Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 18:59:34 +0000 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Single User Message-ID: <CAFuo_fw%2Bx2VkLGFxBCs-Fw-o%2BhixLUFB1kBgu-=RnS0snu7GmQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20220519185624.bb50ff1b1213bce12b589a95@sohara.org> References: <91d28f49-1c1b-d2bf-5fd6-8b2e206ee6c7@andyit.com.au> <20220519132547.6b8cbb36.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <24632e11-1a86-8553-cf44-d29aa40a6858@kicp.uchicago.edu> <CA%2ByoEx8Jk_sceftUUuXi5Hq0Vq2TS=dgAgz7cJ5HweF9u0H5Gg@mail.gmail.com> <165af1d7-5209-b49e-d99b-c5120654d883@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20220519185624.bb50ff1b1213bce12b589a95@sohara.org>
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On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 5:57 PM Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 19 May 2022 13:38:57 -0400 > Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > On 5/19/22 10:20 AM, Mario Lobo wrote: > > > > I even know where these terms came from. They're typewriter terms . > > > > > > When you reached the end of the line on the paper being typed, you had > > > to crank a lever to roll the paper one line up (LINE FEED) > > > and use the lever to return (push) the carriage to the first position > > > of the new line (CARRIAGE RETURN). > > > > Me too, it is hard to forget the origing of such things somehow. > > It's sometimes hard to keep in mind that there are large numbers of > people (perhaps even most adults) who don't remember typewriters being > everywhere and needing to hire a typist from time to time. > > -- > Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> > My key has like a weird t, an E with the top cut leg cut off, and a little piece of the left leg of an N. Is it just me or are keyboard lifecycles shortening? I remember the tank IBM keyboards on the Mini terminals back in the 80's. I'm pretty sure the printing on the keys is still legible on any of those tank keyboards that are still around today. I was in typing class in Junior High. A classroom full of IBM Selectrics. I don't think schools even have such a thing as typing class anymore? Probably have like 'Socialling' and 'Influencing'. Of course Nuance owns the Dictaphone company, so a modern 'typist' is an AI code. I think people can just say like one sentence and AI turns it into a 2,000 word article. I've seen funky news articles lately. -- Waitman Gobble
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