Author Topic: Oh god don't let this be the new trend... (Read 6346 times)

elservo · « **on:** Wed, 24 February 2010, 19:26:13 »

A keyboard without those pesky "keys" to help solve your bacteria problem.

Glad Gizmodo makes a point though that this will be useful at hospitals, but oh my, I couldn't imagine trying to type on that thing.

:scared:

TexasFlood · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 24 February 2010, 20:01:16 »

Quote from: elservo;160563

A keyboard without those pesky "keys" to help solve your bacteria problem.

Glad Gizmodo makes a point though that this will be useful at hospitals, but oh my, I couldn't imagine trying to type on that thing.

Yikes, me neither.

Just gotta disinfect those old keyboards well, like below me disinfecting the Gateway AnyKey pulled from the basement this morning.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 24 February 2010, 20:04:03 »

I don't really care how dirty my keyboards are. I'm the only one who uses them anyway.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 24 February 2010, 20:10:36 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;160568

I don't really care how dirty my keyboards are. I'm the only one who uses them anyway.

Once they're clean once, I kinda do the same. But a used keyboard is sort of in the same class as a public telephone, quite likely nasty. Of course items like doorknobs, toilet handles and money also fall into this category but one has to suck it up at some point or become Adrian Monk.

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 24 February 2010, 20:15:03 »

I would rather use a telephone to type with.

Also, if you saw my Chicony keyboard, you would probably get an infection just from looking at it.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 24 February 2010, 20:27:01 »

Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement;160571

I would rather use a telephone to type with.

I... choose...

NEITHER! :scared:

HaaTa · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 24 February 2010, 22:27:37 »

Yeah +1 for hospitals. The nastiest keyboard I've ever used was one used by the technicians who make casts.

After one key press, I slid it straight into the garbage...
Sorry, no pics.

ch_123 · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 03:14:39 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;160568

I don't really care how dirty my keyboards are. I'm the only one who uses them anyway.

Truly the material of famous last words...

kriminal · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 06:58:22 »

LOL at the comments from the link, some off you guys even posted in the comments.
on that note my rubberdome on work is a cesspool of bacteria {including H1N1}.

datamonger128 · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 12:33:14 »

When I have to use a keyboard at a school or something, I don't. I carry one of those roll-up rubber keyboards to use when I'm forced to use a computer that is not mine. It's not the best keyboard in the world, but it's better than using some thing that a ton of people have touched.

itlnstln · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 12:34:15 »

It sounds like you are in the market for an HHKB and a carrying case.

datamonger128 · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 13:23:38 »

Those cost too much. I got the flexible keyboard for free.

ch_123 · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 13:43:50 »

Earlier today for the lulz, I visited one of my college's Mac labs. The white keys on the 'aloomanum' keyboards were practically brown with dirt. To make matters worse, the machines are less than two years old...

ch_123 · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 13:48:27 »

True. I definitely don't buy into all that 'spray everything with bleach or E-coli will rape your children' ****e, but beyond a certain level of dirtiness, it's rather disconcerting.

Things could be worse - there are people I know who recoil backwards if I put something I've pulled from a skip near them.

itlnstln · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 13:51:06 »

Quote from: webwit;160672

People who are afraid of dirt usually end up sick by it because of a weakened immunity system. It is a dangerous denial of humans being animals in symbiosis with their environment.

I'm definitely not afraid of dirt, but there are things I won't touch given the choice. People's nasty keyboards are one of them.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 13:54:08 »

Quote from: webwit;160672

People who are afraid of dirt usually end up sick by it because of a weakened immunity system. It is a dangerous denial of humans being animals in symbiosis with their environment.

Grime layered on by a large number of folks without regular cleaning or even the benefit of sunlight to clean it ain't any more natural than trying to avoid dirt altogether. Everything in moderation.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 14:07:39 »

Quote from: ch_123;160674

True. I definitely don't buy into all that 'spray everything with bleach or E-coli will rape your children' ****e, but beyond a certain level of dirtiness, it's rather disconcerting.

Things could be worse - there are people I know who recoil backwards if I put something I've pulled from a skip near them.

E-coli can be unpleasant, even deadly, and should be avoided. One can't live in a bleach soaked bubble but should take reasonable precautions if you don't want to pay the price. I can tell you first hand that there are some antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria out there that are even worse and it can take some time and whining to convince a doctor get up on a stool and get the top shelf antibiotics required to fight them.

keyb_gr · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 16:33:20 »

Quote from: webwit;160672

People who are afraid of dirt usually end up sick by it because of a weakened immunity system. It is a dangerous denial of humans being animals in symbiosis with their environment.

While it's true that younger children in particular should have some exposure to all kinds of dirt (as well as plenty of other kids) in order to build up a good, healthy immune system, I'm not so sure about the same applying to grownups.

Last time I was in a PC pool, I looked at the grimeboards and ultimately decided I didn't need a computer that urgently...

TexasFlood · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 16:57:08 »

Quote from: webwit;160716

Well that's what I think is silly. I don't like a dirty board either, but I don't mind cleaning a grimeboard. Well, I mind it for the time it consumes. But not because I'm a princess

My cheapness outweighs my germophobia, I'll clean up a grimeboard if it's worth it, that's what wet ones and lysol are for, :fear:

HaaTa · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 16:59:10 »

One of the worst are those grime encrusted keyboards from secretaries that use WAY too much hand cream. They feel as nasty as they look.

This looks to be pretty close (minus the burn marks), especially the space bar.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 17:49:43 »

Quote from: HaaTa;160720

One of the worst are those grime encrusted keyboards from secretaries that use WAY too much hand cream. They feel as nasty as they look.

This looks to be pretty close (minus the burn marks), especially the space bar.

That's a nasty one!

microsoft windows · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 19:43:38 »

The Gateway2000 keyboard I'm using right now is quite grimy.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 20:08:11 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;160758

The Gateway2000 keyboard I'm using right now is quite grimy.

Get some wet ones & clean that baby up.
You'll thank me later.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 25 February 2010, 22:43:37 »

Quote from: webwit;160722

Oh yeah baby let the grime wars begin! Hope it isn't dinner time in your timezone.

Not too bad, just needs a little scrubbing...

vils · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 26 February 2010, 05:39:36 »

George Carlin on germs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnmMNdiCz_s

itlnstln · « **Reply #25 on:** Fri, 26 February 2010, 07:22:31 »

That George Carlin peice is hilarious. I'm glad I got to see him live before he died.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 26 February 2010, 18:02:00 »

Quote from: vils;160815

George Carlin on germs:

Thanks for that, needed a laugh, :laugh:

hyperlinked · « **Reply #27 on:** Fri, 26 February 2010, 19:49:10 »

Quote from: itlnstln;160827

That George Carlin peice is hilarious. I'm glad I got to see him live before he died.

I saw him several times and was actually holding tickets for a show he was going to do in less than a month when I got the sad news that he died. I was so bummed. The last time I saw him, he didn't look like he was in the best of health and I knew that any show I saw could be the last one he did so when I bought those tickets I actually thought to myself that I hope he lives long enough to do one more show in Silicon Valley.

I laughed so damn hard at one of his shows that I injured my diaphram. I had a muscle spasm right at the same time he told a really funny joke and the laughing only made it hurt worse and worse, but I couldn't stop. I was in severe pain, but howling with laughter. It hurt for two weeks after the show.

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #28 on:** Sat, 27 February 2010, 11:35:41 »

Something else I would rather use to type with rather than that "keyless" keyboard:

elservo · « **Reply #29 on:** Sat, 27 February 2010, 14:00:30 »

They should make a new Kinesis Advantage keyboard based on rotary dial technology (with footpedal).

ricercar · « **Reply #30 on:** Sun, 28 February 2010, 16:32:25 »

What about an ergonomic abacus with curved bars and cupped beads?

itlnstln · « **Reply #31 on:** Mon, 01 March 2010, 07:18:53 »

Quote from: hyperlinked

The last time I saw him, he didn't look like he was in the best of health and I knew that any show I saw could be the last one he did so when I bought those tickets I actually thought to myself that I hope he lives long enough to do one more show in Silicon Valley.

I saw him right before he did his last HBO special about a year or so before he died. It was a tune-up show before said HBO special, and he had just gotten out of rehab (alcohol) a few weeks earlier. He was reading some of his newer material off note cards, but it was still hilarious. The only thing he told that was a bit off was a joke about "**** donation." It was weird and off-putting. The crowd wasn't into that one too much.

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