An LCD monitor with keyboard and mouse capabilities on it, thinnest
possible, to hang on rack-door can be a boon for expensive spaces of
datawarehouses.
Has anyone come across one?
Maybe someone would go into manufacturing it.
£800 Dell product I am told occupies equivalent of two server space in
a rack.
Nov 23 '05
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In article <Ri************ ************@ne ws.telus.net>,
Rick G <Ri**@dot.dot > wrote: In article <gm************ *************** ****@news.sf.sb cglobal.net>, George Graves <gm*********@pa cbell.net> wrote:
In article <Ri************ ************@ne ws.telus.net>, Rick G <Ri**@dot.dot > wrote:
In article <gm************ *************** ****@news.sf.sb cglobal.net>, George Graves <gm*********@pa cbell.net> wrote:
> In article <10************ *@news.supernew s.com>, > John <no****@nospam. com> wrote: > > > George Graves wrote: > > > In article <dc************ **************@ posting.google. com>, > > > dm*****@lycos.c o.uk (Romanise) wrote: > > > > > > > > >>An LCD monitor with keyboard and mouse capabilities on it, thinnest > > >>possible, to hang on rack-door can be a boon for expensive spaces > > >>of > > >>datawarehouse s. > > >> > > >>Has anyone come across one? > > >> > > >>Maybe someone would go into manufacturing it. > > >> > > >>£800 Dell product I am told occupies equivalent of two server space > > >>in > > >>a rack. > > > > > > > > > Bad idea if you ask me. Keyboards and mice wear out. I just had to > > > replace my MS Intelimouse Explorer because the left-click button > > > became > > > intermittent and keys go bad on keyboards as well. I hate to have > > > to > > > replace the whole shebang just because a mouse button went bad. > > > > > > > ZERO problems with three different Intellimouse Explorers. Probably > > an > > operator error on your part George. > > Now how the hell could there be an "operator error" with a mouse? > Besides both of my Intellimouse Explorers have died; the one for my > laptop and the one for my desktop. Oh, I failed to mention: I bought > them both in early 2000. They were almost 5 years old.
George, isn't it immediately apparent how this could be operator error? As a Mac user, you're not a true believer in the cult of the right-click. Notice that your left click button failed. Obviously you've not caught on to the simplicity and elegance of right-clicking everything, waiting, then selecting from the context menu. I've often wondered why Microsoft even includes the left-mouse button anymore, it doesn't seem to serve any particularly useful purpose, as everything can be done through the context menus.
Clearly Microsoft has abandoned the use of the left-click and is subtly encouraging their users to do the same....
You'll remember this day as the day when Microsoft Innovated The Right Button Only Mouse. Any similarities to any other company's one button mouse are strictly denied, as this is clearly different. ;)
Yeah, I forgot about that. While I do use right click on my Macs (OSX supports it quite nicely), I don't use it nearly as much as I do left-click.
Have you tried Command and Option clicking? They are generally consistent across applications as well. Just another nice touch in OSX.
Yep! I have a button on my new Logitech Optical Trackman so configured.
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:39:13 -0700, John wrote: George Graves wrote: In article <dc************ **************@ posting.google. com>, dm*****@lycos.c o.uk (Romanise) wrote:
An LCD monitor with keyboard and mouse capabilities on it, thinnest possible, to hang on rack-door can be a boon for expensive spaces of datawarehous es.
Has anyone come across one?
Maybe someone would go into manufacturing it.
£800 Dell product I am told occupies equivalent of two server space in a rack.
Bad idea if you ask me. Keyboards and mice wear out. I just had to replace my MS Intelimouse Explorer because the left-click button became intermittent and keys go bad on keyboards as well. I hate to have to replace the whole shebang just because a mouse button went bad.
ZERO problems with three different Intellimouse Explorers. Probably an operator error on your part George.
Hey John, ya gotta use 'em, to wear 'em out! More proof WimpWeasel doesn't
use his computers :)
Steve Mackay wrote: On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:39:13 -0700, John wrote:
George Graves wrote:
In article <dc************ **************@ posting.google. com>, dm*****@lycos.c o.uk (Romanise) wrote: An LCD monitor with keyboard and mouse capabilities on it, thinnest possible, to hang on rack-door can be a boon for expensive spaces of datawarehou ses.
Has anyone come across one?
Maybe someone would go into manufacturing it.
£800 Dell product I am told occupies equivalent of two server space in a rack.
Bad idea if you ask me. Keyboards and mice wear out. I just had to replace my MS Intelimouse Explorer because the left-click button became intermitte nt and keys go bad on keyboards as well. I hate to have to replace the whole shebang just because a mouse button went bad.
ZERO problems with three different Intellimouse Explorers. Probably an operator error on your part George.
Hey John, ya gotta use 'em, to wear 'em out! More proof WimpWeasel doesn't use his computers :)
At least he's learned not to use his foot on the mouse!
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George Graves <gm*********@pa cbell.net> writes: Have you tried Command and Option clicking? They are generally consistent across applications as well. Just another nice touch in OSX.
Yep! I have a button on my new Logitech Optical Trackman so configured.
Hehe. That's funny. Apple simplify everything down to 1 button and then
add in features via Command and Option combinations, so you can then
go out and buy a mouse which has a button preset to emulate those
features.
I suppose at the very least it allows scope for user choice.
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On 25 Aug 2004 12:31:17 -0700, dm*****@lycos.c o.uk (Romanise) wrote in
<dc************ **************@ posting.google. com>: Laptop does work but if something cheaper and taking up even less space will be desirable.
Conventional solution is a 1U rack mount monitor+keyboar d+pointer with
built-in 8 or 16 way KVM switch (pointer is not usually a mouse because
there is nowhere to operate it). A quick web search suggests that £1000+
is the going rate, depending exactly what you want.
You cant use any laptop/tablet I have ever seen as the monitor etc. for
another machine, so it is not a substitute. If you are administering the
servers remotely over the net, there is no need to hang the thing on the
rack.
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Owen Rees <or***@hotmail. com> writes: You cant use any laptop/tablet I have ever seen as the monitor etc. for another machine, so it is not a substitute.
Why couldn't you use a laptop and a serial port console? [Always assuming
that the laptop has a serial port which might be quite rare in newer
ones.]
Then a laptop and one of those serial port switch things would be all
you needed.
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In article <87************ @bigriver.doily wood.lan>,
"Richard Watson" <ti********@doi lywood.org.uk> wrote: George Graves <gm*********@pa cbell.net> writes:
Have you tried Command and Option clicking? They are generally consistent across applications as well. Just another nice touch in OSX.
Yep! I have a button on my new Logitech Optical Trackman so configured.
Hehe. That's funny. Apple simplify everything down to 1 button and then add in features via Command and Option combinations, so you can then go out and buy a mouse which has a button preset to emulate those features.
I suppose at the very least it allows scope for user choice.
You are overcomplicatin g things. The fact is, that Apple allows you to
work the way YOU want to work. Don't like right-click? There is nothing
in the OS that either requires it or suggests it. Want to use
right-click? Support is built-in to the OS, but again, it's entirely
optional, want more choices? They're there as well. But again, purely as
options. Unlike other OSes which ship multi-button mice with the
computer and are designed to use multiple buttons, Macs are designed to
be used how YOU want to use them.
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Bush is a poor leader because he isn't very smart.
What's Kerry's excuse gonna be?
[I would have trimmed the NG's, but I don't know which one you are
reading. Your selection of groups makes no sense - What has this got
to do with Indian culture, Mac advocacy or Postgres? It's only got a
vague connection with web authoring :( ]
On 25 Aug 2004 05:21:26 -0700, dm*****@lycos.c o.uk (Romanise) wrote: An LCD monitor with keyboard and mouse capabilities on it, thinnest possible, to hang on rack-door can be a boon for expensive spaces of datawarehouses .
Would KVM-over-IP be any use? E.g.: http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Produ...quicklinx=2TTB
I would not touch Belkin kit with a barge pole after their
"registrati on page incident" [1], but you could plug any laptop into a
spare port and access this?
[1] For anyone who has not already seen this a thousand times: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11...belkin_router/
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Stuart Millington <ne**@dsv1.co.u k> wrote [I would have trimmed the NG's, but I don't know which one you are reading. Your selection of groups makes no sense - What has this got to do with Indian culture, Mac advocacy or Postgres? It's only got a vague connection with web authoring :( ]
I read soc.culture.ind ian, mostly. Other I chose by searching for
keywords and on the basis of how active the NG is. An LCD monitor with keyboard and mouse capabilities on it, thinnest possible, to hang on rack-door can be a boon for expensive spaces of datawarehouses .
Would KVM-over-IP be any use? E.g.: http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Produ...quicklinx=2TTB
I would not touch Belkin kit with a barge pole after their "registrati on page incident" [1], but you could plug any laptop into a spare port and access this?
I am now thinking of buying least expensive laptop and leave it in
the rack.
[1] For anyone who has not already seen this a thousand times: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11...belkin_router/
John <no****@nospam. com> wrote in message news:<10******* ******@news.sup ernews.com>... George Graves wrote: Bad idea if you ask me. Keyboards and mice wear out. I just had to replace my MS Intelimouse Explorer because the left-click button became intermittent and keys go bad on keyboards as well. I hate to have to replace the whole shebang just because a mouse button went bad.
ZERO problems with three different Intellimouse Explorers. Probably an operator error on your part George.
This is getting old now, but non the less stays true: use the damn things for once!
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