From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Aug 5 14:59:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from norn.ca.eu.org (cr965240-b.abtsfd1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.19.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3C8014E34 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 14:59:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cpiazza@norn.ca.eu.org) Received: by norn.ca.eu.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id C951674F; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 14:58:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 14:58:34 -0700 From: Chris Piazza To: Travis Cole Cc: Eric Hodel , David Scheidt , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI Message-ID: <19990805145834.B46486@norn.ca.eu.org> References: <37A8FA2D.67D7BDB0@seattleu.edu> <19990805135002.A12157@wcug.wwu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <19990805135002.A12157@wcug.wwu.edu>; from Travis Cole on Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 01:50:02PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- cpiazza@home.net cpiazza@FreeBSD.org "It's better to be quotable than to be honest." --Tom Stoppard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message