Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 13:50:02 -0700 From: Travis Cole <tcole@balsam.methow.com> To: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu>, David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI Message-ID: <19990805135002.A12157@wcug.wwu.edu> In-Reply-To: <37A8FA2D.67D7BDB0@seattleu.edu>; from Eric Hodel on Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 07:42:53PM -0700 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990804135725.67152B-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> <37A8FA2D.67D7BDB0@seattleu.edu>
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On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 07:42:53PM -0700, Eric Hodel wrote: > David Scheidt wrote: > > > > 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... > My had to take 2 trimesters of typing (they called it keyboarding for some lame reason) my freshmen year of high school. It was the most borring class possible, but damn, am I glad I had to suffer through it. No looking at the keyboard here and I'm only 20. -- --Travis When it comes to violence, morality and the young, we're the Idiot Nation, the laughingstock not only of the civilized world but of the highly-wired generation of kids we're supposedly trying to protect. Jon Katz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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