My typing skills go back to a manual Underwood typewriter and my days in journalism school in the late 1960s-early '70s. I'm far beyond being a hunt-and-peck typist, but neither am I a "rote" typist who can look at the source material while typing it quickly. I know others who CAN do that and I envy them.
But my s-lo-w computer question remains unanswered. -- Ken in Atlanta -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rae Burgess Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:52 AM To: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] equipment for the job (Was: mouse recommendations) This makes me wonder - how fast do you type? Since I never took a formal course in typing (some call it keyboarding now), I have found that I type so slow that it impacts my efficiency. I suppose that if I practiced 10 minutes a day I would incrementally improve my output. I have visited a few sites, but found them less than captivating. Any suggestions? Rae ***************** "Poshedly, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lisa, your comment about waiting "for the computer to catch up with what I'd typed or clicked" _sometimes_ occurs on my home desktop terminal. It's almost as if an undesired MAJOR background task is running, but I just don't know how to identify the cause and how to stop it. Sometimes shutting down and rebooting clears it up and sometimes not. Eventually, the system "recovers" and processes at its normal, very fast speed. In Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del), I've checked the Processes tab and am not familiar enough with the low-level operation of the system to know what is what. Usually (if I recall correctly), most everything in the CPU column displays a "00", and "System Idle Process" (at the bottom of the list) varies. I'm already aware of malware surreptitiously placed on the unprotected terminals of unsuspecting computer users, and how those malware programs can simply begin sending out gobs of data without any signal to the computer user. I run a three-year-old plain-Jane (no name) PC equipped with Windows XP Home, far more hard drive space than I use, and a more-than-adequate Pentium processor chip (I forgot which one because I'm not home right now). I run Norton Internet Security (with Live Update, done automatically or even manually every few days) and do weekly or even semi-weekly (twice a week) system scans for viruses; in the VERY few instances where viruses were caught, they were deleted by Norton. (The Norton program has also caught and deleted e-mailed viruses as they arrive. I believe in capital punishment for those who write and knowingly distribute viruses.) I also run Spybot Search & Destroy (updated before each use), which routinely catches the few spyware programs that made it past the Norton firewall. It's interesting that the now-released Microsoft spyware program catches nearly nothing, yet Spybot (run afterwards) does the trick. Please advise. - Ken in Atlanta ************************************** -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lisa M. Bronson (TCP) Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:12 AM To: TCP List Subject: [TCP] equipment for the job (Was: mouse recommendations) Oh, how funny! That makes me wonder, how many of you have less-than-adequate equipment for your jobs? I have everything I need here, but on my first tech writing job, I continually had to wait for the computer to catch up with what I'd typed or clicked. What kind of process do you have to go through to get what you need? Any other creative workarounds? Have a great week! Lisa B. On 1/31/07, Brierley, Sean wrote: > LOL! I'd forgotten about that. > > Okay, I've been an EMT for over a decade, though am not actively > practising any more. > > A previous employer gave me a company laptop because I was doing a > fair bit of work off-hours at home. I additionally used the laptop for > presentations, and such. But, I wasn't a developer or manager, so the > laptop was a crappy piece of ... old hardware, and it overheated, a lot. > Still, I was happy to have it. > > Well, one presentation, for the CT chapter of the STC--Bill came down > from upstate NY to heckle--and got to witness my workaround for the > overheating problem: ice packs from my EMT jump kit to keep the laptop > cool. Worked like a charm. > > Cheers, > > Sean __________________________ __________________________ This e-mail message and any attachment contains private and confidential information and is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please do not read, copy, use or disclose this communication to others. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. 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