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Interesting, but are they Fluorescent or reflective? I know that say Fluorescent, but most of that material will not "pick up any sources of light coming in/ through (even your own monitor)" and "brighten up immediately."

Frankly, I would rather have reflective, I can not see any material this thin, and legal for civilian applications, having a very long glow time. None of the "Glow-n-the-dark" paper I looked at for my lablels did, that I could get anyway.

 

I guess it's kind of a good idea, but I wouldn't use it.

 

I'm puzzled???
Why would you buy this rather than spend $40-$50 for a real backlit keyboard?
I would think that in no time the film would start to peel off and you would be back to square 1.
My $0.02

 

Yes, awhile back I purchased some glow paint with disappointing results. While I found these interesting, my link to these was a bit tongue in cheek, considering the demand here for backlit keyboards. I already have a backlit keyboard.
I wouldn't really expect high performance for $9.00. I never thought about glow in the dark for your labels. That would have been a nice touch.

 

Uhhhhh... Yeah.... I imagine taking the Toughbook out of a hot car and trying to type... Having the stickers stick to your fingers or sliding off to the side.

 

Wow. That's just... cr@ptacular.

I remember when I was a kid I got the kit of glow-in-the-dark stars, moons & planets from the back of a comic book (actually, I got 6 sets, cuz I wanted to COVER the ceiling). When they came, I spent all morning on a stepladder sticking them up... and waiting patiently until it was dark. Then I turned out the lights and... WOW! for about 30 seconds. Then....glubrrrrbble.... grrr.... WHY DID I WASTE $6 ON THIS CR@P?

Now it IS true that glow-in-the-dark stuffs like these respond MUCH better to fluorescent and LED illumination than they do to incandescent lights... but... PUH-LEASE. To imagine this as any kind of enterprise-class solution is patently absurd.

mnem
We are not amused.

 

But are we amusing?

 

In the same way that YouTube Epic Fail videos are amusing, yes. :wink:

mnem
OHHH! That's gonna leave a mark...

 

Are you hinting a connection between us and Epic Failures? If so, I may resemble that remark.

 

That would be telling.

mnem

 

Explain how this helps in absoulte ZERO light? lol. Sorry to be hating... It just isn't the same as my good ol' emmisive keyboard...

 

How about a braille keyboard for absolute darkness?
Did anyone else notice how ATM machines at the Drive up window used to have (and some still do) braille on the numbers.
Blind---Drive up------EPIC FAIL----

 

Did anyone ever send away for the x-ray glasses ?

 

HEY! THOSE WORKED!!!

Best $1.25 I ever spent!

mnem
All hail the HypnoToad...

 

I would imagine cheap JUNK glow in the dark is probably made in China.
Glow in the dark IRIDIUM paint/ink?

I'll try it out and see if I grow a 3rd testicle....



ON a side note, there were some sony camcorders, and a few cell phones that had IR sensitive ccd's, that under the right conditions, could "see" through clothes. Private parts, nipple's, and the like were quite visible through clothing!!!

 

Then we could call you ET (Extra Testicle).

 

You guys really are perverted... lmao!

 

Probably grow a Toughbook, then you would still be ET..... (Extra Toughbook)

 

I think it's funny how we "veer" off the topic of the original question.

 

It's cuz this topic sucks . We need one of those "This topic sucks" emoticon like I have on my website here...

 

You have your own forum?

I clicked on one of your links in your signature and saw ToughBookTalk.

 

You mean www.toughbooktalk.com We sure do.....come on over and join the fun .

 

Sweet! Thanks! Will do.

 

2 new people just signed up and emailed me but never freakin' registered!!

 

Do you want me to post this on your website so you can use the emoticon?

 

No thank you? lol

 

Extra testicle, or extra toughbook...... if they grow out of the same area, I might have a new carreer path in porno's ;D

And I think if we eliminated all the sucky topics, we would end up running our mouth.... keyboards (more often) on more important topics???

 

We all need off topic and somewhat odd posts (this post sucks items) to give some humor to it all. Frankly if this forum was all tech all the time without humor, it would get pretty boring.

I guess it may depend on what each individual considers an important topic. I find humor and comments on the truly bizarre to be interesting.

I am smiling thinking about a small child finding dad's Toughbook with these cheesy keyboard stickers. QWERTY across his forehead and who knows what scrabbled on his hands. And of course 2 or 3 on his tongue and up his nose.

 

I remember that bit... Cheech & Chong's ET: Eddie Torres, The Extra Testicle

Gotta love the classics.

mnem
Cheech started it, man...

 

Trust me, it makes it harder to ride a bicycle, on the other hand women seem to like it. Doctor's exams all always a hoot...

 

On a similar note: I have a prince albert, and I love the bewildered look on the doctors face at the extra hole during that exam

 

OUCH!

A little TMI (too much information)

 

Comp, quick question: If you have 1GB in ur 52, why you list 3.21GB?? 1GB is WAY low by today's standards...

 

1Gb is what came with the 52 originally. I actually have 4Gb in it.

Did you see my HP's RAM? 512Mb and still runs like a champ. I use it everyday. The bad thing is that it could only be upgraded to 1Gb. I'll be buying a new laptop shortly.