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News Das Keyboard launches 'smart' 4Q keyboard

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by bit-tech, 8 Nov 2018.

  1. bit-tech

    bit-tech Supreme Overlord Lover of bit-tech Administrator

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  2. edzieba

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    Internet connected keyboards: for when you want the keylogger to be built into the device from the factory.
     
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    Looking forward to the inevitable "4Q2"
     
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    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    Hmm..Why unfortunate... Did I miss a reference?


    <says aloud>

    Oh.
     
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  5. edzieba

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    New Das Kayboard project coming soon: the 4KMEE, in collaboration with Mike Myers!
     
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  6. Gareth Halfacree

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    Exactly. Surely someone, somewhere, during the development process actually said the name aloud? Surely?

    Unless that was the entire point: I mean, to be fair, I probably wouldn't have bothered covering it if it weren't for the name...
     
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    Or it was some inside joke by trying to sound like Fork, a common term in the world of open source and an indirect mocking of other keyboard software often lacking Linux support?
     
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  8. Gareth Halfacree

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    Given its predecessor is the 5Q (fivekew), which isn't anything and which launched without the promised Linux support (which it has now received in buggy, beta form), I'mma say not.
     
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  9. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    Perhaps you're meant to say it in German with a Texan accent.
     
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    wolfticket Downwind from the bloodhounds

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    Probably deliberate. It's exactly the sort of thing marketing departments think is edgy and will garner coverage. Despite the name Das Keyboard are American, so it wasn't a language thing.
     
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