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Offline Infinite north

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« on: Mon, 02 August 2010, 15:16:43 »
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Offline aegrotatio

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 03 August 2010, 23:11:33 »
Huh, that's around regular price, when these were new, isn't it?
Too bad the jewel balls don't last.

Like that IBM Options split keyboard, the MS Trackball Explorer is over-rated.  Get a Kensington Expert Mouse of *any* vintage for real useful value.  No need to replace those little balls on those.
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Offline aegrotatio

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 03 August 2010, 23:18:50 »
Yeah I was baiting you.  Heheh.
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Offline EverythingIBM

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 04 August 2010, 01:18:12 »
Someone should buy the NEXTSTEP keyboard and rape it like ripster.

I would if I had money to waste on unimportant things and a few jests.
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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 05 August 2010, 15:55:12 »
I actually prefer my Logitech Cordless Optical Trackball to the MSTE.  That's because it is slightly more comfortable and tracks faster.  Additionally, even though I don't like it, I got used to pinky right click and I hit the wrong buttons the MSTE.  Also, the MSTE back and forwward buttons are counter-intuitive.  But MSTE is probably my third favorite trackball, behind CST L-Trac & the aforementioned Logitech.
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Offline aegrotatio

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 05 August 2010, 21:45:17 »
I'm not feeling anything different about my NeXT keyboard than any modern non-clicky ALPS like the ABS M1.  I did notice that the previous owner pressed a Control key into the Backspace key.  I thought that was pretty funny until I realized I'm never going to find a backspace key that even remotely resembles the real NeXT backspace key.
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Offline Voixdelion

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 09 August 2010, 05:23:01 »
@ Kishy:

I'm surprised you find the version 5 sluggish.  I have a USB 64217 which is perfectly fine for my use and its not even on the highest speed/tracking settings - but then again I am not gaming with it either. . . ooc, What do find it sluggish with?
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Offline Voixdelion

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 09 August 2010, 16:01:31 »
I'll have to plug in one of my 64215 and compare the two - or open em and see whats different @ the innards.  I only time I noticed a problem was when a really fine piece of cat fur got in between the eye and the bearing - took awhile to fix cuz I didn't see it at first..
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Offline EverythingIBM

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 09 August 2010, 18:01:47 »
Quote from: ripster;209695
EverythingIBM - if you were a bit smarter maybe you'd have money to burn too.


I'm starting to realize it really is not what you know, but who you know. Intellect is oftentimes irrelevant. I know a few (egg-headed) people who got their job because their "daddy" was a big CEO and stockholder.

If you want to base a theoretical income on my knowledge, I'd be one of the highest paid people. I'll say this: so many people lack creativity; probably because they never held a paintbrush or pressed a piano key in their life.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 09 August 2010, 18:17:32 »
Quote from: EverythingIBM;210760
If you want to base a theoretical income on my knowledge, I'd be one of the highest paid people


Knowledge of what?
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Offline Voixdelion

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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 09 August 2010, 18:33:33 »
Well if there's anything I've discovered, its that there is, unfortunately (for me at least) not necessarily a direct correlation in the ratio of income to intelligence. Possession or lack of the latter does not necessarily influence whether one has the former.  And even more unfortunately (for all of us), the same holds true for the positions of power that might draw said income.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 09 August 2010, 18:36:41 »
In my field of endeavour, I see people who have all the intelligence in the world, but are too lazy to make use of it, or they refuse to look at the greater picture and consider inputs from other perspectives. A lot of people blame other people and 'the way of the world' for their problems. In many cases though, people are their own worst enemies.
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Offline Voixdelion

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« Reply #12 on: Mon, 09 August 2010, 18:44:56 »
Well, that is actually the case in almost every field, I believe ("common sense" is fairly uncommon by my take) but ooc, what is yours?
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Offline instantkamera

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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 10 August 2010, 06:43:35 »
Quote from: EverythingIBM;210760
I'm starting to realize it really is not what you know, but who you know. Intellect is oftentimes irrelevant. I know a few (egg-headed) people who got their job because their "daddy" was a big CEO and stockholder.


So those people you KNOW, have you tried getting a job through them? You ought to use the same advantages as they do, after all.

Also, depending on the field of work, "eggheaded" would not be considered such a bad thing, so I don't get you negative implication there. Certainly, the general derogatory use of egghead does not agree with the usual profile of someone who "only gets a job because of daddy".

Personally, I believe your statement above is horse-****. Sure some, possibly a lot, of people are employed in jobs they are unfit for, but that should never stop a (self professed) creative, intelligent and QUALIFIED individual from getting a job. Perhaps you are:

a) In the wrong field.

b) Not working hard enough (smart people can be lazy).

c) Not as qualified as you think you are.

Quote from: EverythingIBM;210760

If you want to base a theoretical income on my knowledge, I'd be one of the highest paid people.


I don't know you. So, if I want to base your theoretical knowledge on you way you conduct yourself on this forum, both from a social and intellectual standpoint, you'd be an idiot.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 10 August 2010, 06:56:04 »
Even on principle, people who talk about how much they know are generally idiots...

What was it that Socrates said about the wisest man being the one who truly appreciated how ignorant he was?
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Offline instantkamera

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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 10 August 2010, 07:25:14 »
"The more you know, the more you know you don't know."

Humility, EIBM has it not.
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