IBM Model M Keyboard: Still working after killing a man with it

People that know me personally know that I LOVE my keyboards.

No really, I love them.

I even wrote about them two years ago: IBM Model M - The One True Keyboard.

They Keyboard I use: An IBM Model M

These keyboards are a triumph of technology. Future generations will talk about Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, the Great Pyramid of Gizah, and the IBM Model M Keyboard. These keyboards are the epitome of human civilization.

Really, they are that good.

I have more than 10 Model M keyboards now, and before you ask: NO, they are not for sale, and NO, I will not give you one. Some day I will die, and my son will inherit the keyboards. Since every single modern keyboard is a piece of utter crap, I want my son to hack with some style.

But now I see another advantage of using a Model-M, you can kill an attacker with it, and it will still work.

Two scientists, Paul Honig and Anne Jan Brouwer, made this discovery replacing an attacker’s head with, well, watermelons.

Watermelon

Not only that, they also discovered that you can defeat an attacker if he uses a lesser keyboard as a weapon.

The IBM Model-M IS mightier than the sword.

Read more in Keyboard Carnage (digg).

Post a comment | Trackback URI

Comments (13)

  1. Slayer_X wrote::

    Que noobs! hubieran probado con un coco ^_^

    Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 11:14 am #
  2. Manuel wrote::

    Caca uno con su fetish…

    Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 11:48 am #
  3. jgwong wrote::

    Watermelons break almost identically to a human’s head. That’s why Hollywood keeps shooting watermelons all the time.

    Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 2:49 pm #
  4. stupid wrote::

    wtf

    Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 6:05 am #
  5. JesseNewst wrote::

    I wonder , were to find boyfriend to my sister? Joke:)
    My online friends propose this link to use -TOP10 - As for me, I think life is now!!!

    Friday, March 9, 2007 at 8:11 am #
  6. John wrote::

    Hey, when you plug your Model M into the Mac (using a PS/2 to USB adapter, I assume) how do you type command-key keystrokes? I’d love to use my Model M with OS-X, but the keyboard doesn’t have a Windows or the Mac Flower key in order to type the command-key. Thanks for any ideas.

    Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 12:59 am #
  7. Joe Clark wrote::

    John, under Tiger you can remap modifier keys to whatever is on your keyboard (an addition made necessary by the Mac Mini, which never came with a standard keyboard). Keyboard & Mouse in System Preferences.

    Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 2:45 pm #
  8. Sensbachtal wrote::

    Just wanted to say Hello to everyone.
    Much to read and learn here, I’m sure I will enjoy !

    Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 3:54 am #
  9. dustistya wrote::
    Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 8:26 am #
  10. Santy wrote::

    That Black keyboard is a piece of utter crap, you dont know that a whithe one is 10 times cooler!

    Monday, March 31, 2008 at 12:52 pm #
  11. Frank wrote::

    l need to have your email id better talk mine here frankwood_11@yahoo.com

    Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 10:04 am #
  12. AndresVia wrote::

    Some people call the red “Pointing stick” (OMG this reminds me Monty Python) “The `Clit’” (sic), the funny thing is that you can massage it.

    Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 11:57 pm #
  13. Vaxinfind wrote::

    sextir.com is a free porn site - We provide the world with free: porn videos,porn movie,xxx free movie

    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 10:25 pm #