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Offline gmorf33

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Filco Ping = angelic choir?
« on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 14:02:27 »
Is it just me or is the "filco ping" more like a choir of angels singing in rejoicement when you hit that perfect typing rhythm where you are just going nonstop at 75+ WPM?   Its become a sound I take great satisfaction in when i can make my keyboard sing.
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Offline Urglifast

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 14:41:25 »
why does the forum not have a like button?

definitely didn't buy a mechanical for the not making a lot of noise factor
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Offline hcry4

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 14:42:51 »
This is not Facebook.
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Offline Urglifast

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 14:44:16 »
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This is not Facebook.


captain obvious strikes again.
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Offline hcry4

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 14:45:22 »
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captain obvious strikes again.


Upvoted.
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Offline peda

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 14:45:54 »
Quote from: Urglifast;422187
why does the forum not have a like button?

definitely didn't buy a mechanical for the not making a lot of noise factor

Oh my, could you imagine a voting system like reddit...  O.o
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Offline Urglifast

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 14:46:11 »
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Upvoted.

X2

....wait, isn't that like liking my own post?
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Offline hcry4

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 14:48:12 »
At least this place isn't overrun by lame meme pics...oh wait...
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Offline Urglifast

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 14:48:17 »
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Oh my, could you imagine a voting system like reddit...  O.o

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I'd like to note that my POS iONE that I bought to have a non-descript mechanical at work doesn't ping.
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Offline peda

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Offline noodles256

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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 15:07:32 »
ping
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Offline Urglifast

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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 15:07:46 »
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Offline insilica

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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 15:21:10 »
I can foresee a sub-forum arising:

"Ping"
discuss all ping related issues here

Honestly it's not a big issue! For some it maybe an issue.

Should not put anyone off a mechanical keyboard! i.e. Cherry switch based!

For me the put-off of Topre was that it is a reinvented yet more sturdy rubber dome keyboard. Sorry Blasphemy to some but I am entitled to that opinion no matter how ill-educated such a comment may be. Now that I have a mechanical Filco Brown I think the whole ping thing is blown out of proportion just as my ill-educated comment as above-described! not mentioning the Topre fart ("Topre Fart" is a copyright of ripster)

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Btw - I am starting to hate this place! I am considering a Topre 87 45g uniform :-), just because I am curios. Damn it!!
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Offline noodles256

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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 15:22:10 »
you have been a member for less than a month. you cant foresee anything except my butt
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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 15:32:00 »
What butt? :focus:
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Offline keyboardlover

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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 15:35:53 »
The issue was more about folks who were expecting a quiet keyboard from browns and actually getting a loud one.

Not so much about whether or not you liked the "ringing" sound.
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Offline Clickey

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« Reply #16 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 19:31:58 »
If you hate ping, then you hate mechanical keyboards. Have you ever heard a model M? They could have used one of them as the liberty bell.
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« Reply #17 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 20:01:22 »
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If you hate ping, then you hate mechanical keyboards. Have you ever heard a model M? They could have used one of them as the liberty bell.


Not really. I currently own 3 mechanical keyboards, none of which have the ringing issue (note: not ping). And I love all of them.
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« Reply #18 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 20:14:54 »
A ring is much louder and sustained (not sure exactly how much). Probably not many sound samples because it's a sporadic issue and not everyone who experienced it took time to record it when they owned the keyboard.

Seriously, who records the sound of a noisy keyboard? I mean maybe if I DIDN'T have a job...
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Offline gmorf33

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« Reply #19 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 20:17:01 »
Ripster does, in the name of keyboard science!
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« Reply #20 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 20:19:10 »
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Ripster does, in the name of keyboard science!


Yes, I know. Hence the "having a job" part of my post.
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Offline keyboardlover

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« Reply #21 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 21:09:25 »
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How many seconds separates a Ring from a Ping and why aren't there any sound samples with a sustained Ring?


I just answered that. Is this groundhog day?
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« Reply #22 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 21:14:59 »
Wow touchy! Didn't you say "men used to be men" at GeekHack?
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Offline Playtrumpet

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« Reply #23 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 21:31:57 »
Ok. I read a lot.. A LOT about ping on this forum and I never understood the seeming negative connotation the word has.. I LOVE a mechanical ping sound. It just makes the experience more enjoyable to me.

Now, the ping on my C trumpet, THAT requires some repair.
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« Reply #24 on: Tue, 27 September 2011, 21:39:01 »
I find the word kind of hilarious myself.

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Offline gmorf33

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« Reply #25 on: Wed, 28 September 2011, 15:48:37 »
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I find the word kind of hilarious myself.

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That is my text message tone... so maybe i'm biased in my ping favor
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Offline redpill

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« Reply #26 on: Wed, 28 September 2011, 16:15:14 »
A little ping is fine and expected.

A loud ring (like when the customer service lady down the hall can hear it) becomes annoying and is obviously not what the manufacturer intended.
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Offline Wibox

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« Reply #27 on: Wed, 28 September 2011, 17:37:38 »
The pinging from within a switch I am good with, they have springs in them what do you expect? The pinging of a vibrating plate I am not okay with, though.
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