It wasn't keyboard memorization, so much as proximity of frequently used letters when a typewriter still had the "arm bars" to hit the ribbon - the bars would stick. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Link <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:03:07 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install
And weren't QWERTY keyboards originally designed to slow typists down a bit? IIRC, fast typists could easily enough memorize the key layout and then proceed to type so fast that the keys would jam... Sometimes inefficiency is a good thing. On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:50 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > The amount of *time* to execute a command and the amt of *movement* to > execute a command are not always proportional or even related. > > Type out each the lines of A and B below, which takes longer for you to > duplicate on say, notepad? Which one takes less time? Which takes less > physical movement? > > A. This sentence which is forty-nine characters long > B. yjif awbrwbxw qguxg ua di > > Which is 25 characters long. Takes more calories to run your eyes along and > type the longer sentence, takes more brainpower and time to process the 2nd > line. > > Of course "optimized code" would be C: "This sentence which is fo", which > is short like B. AND fast to process like A. To reach C simply takes > training, but I digress... > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Schmahl [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:27 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install > > e x i t enter = 5 keystrokes > > alt-spacebar c =3 and hands don't have to reach up to the function keys > :-) > > > > Quoting "Michael B. Smith" <[email protected]>: > > > Hmmm. We'd need to study the total therbligs involved. > > > > There is a cost involved in moving the hands away from the home > > position. I actually have to move my arm to get my hand in a > > position to hit F4. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:36 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install > > > > It does bug me though that I can't Alt-F4 out of it, since I could > > save three keystrokes that way... > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Michael B. Smith > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Exactly. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>< > http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > From: Miller Bonnie L. > > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > >] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:51 AM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install > > > > LOL-I can type that faster than I can move the mouse to the X. > > > > I still find myself double-right clicking the top left corner of a > > window to close it at times. > > > > 8) > > > > From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:47 AM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install > > > > Along these lines.....you know you're a geek that even when using > > Win7 / 2K8 you still type "exit" to close a DOS box (err, command > > window) because clicking the "X" just feels wrong after all these > > years...even in PowerShell. > > > > Just did it again minutes ago, old habits die hard. > > > > From: Leedy, Andy > > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:30 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install > > > > Michael - Was it a KIM-1? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIM-1 > > That was my 1st computer. Shortly after that, I upgraded to the SYM-1 > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYM-1 > > -Andy > > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Michael B. Smith > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > The first computer I built - in 1978 - had 4 KB of RAM and a 40 > > character hexadecimal display with a hex input keypad. It cost me > > all my money (I was in high-school working part time) for a couple > > of months. > > > > > > > > But it put me on the path I still follow today! :) > > > > > > > > But yes - you are old. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Michael B. Smith > > > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>< > http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > > > > > From: Jeff Steward [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > >] > > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:23 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Perhaps the BEST hotfix ever that you may need to install > > > > > > > > Holy smokes! 1TB of RAM....when I started programming we had a > > whopping 32k to use. It is not that I'm old, it is that technology > > is moving so fast...right? > > > > > > > > -Jeff Steward > > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Jonathan > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Sweeeet! > > > > On Jan 14, 2011 9:15 PM, "Michael B. Smith" > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980598 > >> > >> Windows Server 2008 R2 cannot be installed or started on a computer > >> that has 1 TB or more of RAM > >> > >> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Michael B. 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