Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 14:58:34 -0700 From: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net> To: Travis Cole <tcole@balsam.methow.com> Cc: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu>, David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI Message-ID: <19990805145834.B46486@norn.ca.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <19990805135002.A12157@wcug.wwu.edu>; from Travis Cole on Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 01:50:02PM -0700 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990804135725.67152B-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> <37A8FA2D.67D7BDB0@seattleu.edu> <19990805135002.A12157@wcug.wwu.edu>
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On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 01:50:02PM -0700, Travis Cole wrote:
> 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.
This I don't understand. Is it really true that younger people
can't touch type very well? I've been able to touch type since
I was 11 or 12 years old, and I'm 18 now.
-Chris
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