Ooooh! Cute overpriced retro vintage hipster bait!
More power to you for selling these things for $500! Ha!
USBTypewriter - new and groundbreaking innovation in the field of obsolescence.
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dragging this offtopic a bit, but is there any reason why YouTube couldn't add an upload flag of 'audio optional' so that in situations like this, it just muted the audio stream in the specified regions? Then, if someone owns the copyright to the soundtrack, they file a complaint against only that, and the video remains up. Or, they can file against the whole thing, and have it completely blocked (assuming sufficient…
Since the audio and video streams are muxed into a single file, and the copyright "check" is done based on location this would mean YouTube encoding every video twice (and for each resolution), effectively doubling YouTube's storage requirements.... most people will then re-upload their video in a non-infringing manor anyway, so it would be quite wasteful.
I was imagining something more along the lines of a server-side filter that stripped the audio chunks out of the stream as it sent, although I have no idea if such a thing is practical.
They've already re-encoded their entire library once (for WebM support), so in theory they are capable of it. The storage requirements might be a killer though.
I suspect it's technically possible, but maybe the potential revenue from the effort wouldn't make economic sense.
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#23Forget typewriters. I want a Bluetooth IBM model M keyboard for my iPad.
You probably want to start here: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/cus101usenon.html (or with one of there other models)
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#24Looks to be a very interesting idea. In fact, I do want one. Buuuuut, I'd have to wonder with those prices for the full models and DIY kits if he is not overcharging by several hundred dollars. True, you're buying a piece of tech for its look and feel more than functionality, but as a guy who's actually bought, played with, and used old style typewriter, $700 is a bit much for anyone. Could any enthusiasts (I conside…
Looks like for your money you get a typewriter (presumably refurbished), a display and the electronics. As you noted, he sells a DIY kit if you want to provide your own screen and typewriter (with an estimated assembly/install time of 6-7 hours for an experienced person. Actually sounds like a fair price to me. But perhaps you are used to getting your electronics assembled overseas on a massive scale by (essentially)…
Display? No. Those are iPads in the Etsy store. The typewriters are essentially USB keyboards. For $600-$800 you get an old typewriter and an pre-wired-up Arduino board. You're paying for the integration of this http://www.etsy.com/listing/62642931/diy-usb-typewriter-conv... into the typewriter.
Re: USBTypewriter - new and groundbreaking innovation in the field of obsolescence.
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Looks like for your money you get a typewriter (presumably refurbished), a display and the electronics. As you noted, he sells a DIY kit if you want to provide your own screen and typewriter (with an estimated assembly/install time of 6-7 hours for an experienced person. Actually sounds like a fair price to me. But perhaps you are used to getting your electronics assembled overseas on a massive scale by (essentially)…
Display? No. Those are iPads in the Etsy store. The typewriters are essentially USB keyboards. For $600-$800 you get an old typewriter and an pre-wired-up Arduino board. You're paying for the integration of this http://www.etsy.com/listing/62642931/diy-usb-typewriter-conv... into the typewriter.
My mistake, thank you.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
The music is the reason why I can't watch it. Germany's music industry apparently had YouTube block the video.. Pity.
Dragging this offtopic a bit, but is there any reason why YouTube couldn't add an upload flag of 'audio optional' so that in situations like this, it just muted the audio stream in the specified regions? Then, if someone owns the copyright to the soundtrack, they file a complaint against only that, and the video remains up. Or, they can file against the whole thing, and have it completely blocked (assuming sufficient…
I have, on very rare occasions, seen videos on Youtube muted for copyright issues on the audio. I don't how they choose to do that over taking down the entire video, nor if they still do it, though.
http://mashable.com/2009/01/14/youtube-mutes-videos/ for a random (and old) reference.
Re: USBTypewriter - new and groundbreaking innovation in the field of obsolescence.
#27If I ever miss typewriters I just pull out my Model M keyboard, play on it a bit and then put it away.
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#28Ooooh! Cute overpriced retro vintage hipster bait! More power to you for selling these things for $500! Ha!
You can buy a kit, for $30^H^H79. Looks like the attention of the project made him change his mind about cost...
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#29If I ever miss typewriters I just pull out my Model M keyboard, play on it a bit and then put it away.
I just did it yesterday - 20 minutes and I was tired.
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#30This is a cool hack, but what I really want is a hardware calculator keypad that interfaces with the iphone. There are some great calculator apps but it's just not usable at speed without physical keys. You could do a nice case with the keypad on the inside and the phone in landscape.
You can buy USB keyboards with just the numeric keypad. That sounds like what you want. (I assume that some models also include the ()-=+ keys for completeness)
Does the iPhone have an host USB port? I don't think it does.
There are bluetooth numberpads, though, those should work. Something like this: http://store.apple.com/us/product/H0321VC/A (just found it, never used)