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Offline Snowdog993

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Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« on: Mon, 25 May 2015, 23:08:26 »
What the?
http://www.bidnessetc.com/41448-google-inc-awarded-patent-to-eliminate-the-space-bar-on-keyboards/

Nothing like a virtual spacebar for that virtual keyboard.
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 25 May 2015, 23:21:57 »
Sounds pretty ****ty. I hate trackpads already.
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Offline False_Dmitry_II

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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 25 May 2015, 23:23:50 »
That sounds horrendous.
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 25 May 2015, 23:23:56 »
jeebus...that's actually hilariously useful.

but ****...google?

maker of the ****tiest 'laptops' ever?  what a waste.
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 25 May 2015, 23:33:52 »
Wow, would that mean that even if your thumb just rested on the space bar trackpad thing for even a moment, it would register an input?
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 26 May 2015, 00:03:50 »
Quote from: nmur on Mon, 25 May 2015, 23:33:52
Wow, would that mean that even if your thumb just rested on the space bar trackpad thing for even a moment, it would register an input?

entirely firmware based.

there's pretty good palm detection nowadays
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 26 May 2015, 03:24:20 »
**** that **** Oo . What's actually wrong with having a spacebar in the first place?
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 26 May 2015, 03:31:16 »
You know what takes up a lot of space? the ****ing trackpad.
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 26 May 2015, 04:59:55 »
Wow. Another useless patent. It's shocking the crap that people patent. Really. There's no need to protect an idea (and pay good money to do so) if it's a bad one.
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 26 May 2015, 05:40:22 »
At least this should prevent others from implementing this hair-brained idea.
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 27 May 2015, 07:50:40 »
Quote from: chyros on Tue, 26 May 2015, 03:24:20
**** that **** Oo . What's actually wrong with having a spacebar in the first place?

everyone should change to a 1u space key like me. Spacebars are passe from the time of typewriters
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 27 May 2015, 07:57:29 »
Quote from: Snowdog993 on Mon, 25 May 2015, 23:08:26
www.bidnessetc.com/

Looks like demik finally got his own website.

Let's all read about hoe bidness works, guys.
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 27 May 2015, 08:02:03 »
Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Wed, 27 May 2015, 07:57:29
Quote from: Snowdog993 on Mon, 25 May 2015, 23:08:26
www.bidnessetc.com/

Looks like demik finally got his own website.

Let's all read about hoe bidness works, guys.

Is this different than Halverson's HO bidness?
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Re: Google has been awarded patent to eliminate the spacebar on keyboards!
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 27 May 2015, 08:03:46 »

Quote from: absyrd on Wed, 27 May 2015, 08:02:03
Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Wed, 27 May 2015, 07:57:29
Quote from: Snowdog993 on Mon, 25 May 2015, 23:08:26
www.bidnessetc.com/

Looks like demik finally got his own website.

Let's all read about hoe bidness works, guys.

Is this different than Halverson's HO bidness?

Mine just has more flair
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