[tech] Humpback Replacement

[Conrad Pogson]

Didn't we buy that keyboard for clownfish during the break, when no-one is
around?

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Bob Adamson <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> I refer you to the difference in cleanliness between the gaming machine
> keyboards and the mechanical keyboard on clownfish (opensuse machine).
> Clownfishes is still clean, the gaming machines are disgusting -
> Coincidence?
>
> We spend the money on the gaming machines to make them good for what
> they're used for (in the form of graphics cards) - let's do the same for
> the programming and work focused machines. It's a well known fact that the
> mechanical keyboards DO last longer, and they DO in fact get lloked after
> when on non-gaming machines.
>
> Andrew Adamson
> UCC President
> bob at ucc.asn.au
>
> |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
> | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
>
> On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, James French wrote:
>
> > Lets be honest, all UCC members look after club keyboards and mice
> > like they own them. No-one ever eats/spills shit on them and makes
> > them horrible within a matter of weeks.
> >
> > F.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Conrad Pogson <prothoss at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I'm still unclear why we need such an expensive keyboard on a machine
> that
> > > will mostly be used to check mail and irc.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Bob Adamson <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> * bob actions Anil to build a bridge and get over it
> > >>
> > >> The keyboard has the same components as a DAS Keyboard (and has Cherry
> > >> Blue switches). So yes, pretty darned special :-)
> > >>
> > >> Andrew Adamson
> > >> UCC President
> > >> bob at ucc.asn.au
> > >>
> > >> |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."
>     |
> > >> | ---Peter's Laws
>    |
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Anil Sharma wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > "have been actioned" why do you insist on this militant stupidity?
> > >> >
> > >> > I also agree with Alwyn, that keyboard had better be pretty darned
> > >> > special.
> > >> >
> > >> > Cheers,
> > >> > Anil.
> > >> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Conrad Pogson
> >
>



-- 
Conrad Pogson
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