Keyboard

<spectre> i wonder why they call it a key board
<aimaz[work]> keyboards used to be a complicated array of locks
<aimaz[work]> back when computers were mechanical
<spectre> aimaz[work], haha
<spectre> good theory
<parag0n> it comes from pianos
<Mr_T> that's pretty loud
<spectre> parag0n, unlikely
<spectre> i prefer steves theory
<spectre> aimaz[work], would there be a key per lock
<spectre> or would you have one key for all?
<aimaz[work]> well there would be different classes of keys
<aimaz[work]> for example a line manager used to be the guy who had access to the return key
<aimaz[work]> plebs only had access to letters
<spectre> wah
<spectre> thats why they called him the "line" manager i guess
<spectre> makes sense
<spectre> go on...
<aimaz[work]> spaces if they were trusted
<aimaz[work]> much like in PJM everyone has access to the front door but each room requires a specific key
<spectre> aye
<aimaz[work]> and the master key opens everything
<spectre> good analogy
<Mr_T> except fran
<Mr_T> that reminds me
<Mr_T> I should track down the magic one
<spectre> beefalo has it i like
<spectre> *i think
<Mr_T> aye
<aimaz[work]> the word hacker means someone who could use a hacksaw to make their own keys and type whatever they wanted
<spectre> i'd get it off her
<Mr_T> the jews are coming next week
<spectre> before she eats it
<spectre> beefalo ate a key of mine once
<Mr_T> haha, I ate one of my older sister's keys once
<spectre> lol
<spectre> she didn't really
<spectre> i made it up
<Mr_T> I didn't :/
<spectre> oh :[
<spectre> why did you eat the key
<Mr_T> I didn't mean to
<spectre> ah
<aimaz[work]> it also explains why they call it caps lock, num lock etc
<spectre> aye