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You haven’t tried any futuristic solution, so how would you know that you’re not going to like it?

SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago
Futuristic solution to keyboards? I've tried lots of keyboards. Probably going to try lots more, there are frequent times when you have to use the only keyboard that's there.
- melling 9y ago
  yeah, I’m using the screen keyboard on my iPad right now. Actually, I just dictated most of this particular response. Once again, you haven’t used the futuristic solution so saying that you must use a keyboard seems a little premature. if you’re walking around with a pair of Google glasses, you don’t have a keyboard there.
  - JustSomeNobody 9y ago
    Saying and implying there's going to be a popular futuristic solution is premature as well. Keyboard has been around a LONG time. We're past the halfway point to the age of the Jetson's and we still have them.
    - melling 9y ago
      Horses were around for thousands of years. Henry Ford said people would just wanted a faster horse. Most people lack imagination.
      - JustSomeNobody 9y ago
        Axes have been around a lot longer and they're still being used even now with chainsaws. Some people seem to thing everything always needs to change.
        melling 9y ago
        And people still ride horses. So, what you’re saying is that we don’t need chainsaws because axes are just as effective? The pesky unreasonable people trying to always change things: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/536961-the-reasonable-man-adapts-himself-to-the-world-the-unreasonable http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/536961-the-reasonable-man-ad...
        JustSomeNobody 9y ago
        It isn't unreasonable at all to think that keyboards will continue to be one of, if not the most, efficient ways to use a computer.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago
    > so saying that you must use a keyboard seems a little premature What part of "I for one much prefer a physical keyboard" implies "you must use a keyboard" ? I expressed a personal preference, that's all. I don't expect my preference to change, but sure, anything is technically possible though unlikely.
    - melling 9y ago
      The part where you say to prefer a keyboard to some futuristic solution that doesn’t yet exist. You can’t have an opinion about something that doesn’t yet exist. Before someone dreamed up the automobile, you would we telling us how you prefer the horse, perhaps just make it faster.
      - SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago
        > You can’t have an opinion about something that doesn’t yet exist. Well, exactly. And if it seems like I expressed that kind of opinion, I apologize, I did not intend to. I'll certainly try the new things. > you would we telling us how you prefer the horse, perhaps just make it faster. It seems like you know me well, certainly better than I know myself.

Futuristic solution to keyboards? I've tried lots of keyboards. Probably going to try lots more, there are frequent times when you have to use the only keyboard that's there.

melling 9y ago
yeah, I’m using the screen keyboard on my iPad right now. Actually, I just dictated most of this particular response. Once again, you haven’t used the futuristic solution so saying that you must use a keyboard seems a little premature. if you’re walking around with a pair of Google glasses, you don’t have a keyboard there.
- JustSomeNobody 9y ago
  Saying and implying there's going to be a popular futuristic solution is premature as well. Keyboard has been around a LONG time. We're past the halfway point to the age of the Jetson's and we still have them.
  - melling 9y ago
    Horses were around for thousands of years. Henry Ford said people would just wanted a faster horse. Most people lack imagination.
    - JustSomeNobody 9y ago
      Axes have been around a lot longer and they're still being used even now with chainsaws. Some people seem to thing everything always needs to change.
      - melling 9y ago
        And people still ride horses. So, what you’re saying is that we don’t need chainsaws because axes are just as effective? The pesky unreasonable people trying to always change things: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/536961-the-reasonable-man-adapts-himself-to-the-world-the-unreasonable http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/536961-the-reasonable-man-ad...
        JustSomeNobody 9y ago
        It isn't unreasonable at all to think that keyboards will continue to be one of, if not the most, efficient ways to use a computer.
- SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago
  > so saying that you must use a keyboard seems a little premature What part of "I for one much prefer a physical keyboard" implies "you must use a keyboard" ? I expressed a personal preference, that's all. I don't expect my preference to change, but sure, anything is technically possible though unlikely.
  - melling 9y ago
    The part where you say to prefer a keyboard to some futuristic solution that doesn’t yet exist. You can’t have an opinion about something that doesn’t yet exist. Before someone dreamed up the automobile, you would we telling us how you prefer the horse, perhaps just make it faster.
    - SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago
      > You can’t have an opinion about something that doesn’t yet exist. Well, exactly. And if it seems like I expressed that kind of opinion, I apologize, I did not intend to. I'll certainly try the new things. > you would we telling us how you prefer the horse, perhaps just make it faster. It seems like you know me well, certainly better than I know myself.