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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: lowpoly on Mon, 09 November 2009, 08:17:32

Title: 1st German Keyboard Puzzle Championships
Post by: lowpoly on Mon, 09 November 2009, 08:17:32

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Erste-deutsche-Meisterschaft-im-Tastaturpuzzeln-in-Stuttgart-853292.html (text in german)

http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=y&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FErste-deutsche-Meisterschaft-im-Tastaturpuzzeln-in-Stuttgart-853292.html&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0= (google translate)

Title: 1st German Keyboard Puzzle Championships
Post by: JBert on Mon, 09 November 2009, 15:48:59

Do I get this right: they get something like a two-piece model M with all the upper caps pulled off and need to reconfigure it to a standard ISO-de model?

Title: 1st German Keyboard Puzzle Championships
Post by: lowpoly on Tue, 10 November 2009, 04:36:53

Article doesn't say anything about two-piece or Model M. They'll probably have a sponsor for this.

Otherwise, yes. Put the caps back as fast as possible.

Title: 1st German Keyboard Puzzle Championships
Post by: DreymaR on Tue, 10 November 2009, 07:14:11

I hope the fastest contestant does a non-QWERTY layout, and chaos ensues!

Because they say 'put the keys in their right positions', and everybody worth their keyboard knows that isn't QWERTY!  :D

Title: 1st German Keyboard Puzzle Championships
Post by: lowpoly on Tue, 10 November 2009, 09:30:02

"I won because I used Colemak!"

:-)

Title: 1st German Keyboard Puzzle Championships
Post by: JBert on Wed, 11 November 2009, 06:17:10

To which the other contestants replied: "But he cheated!"

Title: 1st German Keyboard Puzzle Championships
Post by: DreymaR on Fri, 13 November 2009, 03:17:53

...and chaos ensues!  :D