. Use the board over the weekend (memorial day weekend, for me), and by the time you get back to work, you'll be used to the layout enough that you won't be fumbling for keys, anymore.
As for their support. BEST I've ever run into. I called them on a Friday afternoon because the keyboard started beeping at me, and wouldn't allow me to use the board, anymore. I called their support line, and DID NOT wait on hold. Their tech told me that this had happened once or twice before, and that it was a bad controller chip. I could send the board in, or if I knew what I was doing, they'd send me a new IC. I opted for the later. He then proceeded to ask me the exact details of when the board died... I picked it up, moved the cord out from under it. Set it down, and beep beep beep beep beep.... They sent me a new IC AND a new cable for it. I got it on Monday morning, before I left for work. Kudos to Kinesis.
Your info is a bit incorrect. You must have identd installed in your system (assuming you run linux) in order to access DalNet via @home. As a #linux op and @home subscriber, I know this to be a fact.
After buyink book, am thinkink I was enjoyink. Problem is that book is not includink much that should be necessary to be acquaintink with who real characters are.
Am still recommendink, but please be hittink the site for the complete collection. Is worth readink.
Sad thing is... I recently heard a news report on FOX (local news, though) that told us that... (paraphrased...) On January 1, 2000, your computer could crash; even your stereo could stop working. Electronics, everywhere, are prone to y2k failure.
I don't know about you, but my stereo doesn't store dates. I don't know of any that do (don't enlighten me if yours does). And besides.... a stereo SHOULD still work if it thinks it's 1900...
All of this y2k is scaring the hell out of me. Not because of the systems failing, but because of the chaos that's going to be reigning on Dec31, 1999.... when all of our electronics are "crashing."
Yea... and as a former technician at a retail store, I can just picture it.... "My cd player stopped working last night. I think that y2k thing is what's wrong with it..."
Interesting... I went to the site and read up. I wanted to start getting into the message areas. When I hit refresh for the main site, I got the message (with WinNT4/IE5--i'm at work):
Logon failure: user not allowed to log on to this computer.
What the hell is this? Suddenly, I need a l/p to log into the website? Or is a user supposed to enter some funky 31337 code to get into the thing?
I'm just baffled by this one.
AND... I just tried using lynx (telnet into my school account and used lynx from there) and got the same error. Has the site been downed already? hehehehe
Interesting... I went to the site and read up. I wanted to start getting into the message areas. When I hit refresh for the main site, I got the message (with WinNT4/IE5--i'm at work):
Logon failure: user not allowed to log on to this computer.
What the hell is this? Suddenly, I need a l/p to log into the website? Or is a user supposed to enter some funky 31337 code to get into the thing?
I have felt the need to keep all of my top-secret, classified data safe. Hell... maybe the shielded case will speed up the 8088 he was using. I always wondered what it would take to speed up the 386 I run this US DoD datacenter on....
Serioiusly: Who do you kinow that runs sensitive information from a 386? Or an 8088 like this guy mentioned?
So many people are making a big deal cause a 6 year-old could reconnect the battery. I'm not impressed. When I was BARELY 2 years old(2 years, couple weeks), I taught myself how to feed the tapes on my parents' reel-to-reel tape player so I could listen to cheezy christmas songs.
A 6 year-old being able to reconnect the battery isn't funny. His joy-ride is funny. The lack of response from the daycare center is disturbing. His hacker tendences are a godsend (WOOHOO!!!!). The amazement we all have that a 6 year-old hotwired a kiddie-kar? That's sad.
I see a HUGE problem with this. Microsoft will undoubtedly try to get into this. We WILL have all of the things GM talked about last year:
General car fault. Turn your key to continue
Driving along, all of a sudden.... your brakes are activated. You screech to a halt as someone behind you slams into your back end.
You'll need to buy a new car every year because of the proprietary roads that are laid each year.
And you won't be able to pump your own gas, anymore. We'll have to hire techs to disassemble the rear of the car, program the gas cap to openn (using asm, of course.) and install the gas. Reverse the process... it'll only take 5 hours to get gas!
And then we'll have the dreaded "I had gas installed yesterday, and now my car doesn't work. I think you idiots gave me a virus." "Is the key in the ignition?" "Oh... "
That's all fine and dandy... What happens if someone requests http://123.123.123.123 and there are 4 domains registered to it? I don't understand how that would work. If there's a kid's cartoon and a porn site on the same IP, how does the server send the proper page back to the browser? Anyone wiling to offer an explanation?
Not sure. I found it hilarious when I discovered that www.microsoft.com was being run on Solaris. Is it still? That kind of made me wonder... If NT is so great, why isn't Microsoft using it to run their high-traffic site? hhhmmmm?????
Re:Penguins suck and does TUX
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Tux is not a logo. He is a mascot. Just as the KDE dinosaur is a mascot, not a logo. Mascots CAN be cute, cuddly, and all that jazz.
I currently run RedHat6 and Win98. I'm in both boats right now.
I try not to trash MS products. Inevitably, it happens, though. My problem with Microsoft is its lack of stability. Even with a clean install of Windows, computers crash. Run a buggy program on it, it crashes. Restart the entire computer. Also, the fact that the system isn't reliable for long periods of time is an issue for me. Running a small web/ftp server means wanting my PC up for 24/7. Win9x can't do that. NT won't do that. Linux does. Also, when Microsoft DOES come across a bug in their system, they say "We found this bug. We'll issue a fix for it with the next service pack..." 3 months later. In the Linux community, the story is "I found this bug. Here's what it is. Here's what it does. Here's a fix for it." In that instance, Open Source is a godsend. Bug fixes that are released WHEN the bug is announced? When do you see MS do that? And my last point (for now) is a bit biased, but not because of a love for Linux: Windows is too User Stupid. (flaimbait, or what?) It's been made so "user friendly" that a complete moron can sit down, use a few programs, play a few games, and turn the computer off (don't bother shutting down. Thank you for playing). I remember, in the not-so-distant past, when you had to LEARN how to use a computer. WHen you were faced with "C:\>" you needed to know what to do. I also liked having control over my system. Those cryptic dos commands meant being able to control what was happening with the system. With Windows, we're forced to use a GUI that has EVERYTHING predetermined in it. We're told what we can do and when we can do it. Linux is different. Yes... There's a steep learning curve. Yes... it can be a pain to work with. But it also gives users control over what is happening. It forces a person to learn about a computer. It forces a person to learn how to use the computer. It forces people to read, ask questions, and search for answers. All of this, in my experience, leads people to a wealth of knowledge. How many different books can you have, with different info, for Windows 98? How many can you have for Linux? (I have 1 Win98 book and 5 Linux books). I'm going to stop rambling.
I have to agree with that. Too often, linux advocates just say "Micro$oft fscking sucks!" It'd be nice to see an intelligent comparison. Pros/cons to each system. Learning curves. Support (public and professional). Anyone up to it?
I guess I'm going the right route. I've got RH6 installed on my box, now. (Now, if I could get rid of my kernel errors when I upgrade to 2.2.10, I'd be all set). PS: That's a hint.
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of eldeberries (sp?). Noooowwwww... GO! or I shall be forced to taunt you a second time. PPPTTTHHHHHH:P
FIRST POST! WOOHOO! I'm glad to see that these guys are finally getting a break. It sounds like they've done their homework and went with a stable, neutral company. KUDOS TO SLASHDOT! Keep up the good work. The quality and abundance of news never ceases to amaze me.
Ouch? It didn't hurt. When my lips were ripped off in the war, I was too busy picking shrapnel out of my leg to realize my lips were gone. As for the tongue... The dog got it when it was stuck to a cold light-post. It was already numb, so I didn't feel a thing. But my dog just got ran over, so now I can't refresh my sand. I'll just have to learn how to interpret the squeels on the phone. Now, if I only had arms, I wouldn't have to draw the page with my nose. (I lost my fingers and toes to frostbite)
You can whistle? I had my lips ripped off in the war. The dog tore out my tongue. I am sending this by pulling my shorts up REAL tight and singing (screeching) into the phone. That's the only way I can send data. How do I read it? My dog is trained to hear a modem squeal and draw the page in the sand. Computers.... Who needs em? :P
IMO, the best way to keep all of this from happening would be to force humans to hunt their own food again. Since man (generic) is a hunter, there is an instinctive need to hunt and kill. Instead of letting all of us lethal beasts loose in the schools to kill, shoot, and destroy homes... Send us into areas where the deer population is out of control, where geese crap all over college campuses, or where those stinkin vermin eat off of the gardens...
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After nearly 8 years of serious computer use, my wrists begged for a break. My carpal tunnel had gotten so bad, the doc told me I was about 2 months away from surgery. "Get help, or get surgery," I believe were his exact words.
After scouring the net for a while, I ran into some boards that I was willing to try. The Kinesis looked weird, but had a 60-day guarantee, so I shelled out the $300 for it.
Within 1 week, I was typing at 120% of my old speed, my wrists (while still weak) didn't ache after 8 hours of continuous typing, and I could grip the steering wheel for the drive home after work.
Granted, this keyboard isn't for everyone. But if you're looking for something to try out, give it a shot. The funky layout does take some getting used to. Use the board over the weekend (memorial day weekend, for me), and by the time you get back to work, you'll be used to the layout enough that you won't be fumbling for keys, anymore.
As for their support. BEST I've ever run into. I called them on a Friday afternoon because the keyboard started beeping at me, and wouldn't allow me to use the board, anymore. I called their support line, and DID NOT wait on hold. Their tech told me that this had happened once or twice before, and that it was a bad controller chip. I could send the board in, or if I knew what I was doing, they'd send me a new IC. I opted for the later. He then proceeded to ask me the exact details of when the board died... I picked it up, moved the cord out from under it. Set it down, and beep beep beep beep beep.... They sent me a new IC AND a new cable for it. I got it on Monday morning, before I left for work.
Kudos to Kinesis.
Your info is a bit incorrect.
You must have identd installed in your system (assuming you run linux) in order to access DalNet via @home. As a #linux op and @home subscriber, I know this to be a fact.
-Simoriah
After buyink book, am thinkink I was enjoyink. Problem is that book is not includink much that should be necessary to be acquaintink with who real characters are.
Am still recommendink, but please be hittink the site for the complete collection. Is worth readink.
I believe the term you're looking for is "rugged reliability" ;)
Sad thing is... I recently heard a news report on FOX (local news, though) that told us that...
(paraphrased...)
On January 1, 2000, your computer could crash; even your stereo could stop working. Electronics, everywhere, are prone to y2k failure.
I don't know about you, but my stereo doesn't store dates. I don't know of any that do (don't enlighten me if yours does). And besides.... a stereo SHOULD still work if it thinks it's 1900...
All of this y2k is scaring the hell out of me. Not because of the systems failing, but because of the chaos that's going to be reigning on Dec31, 1999.... when all of our electronics are "crashing."
Yea... and as a former technician at a retail store, I can just picture it.... "My cd player stopped working last night. I think that y2k thing is what's wrong with it..."
Interesting... I went to the site and read up. I wanted to start getting into the message areas. When I hit refresh for the main site, I got the message (with WinNT4/IE5--i'm at work):
Logon failure: user not allowed to log on to this computer.
What the hell is this? Suddenly, I need a l/p to log into the website? Or is a user supposed to enter some funky 31337 code to get into the thing?
I'm just baffled by this one.
AND... I just tried using lynx (telnet into my school account and used lynx from there) and got the same error. Has the site been downed already? hehehehe
Interesting... I went to the site and read up. I wanted to start getting into the message areas. When I hit refresh for the main site, I got the message (with WinNT4/IE5--i'm at work):
Logon failure: user not allowed to log on to this computer.
What the hell is this? Suddenly, I need a l/p to log into the website? Or is a user supposed to enter some funky 31337 code to get into the thing?
I'm just baffled by this one.
Quick FYI:
SuSE includes drivers (and Glide support) for 3DFX cards since at least version 5.3.
I need to get one of these!
I have felt the need to keep all of my top-secret, classified data safe. Hell... maybe the shielded case will speed up the 8088 he was using. I always wondered what it would take to speed up the 386 I run this US DoD datacenter on....
Serioiusly: Who do you kinow that runs sensitive information from a 386? Or an 8088 like this guy mentioned?
Gimme a break!
So many people are making a big deal cause a 6 year-old could reconnect the battery. I'm not impressed.
When I was BARELY 2 years old(2 years, couple weeks), I taught myself how to feed the tapes on my parents' reel-to-reel tape player so I could listen to cheezy christmas songs.
A 6 year-old being able to reconnect the battery isn't funny. His joy-ride is funny. The lack of response from the daycare center is disturbing. His hacker tendences are a godsend (WOOHOO!!!!). The amazement we all have that a 6 year-old hotwired a kiddie-kar? That's sad.
I see a HUGE problem with this. Microsoft will undoubtedly try to get into this. We WILL have all of the things GM talked about last year:
:)
General car fault. Turn your key to continue
Driving along, all of a sudden.... your brakes are activated. You screech to a halt as someone behind you slams into your back end.
You'll need to buy a new car every year because of the proprietary roads that are laid each year.
And you won't be able to pump your own gas, anymore. We'll have to hire techs to disassemble the rear of the car, program the gas cap to openn (using asm, of course.) and install the gas. Reverse the process... it'll only take 5 hours to get gas!
And then we'll have the dreaded "I had gas installed yesterday, and now my car doesn't work. I think you idiots gave me a virus." "Is the key in the ignition?" "Oh... "
YIPPIE!!! I can't wait!
That's all fine and dandy...
What happens if someone requests http://123.123.123.123 and there are 4 domains registered to it? I don't understand how that would work.
If there's a kid's cartoon and a porn site on the same IP, how does the server send the proper page back to the browser?
Anyone wiling to offer an explanation?
Not sure. I found it hilarious when I discovered that www.microsoft.com was being run on Solaris. Is it still?
That kind of made me wonder... If NT is so great, why isn't Microsoft using it to run their high-traffic site? hhhmmmm?????
Tux is not a logo. He is a mascot. Just as the KDE dinosaur is a mascot, not a logo. Mascots CAN be cute, cuddly, and all that jazz.
I currently run RedHat6 and Win98. I'm in both boats right now.
I try not to trash MS products. Inevitably, it happens, though.
My problem with Microsoft is its lack of stability. Even with a clean install of Windows, computers crash. Run a buggy program on it, it crashes. Restart the entire computer. Also, the fact that the system isn't reliable for long periods of time is an issue for me. Running a small web/ftp server means wanting my PC up for 24/7. Win9x can't do that. NT won't do that. Linux does.
Also, when Microsoft DOES come across a bug in their system, they say "We found this bug. We'll issue a fix for it with the next service pack..." 3 months later. In the Linux community, the story is "I found this bug. Here's what it is. Here's what it does. Here's a fix for it." In that instance, Open Source is a godsend. Bug fixes that are released WHEN the bug is announced? When do you see MS do that?
And my last point (for now) is a bit biased, but not because of a love for Linux:
Windows is too User Stupid. (flaimbait, or what?) It's been made so "user friendly" that a complete moron can sit down, use a few programs, play a few games, and turn the computer off (don't bother shutting down. Thank you for playing). I remember, in the not-so-distant past, when you had to LEARN how to use a computer. WHen you were faced with "C:\>" you needed to know what to do. I also liked having control over my system. Those cryptic dos commands meant being able to control what was happening with the system. With Windows, we're forced to use a GUI that has EVERYTHING predetermined in it. We're told what we can do and when we can do it.
Linux is different. Yes... There's a steep learning curve. Yes... it can be a pain to work with. But it also gives users control over what is happening. It forces a person to learn about a computer. It forces a person to learn how to use the computer. It forces people to read, ask questions, and search for answers. All of this, in my experience, leads people to a wealth of knowledge. How many different books can you have, with different info, for Windows 98? How many can you have for Linux? (I have 1 Win98 book and 5 Linux books).
I'm going to stop rambling.
I WOULD have liked to see more info comparing the different flavors of xBSD, though.
I have to agree with that. Too often, linux advocates just say "Micro$oft fscking sucks!" It'd be nice to see an intelligent comparison. Pros/cons to each system. Learning curves. Support (public and professional).
Anyone up to it?
I guess I'm going the right route. I've got RH6 installed on my box, now.
(Now, if I could get rid of my kernel errors when I upgrade to 2.2.10, I'd be all set).
PS: That's a hint.
First off, lemme admit that I'm still fairly new to Linux. What would be the best thing for me to look into? Free, Open, Net BSD?
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of eldeberries (sp?). Noooowwwww... GO! or I shall be forced to taunt you a second time. PPPTTTHHHHHH :P
FIRST POST! WOOHOO!
I'm glad to see that these guys are finally getting a break. It sounds like they've done their homework and went with a stable, neutral company. KUDOS TO SLASHDOT!
Keep up the good work. The quality and abundance of news never ceases to amaze me.
Ouch? It didn't hurt. When my lips were ripped off in the war, I was too busy picking shrapnel out of my leg to realize my lips were gone. As for the tongue... The dog got it when it was stuck to a cold light-post. It was already numb, so I didn't feel a thing.
But my dog just got ran over, so now I can't refresh my sand. I'll just have to learn how to interpret the squeels on the phone.
Now, if I only had arms, I wouldn't have to draw the page with my nose. (I lost my fingers and toes to frostbite)
You can whistle? I had my lips ripped off in the war. The dog tore out my tongue. I am sending this by pulling my shorts up REAL tight and singing (screeching) into the phone. That's the only way I can send data. How do I read it? My dog is trained to hear a modem squeal and draw the page in the sand.
Computers.... Who needs em?
:P
I will agree with you whole-heartedly.
IMO, the best way to keep all of this from happening would be to force humans to hunt their own food again. Since man (generic) is a hunter, there is an instinctive need to hunt and kill. Instead of letting all of us lethal beasts loose in the schools to kill, shoot, and destroy homes... Send us into areas where the deer population is out of control, where geese crap all over college campuses, or where those stinkin vermin eat off of the gardens...
Just my 2 cents
You're probably right.
:(