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A warning from the 20th century....
Posted: 02 May 2013, 11:47
by Mrinterface
- The warning
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Notice how vague the warning is through the usage of the words 'some' and 'may'
Kudos for the person who knows which keyboard has this warning.
Posted: 02 May 2013, 11:54
by ne0phyte
I think Dell put stickers like that on some of their keyboards (or at least under the keyboard if I remember correctly)?
Posted: 02 May 2013, 12:08
by Halvar
I've seen that on Logitech and Dell keyboards.
Posted: 02 May 2013, 12:18
by Muirium
Their marketing weasel wasn't on top form that day. Some improvemts:
WARNING: Some "experts" believe that use of any keyboard — not just this one — may cause "serious" injury. Who are you going to trust? Be a man!
Consult the encyclopedic disclaimer on the back of this keyboard. By reading this notice, you accept our terms and conditions, and limit our liability. Thank you!
Posted: 02 May 2013, 12:22
by ne0phyte
Why would you add something like that?
Oh..
WARNING: Experts know that any keyboard that causes serious injury is not worth using. If you get wrist- or finger pain after short periods of typing you should consider throwing this keyboard away.
Posted: 02 May 2013, 12:30
by macharius
This is a actual photo of a HP keyboard (its in spanish but says something like yours 20th century keyboard)
Posted: 02 May 2013, 12:34
by Muirium
Well, it all just comes down to this:
WARNING: Do not sue us. Seriously. We do not want that. Have you any idea how expensive it is when every bored attorney in your market takes up nonsense damage cases against you for selling perfectly ordinary equipment to perfectly regular human beings? It sucks! For real. Even if they lose, you lose. It's like WarGames you know. But with lawyers! Who needs that! You ever see that movie? Matthew Broderick's IMSAI 8080 really rocks. I doubt you could use this keyboard with it though, not unless you've got a ton of adapters. Anyway, we're cool, right?
Posted: 02 May 2013, 12:47
by 7bit
WARNING: Some experts believe that collecting of any keyboard may cause serious injury.
Consult the Keyboard Oracle if you can't get rid of this keyboard.
Re: A warning from the 20th century....
Posted: 02 May 2013, 13:00
by HaaTa
7bit wrote:WARNING: Some experts believe that collecting of any keyboard may cause serious injury.
My odds of surviving are not good then...
Posted: 02 May 2013, 13:11
by Muirium
WARNING: Some experts believe peeling off this sticker may lead to seven fortnights bad luck. Consult the black magic notice on the back of this keyboard.
Posted: 02 May 2013, 14:31
by dirge
It's an old Compaq keyboard. Can tell by the horrible colour
^ not this model, they changed the colour from yellow'y to the grey around 2000 before HP bought them out. Forgot the desktop range they were pegged too, on the tip of me tounge... Their server keyboards were cherry's of course
Posted: 02 May 2013, 14:33
by dirge
Posted: 02 May 2013, 18:09
by mr_a500
dirge wrote:
That piece of shit was the first (and last!) rubber dome keyboard I ever had. For nearly 20 years, I used nothing but mechanical keyboards, then I bought a used Comcrapq Deskpro in '98 and this was the junk keyboard that came with it. It took me a while to figure out why it was so crappy - until one day I accidentally spilled a few drops of water on it and it stopped working. I opened it up and a hundred little yellow rubber domes flipped out. I've hated rubber domes ever since.
Posted: 02 May 2013, 18:47
by Peter
What, you don't have the 44-page security-instructions booklet that came with that compaq-board ??
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Seriously, this is NOT a joke !
If you use a keyboard 8 hours a day, you CAN fuck up your fingers/hands beyond repair !
EDIT :
For a rubber-dome keyboard, this Compaq-board is not that bad !
Posted: 02 May 2013, 18:51
by Muirium
Yup.
WARNING: Please don't use this keyboard. Just don't. Live the life Mother Nature gave you. Hug a tree. Sing to a squirrel. When was the last time you read poetry to a mole?
I think he got sacked after that.
Posted: 02 May 2013, 18:59
by Mrinterface
- The Intergraph
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It's an Intergraph keyboard.
Also used by John Carmack whilst making Quake...
http://www.geekosystem.com/1995-john-ca ... e-monitor/
Posted: 02 May 2013, 20:26
by Muirium
Yikes. The monitor he had along with it was big enough to dwarf even this beast!
Hope he had a damn good refresh rate on that thing. 21" CRTs were bad enough for flicker.
Posted: 02 May 2013, 20:41
by 7bit
Intergraph: They certainly mean serious injuries to the ears, not the fingers ...
Posted: 02 May 2013, 21:57
by mj45
Products intended for sale in California, get additional May Cause Cancer and Birth Defects warning labels on just about anything sold there.
Posted: 03 May 2013, 00:24
by Daniel Beardsmore
Mrinterface wrote:It's an Intergraph keyboard.
From the legends, it appears to be from the same OEM though.