It's not so much that I have important secrets to protect, but more that I'd like generally not to open up security holes in my system unless I have to. The idea of broadcasting everything I type (including passwords, of course) in cleartext just doesn't sit well with me even if I'm not dealing with classified material.
You can find plenty of stories online about one person's typing appearing on someone else's computer. Here's one such story:
I've been suffering from some RSI for some time now, and I'd like to find a keyboard to hook up to my laptop so I don't have to cramp my hands into the laptop keyboard and hunch over to see the screen. I have a fairly specific idea of what I want, but none of the stores in the area (Office Depot, Best Buy, CompUSA, etc.) have much selection in ergonomic keyboards, and I haven't had much luck online either.
Here's what I'm looking for:
Ergonomic (split) keyboard a must
USB preferred (I want to plug and unplug without rebooting)
Nice, springy feel
No wireless keyboards unless they encrypt!
The Microsoft Natural Multimedia keyboard is the closest one I've found so far, but I'd really rather not give my money to MS if I can help it (and besides, while better than those of most cheap keyboards, its keys still didn't feel quite springy enough). Macro buttons would be a plus, and I'd even consider ergonomic designs more radical than the usual one-piece split. Does anyone have suggestions here?
I mean median. The mean was a little higher because I had the occasional 11-hour weekday night (and a few 6-hour ones now and then). But half the nights were under 3.5...
Given sufficient quantities of caffeine, humans working in shifts need only about three hours of sleep a day for 4-5 days.
Perhaps, but only if it's a regular 3 hours a night! I've always needed less sleep than most people, but freshman fall in college I overdid it. I started keeping track of how many hours a night I slept (it started out as a contest with others on my hall), and the results were scary: my weekday median was 3.5 hours a night for a month and a half! The thing is, I was getting 1.5 hours one night, pulling an all-nighter the next, and then crashing for 12+ hours on weekends. I was a wreck.
I find that a good, regular 6 hours a night is plenty sustainable, though 7 is about perfect.
And more on the topic of the post, there was that one week with 44 computer lab hours in 5 days (around a full class schedule)...
Standards are great--if you define an interface, people can implement whatever they want and it'll all work together. But we have to be careful about who makes the standards. We want the smart people making them, not the powerful people...
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It's not so much that I have important secrets to protect, but more that I'd like generally not to open up security holes in my system unless I have to. The idea of broadcasting everything I type (including passwords, of course) in cleartext just doesn't sit well with me even if I'm not dealing with classified material.
You can find plenty of stories online about one person's typing appearing on someone else's computer.
Here's one such story:
Here's what I'm looking for:
Ergonomic (split) keyboard a must
USB preferred (I want to plug and unplug without rebooting)
Nice, springy feel
No wireless keyboards unless they encrypt!
The Microsoft Natural Multimedia keyboard is the closest one I've found so far, but I'd really rather not give my money to MS if I can help it (and besides, while better than those of most cheap keyboards, its keys still didn't feel quite springy enough). Macro buttons would be a plus, and I'd even consider ergonomic designs more radical than the usual one-piece split. Does anyone have suggestions here?
Science has finally explained why lightning always reveals Donald Duck's skeleton!
I mean median. The mean was a little higher because I had the occasional 11-hour weekday night (and a few 6-hour ones now and then). But half the nights were under 3.5...
Given sufficient quantities of caffeine, humans working in shifts need only about three hours of sleep a day for 4-5 days.
Perhaps, but only if it's a regular 3 hours a night! I've always needed less sleep than most people, but freshman fall in college I overdid it. I started keeping track of how many hours a night I slept (it started out as a contest with others on my hall), and the results were scary: my weekday median was 3.5 hours a night for a month and a half! The thing is, I was getting 1.5 hours one night, pulling an all-nighter the next, and then crashing for 12+ hours on weekends. I was a wreck.
I find that a good, regular 6 hours a night is plenty sustainable, though 7 is about perfect.
And more on the topic of the post, there was that one week with 44 computer lab hours in 5 days (around a full class schedule)...
Standards are great--if you define an interface, people can implement whatever they want and it'll all work together. But we have to be careful about who makes the standards. We want the smart people making them, not the powerful people...