Re: laptop protection in an office network

From	Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: laptop protection in an office network
Date	2015-08-30 04:50 +0200
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On 08/29/2015 09:20 PM, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> On Sat, August 29, 2015 8:33 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Saturday 29 August 2015 21:24:47 rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
>>> Forgive me; my fingers are dyslexic.
>> So are mine.  They don't type what I tell them to lots of the time.
>> Coulnd't be the accumulated years (nearly 81) could it?
>
> Not necessarily.
>
>>From time to time, I have found a sudden, large increase in the number of
> typographical errors in the documents which I produce.  And several times,
>   investigation has revealed that the problem lies in a worn-out keyboard.
>
> Back in the 1960's and 1970's, manufacturers such as Honeywell and Cherry
> made keyswitches with a life rating in the tens of millions or even
> hundreds of millions of keystrokes.  Nowadays, it is becoming difficult to
> find a keyboard with a rating in the tens of thousands of keystrokes.
>
> Many manufacturers today have a poor keyswitch design which utilizes
> low-quality plastics; they depend upon a lubricant such as wax to keep the
> plunger working freely.  And when the wax wears away, the plunger begins
> to stick.  And when the plunger does not depress freely, the result is a
> multitude of typographical errors.
>
> RLH
>
>
>
What you need is an IBM model M keyboard. They are refurbished and sold by Clicky Keys:

		http://www.clickykeyboards.com/

as well as some other designs that use prime components. I am using three model M

keyboards here, on two desktops and on one in-place laptop. I got these 15 or more

years ago, as surplus from office closings, etc. They have never been refurbished

and work perfectly, and they will surely be working perfectly long after I'm dead, if

some nincompoop doesn't throw them out for not having Windows keys.

(You can get a keyboard modifier program to make some hardly-used key into

a Win key. I have selected the * above the number block.) You probably don't need

the right Windows key--that would be a good key to make into a Compose key, but

since I don't have that key either, I use the right ALT key for Compose.


Do not be bummed by the price: you buy that once and you will never need another!


--doug

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laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 07:00 +0200
  Re: laptop protection in an office network Riley Baird <BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4XiX@bitmessage.ch> - 2015-08-29 08:00 +0200
    Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 08:20 +0200
      Re: laptop protection in an office network Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-08-29 09:20 +0200
        Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 10:20 +0200
          Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-29 14:00 +0200
            Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 18:20 +0200
              Re: laptop protection in an office network Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-08-29 18:30 +0200
            Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 20:30 +0200
              Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 20:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 21:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 21:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 21:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 02:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 03:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 03:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 04:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2015-08-30 04:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 05:00 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 00:20 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 05:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 06:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 07:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2015-08-31 03:50 +0200
                quality keyboards rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-31 09:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 09:40 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>  - 2015-08-31 09:50 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 12:00 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 13:20 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 14:30 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>  - 2015-08-31 14:40 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 15:50 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 16:40 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>  - 2015-08-31 17:00 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Anthony Maples <anthonym7009@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 00:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-08-31 16:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2015-08-31 13:00 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2015-08-31 14:20 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 13:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-31 14:30 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-08-31 15:00 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>  - 2015-08-31 15:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 15:10 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2015-08-31 13:20 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-31 17:40 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-08-31 18:30 +0200
                Re: quality keyboards Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2015-08-31 21:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-29 21:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 21:20 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-29 21:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 22:00 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 00:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-08-30 00:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 00:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 09:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 16:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 18:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 20:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 21:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-29 22:00 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 22:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-29 22:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-29 23:40 +0200
              Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-29 23:00 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 00:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 09:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-08-30 10:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 10:40 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 01:50 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-08-30 09:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-08-30 10:30 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-08-30 11:10 +0200
                Re: laptop protection in an office network Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 21:10 +0200

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