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If we want to be literal, then Topre is the obvious winner. But of course what we're really talking about is non-capacitive boards. I have three:
#1 is the Logitech K350 (the wave keyboard). I don't actually own one, but they have a bunch around the office here. For a crappy mass-market keyboard, I ...

Yes, it is. Go for it.

A layout change is not going to be a panacea for virtual keyboards - only real innovations have ever caught on (like T9 and swype).

What a shitty thread.

I've been trying out Windows 8 for about a week. It is significantly less awful than I expected it to be. Metro can go to hell, though.

Eventually all the noobs will migrate over to Deskthority and RUIN IT FOREVER. At which point there will be an exodus to a newer, more snobby elite forum.

I feel bad for all the shit iMav has to put up with.

The case is driven by egoism. The women's lawyer wants to be seen in the media. Assange wants to play the "martyr card" rather than be known as a convicted sex offender..
That's my take on it as well. I can't imagine the Swedes extraditing him - people would throw a shit fit (since it would so ...

mintberryminuscrunch wrote:i think what you wanted to ask is rather China, than Chinese.?
China in terms of
political system
cheap labor
human rights
censorship
might not be that popular..

Yep. The Chinese "authorities" (whether that be government or business) are held in very low esteem here.

No, Americans do not hold any particular animosity towards the Chinese. Like Djuzuh said, we're becoming more afraid of their power (especially since it is rising), but our history is quite free of conflict. And while they are nominally communist, which is something many Americans hate and fear, we ...

lysol wrote:Blood... still one of my favorite fps of all time.

Super excellent, and still a lot of fun to play. The weapons are just fantastic.

Dungeon Keeper is great, and Deus Ex as well, but still one of my favourite games is "Thief: Dark Project". This game is simply awesome, even though the graphics can't keep up with current games, it captures you much more than most modern games. Even though I like some BF3 from time to time. Modern ...

I suspect Valve will announce Half Life 2: episode 3, Half Life 3, Portal 3, Team Fortress 3, Left 4 Dead 3, Dota 3, and Day of Defeat 3 all in one day just for fun.

On the subject of the topic at hand:
Retro, to me, implies games from the 1970 till around 1994. And with very rare exceptions I ...

ripster wrote:Typing of the Dead!

I only have the PC version. I should track down a Dreamcast keyboard and suffer, like G did.

Model M I found in a dumpster.

Man, this thread is still going?

SUPER WHINEY.

Seems like you want a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0

koralatov wrote:Consolas.

Not open-source, though not a problem if you're using Windows exclusively. It's not too hard to extract it and use it on other OSes.

koralatov wrote:

Daniel Beaver wrote:Courier is truly gross.

Re-fixed that for ya. Courier commits the worse sin that a typface commits: it's not very readable.

DejaVu fonts are nice, as are Inconsolata and the Droid fonts. The issues you describe with crappy anti-aliasing on the capital letters seems like it might have another source. I personally use Dina , which is a bitmap font - I don't like anti-aliasing, especially against a black terminal window ...

I find it perplexing that they screwed up the scroll wheel so bad, given how otherwise excellent the ergonomics are.

I can understand why the switches are laid out that way, though. Look how it's done in the Deathadder below: two Omron switches stacked side-by-side, one for the scrollwheel, one for ...

off wrote:How exactly does it feel horrible?

It's very stiff and/or heavy. Middle clicking is way more annoying than it needs to be.

ripster wrote:I found it hilarious mods running around editing my TapaTalk sig out.

Here Webwit just turned it off.

Those TapaTalk sigs are spammy and annoying. How is webwit filtering those?

(And I must be the only one who doesn't find Geekhack's moderation onerous)

Yes, please do this. As a semi-frequent seller, it makes my life so much easier. It's also sort of fun to see the big world community on here.

RIP. The people who matter will remember

webwit wrote:So who invented the Internet? Was it Bill Gates or Al Gore?

On a related note: cancer sucks.

How much is it like a topre? because I have heard that they are comparable. Has anyone typed on a quietkey and a realforce or HHKB?

I used to say that they compared favorably, but I take it back now that I have used my Realforce for awhile. Topre boards are just in a different league. Quitekeys ...

You don't HAVE to live with the ancient layout, if you are proactive enough to mod it

Oh well. I wish iMav the best of luck getting that sorted out.

Neato, I like these black/white boards

Here is the heavy space bar fix that Daedalus mentioned:
Model F Improvement: Space bar mod

I also recommend replacing the Backspace/|/Enter keys. You can reconfigure it into an ISO layout as well using this method.
Model F - Gimme back my Big Backspace Mod

And if you're feeling handy, it is ...