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Author:  Sleepe [ May 30th, '08, 17:19 ]
Post subject:  Computer keyboards
Ok

Slightly bored (?) and a few beers :drunken:
I have noticed my keyboard is starting to loose some of the key symbols (think it was me)
From the top
Q looks good W looks good. Bugger this will only do the dodgey ones.
E now a trunkated ELL
R missing the roundy bit at the top
T just a dot
O looks like a C
A missing the right hand Diagonal
D missing the top
F tiny bit missing mid top
H Missing top right and a bit in the middle

Ok this is silly may finish it, or not, when sober. So far it seems I am writing ER TOAD FH a lot.
Author:  peterall [ May 30th, '08, 18:16 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
Hey... what brew are you drinkin' Sleepe :drunken: :drunken:

It looks like your NO3, your NH3 and your NO2 are out of balance.

pH looks great though :cheers:
Author:  RupertofOZ [ May 30th, '08, 18:23 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Author:  gokul [ May 30th, '08, 18:42 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
:D You must have been really um.. un-sober. This is so boring aah! :crazy:

Or maybe I don't get what you're saying.


While we are on topic, I am using a dvorak layout, not qwerty.(look up on the internuts)
Its easier on the hands. I love it. Qwerty was designed to SLOW you down, because the typewriters it was designed for would jam if you went too fast.
But for a modern computer, this is so good. The only thing that keeps people from it is their resistance to change to a new scary thing. And stuff like that.

Don't worry it takes a week or two to learn typing, then you'll love it (it's like getting through the cycling part in AP - you'll never go back later but it'll be hard the first two weeks.)

HOW TO GET IT:No keyboard needs to be bought!
It's easy, gently pop off the keys (you can use a screwdriver or steel rod as a crowbar if you wish) (almost all not-too-damn-old-really-old keyboards have removable keys) and rearrange them. Then you just change a setting in Windows so it says 'dvorak' instead of 'US keyboard' or something (I use linux though - also possible for Macs too) . Some links are here:
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SwitchingToDvorak
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DvorakKeyboard
http://gigliwood.com/abcd/abcd.html

A funny(?) keyboard shift key FAQ I found http://linuxgazette.net/102/lg_backpage.html
Author:  gokul [ May 30th, '08, 18:45 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
(the above first lines refer to sleepe's post not rupe's)
Author:  gokul [ May 30th, '08, 18:48 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
I had come across the above thing in an email rupe, yeah it is amazing. I enjoyed reading it again and wondering how the mind did speed reading (or steve :P ) .
Author:  gemmell [ May 30th, '08, 18:52 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
RupertofOZ wrote:
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!



Yeh, we did this stuff in psych - So long as the first and last letter are right, and all the letters are there, and the gramma is still OK, you can read it. I think it was "top down feed back", meaning the sentence so far instantly limits the number of words that would fit (grammatically and semantically) the next word, then you only need to whittle down the word to first and last character and you end up with one word left that it could possibly be. Something like that anyway.
Author:  gokul [ May 30th, '08, 18:52 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
Due to lack of editing powress,
Quote:
But for a modern computer, this is so good.
This should read : "But for a modern computer, Dvorak is so good."
Author:  Outbackozzie [ May 31st, '08, 11:13 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
RupertofOZ wrote:
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!


Love it

:flower:
Author:  Sleepe [ May 31st, '08, 16:19 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
Just to finish it off, the rest of the worn keys are (and I'm still sober-ish)
C Almost gone
B Top missing
N Almost gone
M missing just a tiny bit
And the shift key
So thats ERTOADFHCBNM, possibly in upper case.
Author:  Nocky [ May 31st, '08, 16:27 ]
Post subject:  Re: Computer keyboards
man I raed aythnign wehn it is rnianig selpl ceheker is ginog bllsaaitc
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