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Offline Gin

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« Reply #200 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 14:38:42 »
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nothing like a little troll smashing to bring us closer together.

Think of it like iMav's Watchmen-esque master plan.
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Offline litster

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« Reply #201 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 14:57:58 »
*group hug*
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Offline fantus

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« Reply #202 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 15:17:32 »
oh, so then you re-read my post and came to the conclusion that you are a troll? Now we can close this thread :)
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Offline fantus

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« Reply #203 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 15:35:02 »
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no... sadly we didn't get a last word out of him.
:), i beat a troll with 2 posts, I feel like a winner even if it doesn't get closed.
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Offline insilica

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« Reply #204 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 15:45:05 »
omg I can't believe how often this has been bumped... plz put it to sleep
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Offline hashbaz

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« Reply #205 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 15:47:03 »
I think we're all still reeling with adrenaline from troll fighting
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #206 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 16:42:14 »
It's just your opinion that he's been banned.  Show me proof.
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Offline Gin

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« Reply #207 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 18:11:58 »
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http://geekhack.org/member.php?14115-Slux

I'm not gonna believe a link to his geekhack profile. It's not that reliable. Get me scientific evidence please. Something something something "intelligent."
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #208 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 18:26:54 »
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It's just your opinion that he's been banned.  Show me proof.
http://geekhack.org/member.php?14115-Slux

That's probably a fake page or he just put that in his title.  Who developed vBulletin?  Prove to me they are reputable people.
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Offline Pretendo

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« Reply #209 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 18:32:39 »
I should say some words to try and close this thread... his last insult was directed at me.

*lifts glass*

To Slux: You may have been banned today, but your troll thread will propagate the geekhack forums forever!
« Last Edit: Wed, 02 November 2011, 18:34:45 by Pretendo »
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Offline dorkvader

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« Reply #210 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 19:20:11 »
That was an exciting read!

The inconsistencies of the arguments presented amuse and sicken me. Hooray!

Empiricism, Naturalism, Burden of proof, and logical fallacies. Mix in a heapin' helpin' of hypocritical arrogance. Simmer until troll flame war breaks out!

Glad to have been a part of this. Big thanks all 'round, and especially to Slux, without him, this would never have been possible.
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« Reply #211 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 19:22:06 »
This has been very entertaining in a perverse way. There was a moderate amount of very useful and enlightening information, 5%-10% peppered through the monumental dreck.

What was amusing, but disheartening, was that the troll was arguing like my father-in-law < that is > everything has to be "right" or "wrong" and that "right" is, by definition, whatever opinion resides between his ears.

How can anyone be so unhinged as to assign "right" and "wrong" to matters of opinion and personal taste?

PS - I actually got out a RD (a clean original Dell QuietKey RT7D5JTW Thailand) to make sure I remembered the feeling. It was both better and worse than I remembered, and I could probably use it regularly if I really had to. But I wouldn't want to.
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Offline pitashen

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« Reply #212 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 19:27:31 »
i am so gonna troll a rubber dome thread one of these days... 19 pages... wtf..
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Offline arplod

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« Reply #213 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 19:44:35 »
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They aren't.  Please see all the bugs I've posted in the feedback thread.

Plus "spoiler" tags sure would be nice. Phpbb has those.

Nobody answered my question why the pro gamers do so well on rubber domes.

I did ask if anyone had run tests on how much force operators exerted on the keyboards - especially in a gaming scenario, not how much force is required to actuate a keyboard. My guess is that in a gaming scenario, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference be it a red or a short-throw rubber dome in terms of how long it takes for contact to be made.
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Offline Pretendo

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« Reply #214 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 19:51:46 »
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Nobody answered my question why the pro gamers do so well on rubber domes.


A pro golfer is better with a $5 set of clubs than an amateur with a $5000 set.

New, short travel RDs are quite good for gaming imho, but that doesn't mean they're the "best for everybody."  GH would not exist if that were the case.
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« Reply #215 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 21:19:51 »
Thread TL;DR

I would, JUST ONCE, love to see one of these trolling threads not get past the first page.
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« Reply #216 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 21:46:37 »
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I would, JUST ONCE, love to see one of these trolling threads not get past the first page.


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Offline hashbaz

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« Reply #217 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 21:59:06 »
To me at least, it wasn't clear he was trolling until several pages in.
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Offline litster

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« Reply #218 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 22:42:22 »
Anybody knows if he is temp-banned or perma-banned?  He might come back and continue the trolling.
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Offline Internetlad

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« Reply #219 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 23:31:56 »
I wish my threads propagated 283 replies in less than 48 hours :(
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Offline arplod

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« Reply #220 on: Thu, 03 November 2011, 06:04:33 »
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A pro golfer is better with a $5 set of clubs than an amateur with a $5000 set.

New, short travel RDs are quite good for gaming imho, but that doesn't mean they're the "best for everybody."  GH would not exist if that were the case.

Indeed.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?23560-Why-rubberdomes-are-better-than-mechanical-keyboards.&p=444118#post444118
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