From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Aug 5 9:54:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from exegrnnts001.seattleu.edu (exegrnnts001.seattleu.edu [206.81.198.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A515154EA for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 09:54:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hodeleri@seattleu.edu) Received: from seattleu.edu (ppp4.pm2a.wport.com [206.129.99.54]) by exegrnnts001.seattleu.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id PKDHWPSX; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 09:52:12 -0700 Message-ID: <37A8FA2D.67D7BDB0@seattleu.edu> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 19:42:53 -0700 From: Eric Hodel Organization: Dis X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Scheidt Cc: Terry Lambert , Phil Regnauld , markov@globalnet.co.uk, sfuqua@nas.nasa.gov, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, sfuqua@nothing.nas.nasa.gov Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David Scheidt wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Hmmm. I wonder how the existance of mice has impacted the ability > > of the post-mouse generation to learn touch-typing. Negatively, > > would be my guess... > > I have noticed a distinct break in the number of poeple who can touch type > based on age, at least among people who have been using a computer for > a while. People older than 27 or so can touch type; people younger than > this can't. There are exceptions, of course. Lots of people never learn > to type properly, even when they have to type everything. Some people > learn, even if they have been using mice since the age of 4. I think high-schools are moving towards requiring a typing class to graduate. I really like typing a whole lot more than using the mouse. Things get done much faster with the keyboard than with click-damn, missed, click..., damn have to click on that window... -- Eric Hodel - age: 19 hodeleri@seattleu.edu "They cook your gonies" -Terry Lambert's uncle on why he doesn't have a microwave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message