I want a sense of time, the exact time is irrelevant because day to day I don't require that precision. If I have to be somewhere at 9am, I get there at 8:55. If you have a job interview you don't turn up a minute early then argue with the interviewer because they think you're a minute late.

This. Time is too subjective for to-the-minute specifics when you're talking about the time of day.

You would be surprised about how particular some people are about precise timing. I had a guy in yesterday with his $10,000 Omega Seamaster (pretty awesome looking watch) and he was telling me how frustrating it is that it loses 1 second per day. So every day he stops the watch for 1 second just so it's more accurate.

I know I'm a bit late to the watch party but it gives me an excuse to post this -





Saw this a little while ago and my god I want. :lol:

Patek Philippe

You better start saving. From about $50,000 to about $250,000 I'm told.

Too cluttered for my liking. This cost me about $20 and it works a treat.

Futuristic 'tactile' tablet keyboard has buttons that disappear

James Manning
Published: January 15, 2013 - 3:25PM

Without actual keys, typing on a touchscreen can often be slow and cumbersome – leading to many an embarrassing typo.

To combat this, California-based tech company Tactus has developed technology that transforms a flat tablet or mobile phone screen into a keyboard with buttons, eliminating the need to lug around a plug-in keyboard.

The technology, which the company claims to be the world's first "dynamic tactile touchscreen", allows a keyboard to rise from the screen when needed and disappear when typing is completed.



The screens use what is known as microfluidic technology, where a tactile panel replaces the glass or plastic that usually sits above the touch sensors and display on a touchscreen device.

Small channels in the panel are filled with a transparent fluid, which expands upward into the shape of buttons or keys when the pressure is increased on the fluid, and falls back to a flat screen when pressure is decreased. When engaged, the keys are strong enough for users to type with and rest their fingers on, the company says.

The rise and fall of the keys, which takes less than a second, can be controlled by either a proximity sensor or an app on the device.



A study by Japanese tech giant Sony showed using touch is up to five times faster than relying on vision alone. The technology could also revolutionise the limited nature of tablets and smartphone for blind and vision impaired people around the world.

Aside from tablets and smartphones, the technology could also be applied to game controllers, televisions and cars. Used in touchscreen displays in cars, drivers could return more attention back to the road rather than turning away to look at screens, potentially increasing safety, according to Tactus.

Buttons and keys can be designed in various shapes and configurations, with screen size ranging from that of a small phone to a television set.

The company does not manufacture its own devices, but says it will partner with other smartphone and tablet manufacturers. The technology, which was featured at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, is expected to be in production in late 2013 or early 2014.

This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/futuristic-tactile-tablet-keyboard-has-buttons-that-disappear-20130115-2cr3v.html

Need help picking out a new laptop. Been years since I've bought a new one. I don't need anything too powerful, I won't be playing too many games on there or anything like that. Mainly for office use, where photoshop or some video editing is as tough as it gets. Do want something I can watch movies and streams on with decent quality and preferably with better than the usual shit audio that laptops provide.

I guess I'm looking for what the minimum specs I should be looking for on a decent computer without spending too much more than $2000

Need help picking out a new laptop. Been years since I've bought a new one. I don't need anything too powerful, I won't be playing too many games on there or anything like that. Mainly for office use, where photoshop or some video editing is as tough as it gets. Do want something I can watch movies and streams on with decent quality and preferably with better than the usual shit audio that laptops provide.

I guess I'm looking for what the minimum specs I should be looking for on a decent computer without spending too much more than $2000

MECHANICAL KEYBOARDS ARE SO LOUD.

Swan M10's are arriving tomorrow, for the more audio savvy forum users should I look into getting a AMP/DAC, would it make much of a difference?