"I wonder if I could make a nice firewall with one of these for my home network..."
1. build computer
2. drop off on mars on way to grocery
3. laugh in face of hacking
4. reconsider when computer mistaken by rover for new type of rock, drilled for mineral content
As a note, on the Kinesis keyboard, any key can be programmed as any other key. This is all done in the keyboard's firmware, so no software delay to contend with. Using this, your requests:
1) Re-program it to something else. Make another key the caps (perhaps one of the extra alt or ctrl keys in the thumb space.)
2) you can program the symbol keys to use the foot pad and the 10-key (override the numbers with the symbol). Need a symbol, step on the pad, don't even move your right hand, type the number above which the symbol appears. As a 10-key user, this feature is FANTASTIC. I hate reaching for numbers. If I programmed more often than used the 10-key I'm sure I'd find it just as beneficial.
3) Done.
4) You can program macros native to the keyboard as well (e.g. Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V for windows users), although a total solution may take some software work to account for the occasional random implementation of cut, paste, etc that does not correspond to the usual Ctrl-key sequence.
5) Move it wherever you want it. In the Kinesis, it is in the thumb space.
I also have two Kinesis keyboards (home and office) and have been a user for nine years (an early adopter, I suppose). I picked one up as a preventative measure; I had the beginnings of wrist pain occasionally when I typed all day. They are fantastic--my typing speed increased after about three weeks (it tanks at first) and no more hints of discomfort. Although they may look strange, they work like a charm.
It's amusing to watch people try to use my computer.
For those that are ambitious and non-MacOSX users, the keyboard itself can toggle between Dovorak and standard mode.
If you get the footswitch, I'd skip the 3-button one. The single 10-key switch is plenty.
A random Hollywood note: the keyboard is often spray painted all black and featured in sci-fi movies. E.g. Men in Black--the secretary aliens use one. I think it appears in Minority report as well.
Billing is one of the smallest parts of the cost model. Hardware/network and support are the main components. T-Mobile already has the billing systems in place.
The typical arrangement in a situation like this is that T-Mobile pays all of the installation, hardware, and support costs (UAL pays nothing) and UAL gets profit sharing.
For UAL to offer the service for free means that it would have to pay T-Mobile the $$ that the user used to pay, however small it is.
The setup costs are, obviously, trivial, and they already have good network connectivity for their won operations.
The setup costs in their environment are minimal, but not trivial. And right now the highest cost item--USER SUPPORT--is paid by T-Mobile. For UAL to assume this cost would absolutely be non-trivial. (Have you ever tried to get an average business person to find their "network connections" settings?) Also, UAL would not cross the traffic of the flying public with their standard business trafic due to accounting (what department pays for the added bandwidth and line hook-up?) and security reasons (what happens when someone's game slows the overall network?).
Also: the original pricing for connectivity in hotels was based upon the accepted $10 pricing of movies in the hotel rooms. As the service precipitated outside of hotels, the price carried over.
It was even demonstrated that the "buy rate" of the connectivity service in the hotel environment was statistically equivalent regardless if the price was $10 or $free. i.e. essentially the same number of people used it at both price points.
I suspect that for now, this counter-intuitive result is still the norm for the providers, and until the technology becomes mainstream, it will remain this way.
Although not yet a profitable business, hotel movies have been sold for $10 each for about ten years now and the service is available in over 1.8 million hotel rooms.
These same hotels are also investing in wired connectivity in their properties that are frequented by the business traveler. All "W" hotels are equipped, most Marriotts, etc.
As WiFi becomes more prevalent in the offices and laptops, it will be required in hotels and airports and other locations frequented by business persons (Starbucks, et al). This is particularly true in conference centers and airport locations.
Similarly, the academic community is embracing this technology. Harvard Business School (and several other schools) has WiFi for all of its students in every classroom.
As the average business person goes into technology, so often goes the mass/niche (depending upon how you classify the average business person) market.
Has any effort been made to have these products labeled as 'tuned'?
I am an advocate for less regulations and smaller government; however, I do think an important role needs to be played by government in education on all levels.
Labeling digital vocal tuning is no different to me than labeling genetically modified foods in the supermarket--I understand both and I don't have much against either, but I 100% believe that consumers should be educated on both and have the choice to select which they want.
And for the truly excellent managers: "Correct and Proper" does not exist.
Ultimately, there is always a better way. As several posters have mentioned if Q&D works to the customer's (internal or external) satisfaction, it is the final solution.
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"Captain, everything is in order; the heads-up display shows nothing but blue seas ahead."
Who knew--a ship that could crash twice.
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Now you people at the JPL, don't go getting any ideas from this...
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"I wonder if I could make a nice firewall with one of these for my home network..."
1. build computer
2. drop off on mars on way to grocery
3. laugh in face of hacking
4. reconsider when computer mistaken by rover for new type of rock, drilled for mineral content
As a note, on the Kinesis keyboard, any key can be programmed as any other key. This is all done in the keyboard's firmware, so no software delay to contend with. Using this, your requests:
1) Re-program it to something else. Make another key the caps (perhaps one of the extra alt or ctrl keys in the thumb space.)
2) you can program the symbol keys to use the foot pad and the 10-key (override the numbers with the symbol). Need a symbol, step on the pad, don't even move your right hand, type the number above which the symbol appears. As a 10-key user, this feature is FANTASTIC. I hate reaching for numbers. If I programmed more often than used the 10-key I'm sure I'd find it just as beneficial.
3) Done.
4) You can program macros native to the keyboard as well (e.g. Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V for windows users), although a total solution may take some software work to account for the occasional random implementation of cut, paste, etc that does not correspond to the usual Ctrl-key sequence.
5) Move it wherever you want it. In the Kinesis, it is in the thumb space.
-SG
I also have two Kinesis keyboards (home and office) and have been a user for nine years (an early adopter, I suppose). I picked one up as a preventative measure; I had the beginnings of wrist pain occasionally when I typed all day. They are fantastic--my typing speed increased after about three weeks (it tanks at first) and no more hints of discomfort. Although they may look strange, they work like a charm.
It's amusing to watch people try to use my computer.
For those that are ambitious and non-MacOSX users, the keyboard itself can toggle between Dovorak and standard mode.
If you get the footswitch, I'd skip the 3-button one. The single 10-key switch is plenty.
A random Hollywood note: the keyboard is often spray painted all black and featured in sci-fi movies. E.g. Men in Black--the secretary aliens use one. I think it appears in Minority report as well.
-SG
What you're paying for is billing
Billing is one of the smallest parts of the cost model. Hardware/network and support are the main components. T-Mobile already has the billing systems in place.
The typical arrangement in a situation like this is that T-Mobile pays all of the installation, hardware, and support costs (UAL pays nothing) and UAL gets profit sharing.
For UAL to offer the service for free means that it would have to pay T-Mobile the $$ that the user used to pay, however small it is.
The setup costs are, obviously, trivial, and they already have good network connectivity for their won operations.
The setup costs in their environment are minimal, but not trivial. And right now the highest cost item--USER SUPPORT--is paid by T-Mobile. For UAL to assume this cost would absolutely be non-trivial. (Have you ever tried to get an average business person to find their "network connections" settings?) Also, UAL would not cross the traffic of the flying public with their standard business trafic due to accounting (what department pays for the added bandwidth and line hook-up?) and security reasons (what happens when someone's game slows the overall network?).Also: the original pricing for connectivity in hotels was based upon the accepted $10 pricing of movies in the hotel rooms. As the service precipitated outside of hotels, the price carried over.
It was even demonstrated that the "buy rate" of the connectivity service in the hotel environment was statistically equivalent regardless if the price was $10 or $free. i.e. essentially the same number of people used it at both price points.
I suspect that for now, this counter-intuitive result is still the norm for the providers, and until the technology becomes mainstream, it will remain this way.
Oh, and probably unprofitable, too.
Although not yet a profitable business, hotel movies have been sold for $10 each for about ten years now and the service is available in over 1.8 million hotel rooms.
These same hotels are also investing in wired connectivity in their properties that are frequented by the business traveler. All "W" hotels are equipped, most Marriotts, etc.
As WiFi becomes more prevalent in the offices and laptops, it will be required in hotels and airports and other locations frequented by business persons (Starbucks, et al). This is particularly true in conference centers and airport locations.
Similarly, the academic community is embracing this technology. Harvard Business School (and several other schools) has WiFi for all of its students in every classroom.
As the average business person goes into technology, so often goes the mass/niche (depending upon how you classify the average business person) market.
Has any effort been made to have these products labeled as 'tuned'?
I am an advocate for less regulations and smaller government; however, I do think an important role needs to be played by government in education on all levels.
Labeling digital vocal tuning is no different to me than labeling genetically modified foods in the supermarket--I understand both and I don't have much against either, but I 100% believe that consumers should be educated on both and have the choice to select which they want.
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And for the truly excellent managers: "Correct and Proper" does not exist. Ultimately, there is always a better way. As several posters have mentioned if Q&D works to the customer's (internal or external) satisfaction, it is the final solution.