Free Topre Realforce all 55g giveaway!

[TexasFlood]

How about everyone do some extra work, send in for a gold kit, sell some things on ebay, mow your neighbor's rug, work and save $_____ then we all do a group buy of White 87u's from a lucky vendor.  Then everyone wins, no one loses.

Loan a man a Topre, he types for a day.  Teach a man how to earn enough money to buy one and he types for a lifetime.  - Socrates

That's how most of us are going to end up as there is only one keyboard, didjamaticrates, but in the meantime all this must be very entertaining for Ranma13, :wink:

[ch_123]

I would not understand for the life of me why you'd give away a perfectly functional $200 keyboard for free because you promised to give it away when you believed that it was broken... But that's just me!

[TexasFlood]

I would not understand for the life of me why you'd give away a perfectly functional $200 keyboard for free because you promised to give it away when you believed that it was broken... But that's just me!

Agreed, save your money, end our pain! :biggrin:

[Rajagra]

Loan a man a Topre, he types for a day.  Teach a man how to earn enough money to buy one and he types for a lifetime.  - [strike]Socrates[/strike] Thockrates.

Fixed.

[itlnstln]

C'mon.  Sometimes to need to create justification to buy a new 'board.

[TexasFlood]

Ooooh. Look at all the decloaking lurkers!

Not missing another GIMP opportunity, :smile:, FIRE photon topredoes!!!

[itlnstln]

Ooooh. Look at all the decloaking lurkers!

Damn, offer up some free ****, and everybody's a member.

[didjamatic]

-Thockrates.  Fixed.

Awesome.

[JBert]

Is it the first of April already? Damn timezones...

[elbowglue]

Make a 1 day auction on fleabay.  Donate 10% to charity or whatever.  Don't make the auction easily findable except for members of geekhack.  Then you get some cash out of it, a geekhacker gets a good deal on a home-repaired topre, charity is happy too.  That's my vote.

Or you can just give it to me!  

[ch_123]

I should get it because I'm awesome.

[itlnstln]

I should get it because I'm awesome.

I already said that.  Too late.

[Sorian]

All 55g is too stiff

Wouldn't having different forces needed for different areas of keys feel weird, though?  I mean, I'm making a blind judgment here since I've never experienced it myself, but I think having 45g needed in some places and 55g needed in others would actually slow down typing speed.  Since it's not consistent.

But then again, as soon as you adapt to it and muscle memory kicks in, it might not be too bad..

[Sorian]

Ah, yeah.  I knew it varied by 10g, just wasn't sure if it was 45/55 or 35/45.  I wonder what typing on 35g would actually feel like.  I'm happy with around the 50-60g force that rubber domes require, so 45g for Browns wouldn't seem like that big of a difference if I do end up buying a Filco, but 35? That difference seems crazy.  But that's just me.

[Brodie337]

To be honest, th 45 gram browns don't feel THAT much lighter than my 60(ish) gram Monterey Chicony... I'm really liking them as a switch.

[Ranma13]

*watches the thread derail and crash*

Ok well...I'm not sure what to do at this point. Half of you are saying you want it and the other half are about to sacrifice me on an altar for giving it away.

Tell you what, let's do it lottery style. At the end of the day tomorrow (Wednesday, 3/17/10), I'll put everyone's name who posted in this thread into a bin (including mine), then randomly draw out a name. Whoever's name I pull out, I'll send them a PM. If they don't want it, then I'll do it again until someone accepts it. How does that sound?

P.S. If I draw my own name, I'll keep it.

[Sorian]

Or you should just give it to someone who is venturing into the world of Mechanical Keyboards for the first time. Hint hint.  Haha.

The lottery idea isn't half bad.  Though it isn't 100% fair, statistically speaking, since complete randomness is pretty hard to replicate in these types of drawings.

And I agree with the person below me.  They should have registered before you posted this.

[Ranma13]

I'll just write a simple program to do it:

var list = new List();
list.Add("Person1");
list.Add("Person2");
etc...

var random = new Random();
var person = list.elementAt(random.Next(0, list.Count()));
Console.WriteLine("{0} wins a free Topre keyboard!", person);

[Viett]

I'll just write a simple program to do it:

var list = new List();
list.Add("Viett");
list.Add("Person2");
etc...

var random = new Random();
var person = list.elementAt(0);
Console.WriteLine("{0} wins a free Topre keyboard!", person);

I took the liberty of correcting your program. It should work now.

[AgentHeavy]

I just paid 267 dollars for my Realforce 55g and you are offering one ?

Come on it's not correct !

[poonsmjj]

Wow... that's really awesome of you if you do this Sounds fun actually

*watches the thread derail and crash*

Ok well...I'm not sure what to do at this point. Half of you are saying you want it and the other half are about to sacrifice me on an altar for giving it away.

Tell you what, let's do it lottery style. At the end of the day tomorrow (Wednesday, 3/17/10), I'll put everyone's name who posted in this thread into a bin (including mine), then randomly draw out a name. Whoever's name I pull out, I'll send them a PM. If they don't want it, then I'll do it again until someone accepts it. How does that sound?

P.S. If I draw my own name, I'll keep it.

[platon]

Count me in then ! I   like lotteries!

[elservo]

I can't believe anyone would want to give away a Topre board, even if one's good word is at stake.  I hope you get it in the drawing.  It's the fair way, and you don't have to spend any money to ship it to yourself.

[didjamatic]

If you're going to do a lottery, have someone impartial do it and include 50% of the names as duplicate entries for Ranma13, that way he has a good shot at keeping it and others can still hope to win it if they so desire.

[nanu]

What an interesting turn of events.

Hello. Welcome to Geekhack!

[ricercar]

Not interested in writing an essay. However, I'll enter a lottery.

[kriminal]

has a weird feeling this thread is rickrolled

[Mental Hobbit]

I don't need it. I don't deserve it. But I guess I shouldn't be the only one just watching from the sideline.

[asdf]

I think entries should be weighted by post count.

I say date joined :]

[Sorian]

Weighting doesn't seem all that fair, though.  I mean some people just don't enjoy posting as much as they do reading.  And others found out about geekhack at different times.  Plus...the longer you've been around, the more keyboards you're likely to have due to the contagious disease that we like to call our love for keyboards.

As long as they joined before the date of this thread, I think everyone should have an equal chance, if it is decided to do it lottery style.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

I want to get in on this.  I could always use a good keyboard for my constantly increasing computer collection.

[zwmalone]

Oh yeah, date joined!  I've been a faithful member.... I deserve nice things =P

[Oqsy]

Or how about it goes to the guy with identical twin aunts who each have a set of twin boys, one set identical, the other fraternal...

mmm hmm.  good method for choosing.

[EverythingIBM]

I want to get in on this.  I could always use a good keyboard for my constantly increasing computer collection.

Your basement can only hold so many...

I guess the same is true of my basement! Except, mine is only filled with IBM products.

What happens if you had a basement flood? Better make an "attic" computer lab.

[TexasFlood]

Hey! I'm a copy, and you will respect mah authoritah!
Ship that keyboard to me now or get your a__ to jail!


I mean, uh, yes, a lottery sounds fine...

[karljs]

I think entries should be weighted by post count.

I feel bad picking your quote, Ripster, since you're one of the most helpful members here.  Please don't take this personally.  That said, this kind of good ol' boys mentality is an off-putting attitude and it's running rampant in this thread.  I understand that geekhack values community, which is great, but trying to disenfranchise people just for being new members seems a bit ludicrous.  I for one think it's great that this has brought some people out of the woodwork.  It can only strengthen things in the long run.

Besides being new I also already own a Topre keyboard, so I'll keep myself out of the lottery for the sale of the needy.  Just in a bad mood, I guess.

[takasta]

congragulations on the fix. You'll probably won't send it to me since I live all the way in Hong Kong, but i'm prob one of the few HK people here! Love keyboards, love ****ing keyboards, ****ing love keyboards, keyboards love ****ing, ****ing keyboard love.

Anyways thats about my tidbit for your topre 55g! Good luck with everyone, and gratz to the soon to be owner of a magnificant keyboard.

[bionicroach]

Count me in if you decide to go forward with the lottery.

And if not, I'd like to add my +1 for the "loaner unit" idea.  One of the knife collector forums I belong to does "pass arounds" like that and as far as I know it's always worked out quite well.  For people with limited disposable income like parents / students / retirees / etc it's really nice to have the try-before-you-buy option.

[HaaTa]

Lol, someone took ripster seriously...

*hahaha*

[Xede]

Send it to me, I could use another topre to use with my toes.

[Sorian]

I would pay money to see someone type with their toes.

Actually, on second thought... No, I wouldn't.  But hey, you should go try it and let us know how it goes.

[Hak Foo]

My entry:

I'll club it to pieces with a Unicomp board, thus giving Americans an undeserved feeling of superiority, perhaps becoming a viral YouTube hit.

[devilcm3]

the word "free" is indeed ...

it even attracts worlds best poet to come down here and write a story about his childhood drooling a topre

[ch_123]

Cat not included.

Deal breaker.

[HaaTa]

And I think all of you need a...

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[trievalot]

I only have one question.

[trievalot]

Oh, and on another note i have a stack of 4 year old ex primary school rubber dome keyboards im sending to EACH AND EVERY ONE of you unless you can give me a good reason you deserve not to recieve it

[Rajagra]

Use geohashing to select a random place and bury the keyboard. Make people work for the prize! :evil:

[cryticfarm]

I'm quite new to mechanical keyboards, and I too learned about them from the mechanical keyboard thread on overclock.net. As you can see, I have a thread right around here about which one to buy. The truth is, I don't have much money to buy a mechanical keyboard, I have about 500 dollars in a bank account and that's it. I tried to get a job a while ago (I'm in grade 12 of high school), but I'm guessing not many people were willing to hire kids during those economic times. I've been longing to get a mechanical keyboard for ages, and the time I viewed that overclock.net thread was too late. For my last birthday (September) I got a SideWinder rubber dome gaming keyboard (the knobs are actually pretty useful ha). I spent quite a bit of the money I got for my birthday on that keyboard (at the time it was quite expensive in Canada) just to find out about mechanical keyboards a week or two later. In the past weeks I've been researching keyboards for an hour or two everyday, even though I probably wasn't going to buy one for a while. To be honest, even right now I don't have the money, but I think I'm going to get some money from relatives (which I usually put in my savings and I feel bad when spending) soon. I've heard about mechanical keyboards  in the past, but I never really payed attention until I found the GeekHack forums.

(line break so that this isn't an eyehurt)

I lurked the geek hack forums for 2 weeks now, and started posting, I think, yesterday. The things that also bugs me, other than the fact that I spend 90 dollars on a rubber dome keyboard right before I found out about mechanical keyboards, is that I USED TO OWN A IBM MODEL M. My dad had an old IBM keyboard from work (he owned a business), but when we moved here after he passed away, we threw away the old computer with the keyboard for a new computer (our new computer didn't have PS/2). I didn't even really type back then, just the occasional computer game (we didn't have internet).

So basically I've missed the opportunity for a DECENT keyboard TWICE now, and I've been using cheap rubber domes pretty much all my life.


EDIT:
hahahahhaha, I didn't read the part where you said it's lottery style now hahahahhaha.

[cryticfarm]

so i'll take an entry to that lottery lol