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    Brand Keyboard Is a Champion, or Possibly Critic, of Capitalism

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    Image of dingus dingus
    07/16/09

    In reply to Brand Keyboard Is a Champion, or Possibly Critic, of Capitalism
    I've always wanted an X Windows button.
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    07/16/09

    In reply to Brand Keyboard Is a Champion, or Possibly Critic, of Capitalism
    Corporate Identity Design. A good designer = a good logo. A great designer = a memorable logo. (hey, if it doesn't look good in B&W, its not a good logo)
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    Image of MassimoCalvinus MassimoCalvinus
    07/16/09

    In reply to Brand Keyboard Is a Champion, or Possibly Critic, of Capitalism
    To me these are not symbols of Capitalism. We do not currently have a capitalist economy, and we haven't for at least 130 years. Capitalism only exists when there is an absolute and total separation of economy and state, and we do not have that, and arguably have never had that. So these are symbols of a mixed economy, mostly fascist (government control of property) and only partly capitalist.
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    07/16/09

    In reply to Brand Keyboard Is a Champion, or Possibly Critic, of Capitalism
    Who even looks at their keyboard while they type? You could swap out the letters with brail or Klingon and I wouldn't notice. Brand power is one thing but pandering to it while I type is insane. The letter M is NOT brought to me by mcdonalds!
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/16/09

    @Skeetz: I would venture that a large part of the population looks at their keyboard, at least occasionally, whilst they type.



    Oh, and braille is cheating.
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    07/16/09

    @Geisrud: True.. Ok I take back the braille since it's all bumpy and I offer numbers.. yes.. 1 through 26 instead of letters just their numerical equal.. like K would be 11. That'd be neato!
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    07/16/09

    @Skeetz: I got bored once and took apart an old keyboard of mine, and rearranged the keys from A-Z. it looks strange, and as long as you realize that the F and J keys are in the wrong spots, so you don't have those special home row markers, it's pretty gcool, until someone who doesn't touch type goes to use it...
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    07/16/09

    In reply to Brand Keyboard Is a Champion, or Possibly Critic, of Capitalism
    That's a pretty neat concept, but it would have been better if they didn't use any logos that had the letter they represented really large or the name of the company.
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    Image of Ozzie's Secret Code Name: MisterWho Ozzie's Secret Code Name: MisterWho
    07/16/09

    In reply to Brand Keyboard Is a Champion, or Possibly Critic, of Capitalism
    In a blind touch test, more people prefer the feel of P to C.
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    Image of amandizzle amandizzle
    07/16/09

    @MisterWho Cares: Man, there are so many ways that can be taken... all of them spectacular.
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    Image of JustinSane07 JustinSane07
    07/16/09

    In reply to Brand Keyboard Is a Champion, or Possibly Critic, of Capitalism
    I have no idea what logos are on J and L. I recognize the croc/gator thing on L but I can't think of the brand.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/16/09

    @JustinSane07: I'm guessing you are young?



    L is for Lacoste - a/k/a Izod, which you would know if you were old because once upon a time you would have worn it.



    J is for J&B, a blended scotch whiskey, which you would know if you were old because once upon a time you would have drunk it.
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    Image of amandizzle amandizzle
    07/16/09

    @JustinSane07: It's Lacoste. J is J&B Scotch Whisky.

    Oh my tortoise-like ways have gotten me beaten.
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    Edited by amandizzle at 07/16/09 11:17 AM amandizzle was starred amandizzle was unstarred
    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    07/16/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I recognized J&B, but for L, I kept thinking Izod and immediately thinking, "Wait, that doesn't fit!" I didn't know the company was actually called Lacoste.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/16/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I wasn't aware Lacoste was Izod...



    There's my thing for today I learned. Time to go home.
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    Image of Sean Scrooby Grube Sean Scrooby Grube
    07/16/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Why would that make us old for knowing that? They both still exist... Sure i dont see anyone buying lacoste crap anymore, but justerini & brooks is still yummy :p
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/16/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Well, they were (and are again) actually two different companies, but for many years Izod licensed the Lacoste name and logo in the U.S. to brand their shirts. So Izod made the famous shirts, but the brand belonged to Lacoste.



    Izod just uses IZOD as its brand in the U.S. now. And Lacoste still uses the little crocodile.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/16/09

    @Sean Scrooby Grube: You don't have to be old to know them, but you would have to be young to not know them.
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    Image of JustinSane07 JustinSane07
    07/16/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I'm 25, actually. I had clothes as a kid with the croc on it. I just never knew the brand name.

    And I don't drink whiskey, or any alcohol, so yeah, I wouldn't recognize a whiskey brand.
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    07/16/09

    In reply to Brand Keyboard Is a Champion, or Possibly Critic, of Capitalism
    Reminds me of this excel spreadsheet that once went around by email that had 100's of logos of which you had to guess the name of the company. It's surprising how many you instantly recognize.



    Trying to find it but the best I could find was
    http://www.guessthelogo.com/
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    Edited by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: at 07/16/09 10:43 AM PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was starred PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was unstarred
    Image of jdale jdale
    07/16/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: I'm partial to the Human Virus Scanner, http://totl.net/VirusScanner/
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    07/16/09

    @jdale: Haha nice, I'm trying it right now
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    Image of xanderbeedle xanderbeedle
    07/16/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: http://www.sporcle.com/games/corplogos.php - Sporcle is great to waste a bit of time while still having to think.
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