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It's definitely not a ripoff... That's what I thought, but I still bottled out of ordering - didn't want to commit on something I'm not 100% sure I want. ...it sounds like the ultra-polling stuff will need a special driver... I don't know how it works, but there are plenty of mice that are driverle...

I'm struggling with the decision to buy, it's going to be ~£220 (€256) by the time VAT and the courier import fee is added. The case is just five layers of acrylic that has been cut out, so doesn't sound like it will be all that great and I can see why some people are saying they would just like the...

I don't actually need an ergo (I don't usually get cramp or RSI problems) but it looks very interesting. For gaming purposes it looks better than any of those control pads that are available and I don't really fancy a seperate gaming pad anyway because I like to be free of excess clutter wherever po...

wow, I am extremely late to this and there's only a few hours to go on the massdrop buy! I'll see if I can find answers in the thread, but as time is pressing would anybody be able to answer the following questions? 1) is there definitely going to be an EU group buy for this? 2) how long is the hand...

Given that Topre do different colours for the anniversay keycaps I wonder if it would be possible to get a unique colour for the whole keyboard? Although it's very easy for the wrong shade to make the effect look cheap and tacky, or you get bored of a colour very quickly after the novelty wears off....

Beige? good lord no, some retro chic is just wrong

Uniform 45g or maybe 35g with the silent kit is what I would like, but Bruce wasn't interested in the silent version when I asked about it.

Interesting new concept, each key is capacitive touch activated, but there is also some physical movement to simulate a traditional, mechanical key action. Report at Anandtech

Hi all, I haven't posted for a while but I thought this is newsworthy for Deskthority - Razer have announced some new Black Widow mechanicals, with immediate availability in some territories. The old glossy coating is gone, MX Browns are offered (described as silent & tactile) and there is a tenkeyl...

The Solutor wrote:I don't know how Vespuccia sounds for an English ear, in Italian sounds very laughable, maybe was the case at the time...

America definitely sounds better. Vespuccia sounds a little strange, but perhaps not as funny as it might to Italians.

The Solutor wrote:Like Colombia and Columbia, you mean ?

yes, so if Amerigo Vespucci is really the origin of the name America it should be Vespuccia. Of course nobody can prove anything so it's just a bit of trivia to be debated by academics.

Hungary was not discovered by an Italian and named after another Italian, like America. There is a compelling theory that America is named after a Welshman, Richard Amerike. Some people believe this to be more likely as it would be very unusual for a country to be named after the Christian name of ...

Crazed cleric Fred Phelps tells us why clicky keys are wrong!

What are your policies? Make a good case and I may sign up...

though I suspect you may have some problems persuading the admin that you can meet their job description

Ensuring your respective section(s) is on topic, compliant with the ToS and drama-free

You love OCN really, even more than you love your clicky springs

Copy and paste from another forum: “Xarmor U9BL as a product is “end of life”. It is not being manufactured anymore. U9BL was an improved version of the Scorpius (which has been around for 17 years), and the QPAD MK-80 is a further development of the U9BL.” About why we choosed MX Cherry blue: (Dire...

how did that happen? aren't grams a bit too metric for US preferences?

That thread title is an INSULT to Stevie Wonder!!!! true, he is awesome and I have a couple of his albums so I may change the title - although the phrase "designed/drawn/constructed/whatever by Stevie Wonder " has become something of an idiom in the UK for almost any type of shoddy workmanship. Edi...

Qpad MK-80 press release

No escaping the fact - this keyboard is ugly. Unfortunate, but at least it's another sign that mechanical is becoming important to brands and consumers.

One PCB per key. This idea is ingenious! Interesting, but before you get carried away will the cost work out better? Even in quantity you're looking at something like €30 per keyboard just for the controllers suggested? PIC10F200 @ Mouser Electronics Of course these are typical inflated EU prices s...

sixty wrote:Streetprice is 7,980 yen (~$94 USD, ~65 EUR).

NOMiS wrote:

why did they write Polish instead of polish? Do Poles have a unique diet that helps?

Minskleip wrote:Someone should make a neural interface! Good idea!

OCZ already did: http://www.ocztechnology.com/nia-game-controller.html

Isn't this the Openoffice mouse, and wasn't it a joke? Yep: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Openoffice+mouse&num=20&hl=en&safe=off&sa=G&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=m7ugTd_CBYi2hAef2oXxBA&ved=0CEwQsAQ&biw=1378&bih=852 You can't polish a turd, but you can put it in a different colour box...

sixty wrote:Small shift is great. Small backspace is THE FUCKING DEVIL.

there's no need to be shy here or hold back, tell us what you really think

...will anybody care? Teaser image on Mionix website: http://www.mionix.net/z60/

No clues about switch type or price, 8 days on the timer for full product launch.

which part of this keyboard saves space?

I have another theory which is not only related to travel but also to required force to activate a key... That's why I mentioned mechanical advantage when I started the thread. I was still curious about this so I dug out on old typewriter I knew we had somewhere. It's an old machine: 1950s or earli...

ranm wrote:what kind of software do you use to make this type of graphics ? I've seen similar on GH but never bothered to ask...

If you want to make your own vector graphics (.SVG) images, Inkscape is very impressive.

Yeah, the other numbers are much better. They featured the number 7 on Sesame Street once, it was the worst episode ever, even worse than the one where they didn't show Katy Perry. The makers of Sesame Street are evil.

NOMiS wrote:Also what's the deal with the 7 key?

It says KBC, so you don't need to type the number seven ever again...

somebody can tell me how to emulate a cherry clear? I'm sure one of the gurus will confirm shortly, but I believe it's not possible emulate Clears - due to the profile of the protrusion on the side of the stem that rubs against the spring. Pinched from the geekhack wiki : http://geekhack.org/attach...