On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:25:12 +0000
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[email protected]> allegedly wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Mauricio Tavares
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:58 PM, mick <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:09:27 +0000
> >> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[email protected]> allegedly wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>  one side-effect of not using the shift key is that i can type at
> >>> over 170wpm, continuously, for over 20 mins.
> >>
> >> Really? That is close to three times the speed of a professional
> >> typist.
> >>
> >      Exactly. You type about as fast as a teenage girl on her phone.
> 
>  *splutter* that's incredibly funny.  i needed a laugh.  i hope you
> won't take offense, mick :)

Hell no. I'm not even sure I've been insulted.....

>  anyway.  yes, really 170wpm, peak.  i _can_ keep up with real-time
> conversations if necessary for about an hour, but not at 100% accuracy
> because it's done not looking at the keyboard but at the people
> speaking.  hurts like hell though, too :)  "accurate" text i can do
> about 2500 words per hour, technical writing, including reviews _and_
> capital letters, you'll be pleased to hear [wrote the "pyjamas book" -
> 10,000 words - in a week, part-time].  but to do that i have to know
> the subject well, like bram cohen when he planned bittorrent in his
> head for months and then wrote it all down.  electrical memory of
> brain, not chemical memory, and all that.

Very impressive.

Mick

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