Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 19:42:53 -0700 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net>, markov@globalnet.co.uk, sfuqua@nas.nasa.gov, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, sfuqua@nothing.nas.nasa.gov Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI Message-ID: <37A8FA2D.67D7BDB0@seattleu.edu> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990804135725.67152B-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>
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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
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