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by Splodginator » Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:43 pm
Yes, any standard keyboard.
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by Da_Goat » Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:46 pm
Kazer0 wrote: Splodginator wrote: Dogbreath wrote: ? Why the "t" then? That's no where near "s"...
No, our Australian keyboards' top line begins with "Qwerstyuiop"
Im 95% sure that the top line of ANY standard keyboard is "QWERTYUIOP", without an S as the keyboard is based off the typerighter.
Aw, the Canadian wants his points back! Let's all speak to him condescendingly.
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by Check-Mate » Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:56 pm
Da_Goat wrote: Kazer0 wrote: Splodginator wrote:
No, our Australian keyboards' top line begins with "Qwerstyuiop"
Im 95% sure that the top line of ANY standard keyboard is "QWERTYUIOP", without an S as the keyboard is based off the typerighter.
Aw, the Canadian wants his points back! Let's all speak to him condescendingly.
noooooooo......
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by Splodginator » Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:00 am
And not to forget, Windows has 4 or 5 registered US keyboard layouts. 
Abe yd.f erb-y mat. abf o.bo.w .ol.jcannf yday Ekrpat t.fo
(And they don't make any sense, especially that Dvorak keys.)
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by nastypoisonspikes » Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:04 am
Splodginator wrote: Dogbreath wrote: ? Why the "t" then? That's no where near "s"...
No, our Australian keyboards' top line begins with "Qwerstyuiop"
... mine is QWERTY. I've never seen a QWERSTY
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by Wally » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:23 pm
Kazer0 wrote: Splodginator wrote: Dogbreath wrote: ? Why the "t" then? That's no where near "s"...
No, our Australian keyboards' top line begins with "Qwerstyuiop"
Im 95% sure that the top line of ANY standard keyboard is "QWERTYUIOP", without an S as the keyboard is based off the typerighter.
You could make it happen though by moving the [ ] and and replacing the other keys to QWERSTYUIOP
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by wardrich » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:23 pm
ok, i thought he ment Disgusting too... Anyway, I too hate Abbreviations in most cases. Computer terms don't bother me b/c I use them all the time. I also seem to use b/c a lot too.
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by Check-Mate » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:26 pm
nastypoisonspikes wrote: Oz wrote: byw, i hate wally.
I hear you.
Ok....this is it.
First of all.... OZ...what makes you think YOU'RE so loved by everyone?
And...if you're going to use short hand...at LEAST....spell it right. B
T W.....
Anyways...he probably wasn't even thinking when he was saying....we ALL do stuff like that.....PLUS...I think he has a point....Who on EARTH would remember stuff like that....He WAS saying the long ones are stupid and annoying to remember....and thanking the fact that the abbreviations are better..........There. Case closed. Wally is loveable again.
And...I DO believe that ALL keyboards in the English language are like this:
QWERTYUIOP
ASDFGHJKL
ZXCVBNM.
There. All better.
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by Kazer0 » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:11 pm
I believe I speak for everyone when I say stop talking. This flamefest is over.
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by Dogbreath » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:53 pm
Mesh. I have a QWERTY though I do know someone in Australia who has another key set. (Until today I didn't know what that was though)
What's the point, though? QWERTY was designed in 1850 or so to be the fastest key set available for English-are Australian hands somehow different?
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by wardrich » Wed Nov 26, 2003 10:07 pm
There's always the Dvorak setup... but I won't get into that.
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by Splodginator » Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:58 am
Yeah, I tried talking in Dvorak for about 2 sentences. It took me half an hour to write 'Linux'.
As for QWERSTY, someone just changed around the keys on me.
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by wardrich » Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:41 pm
the Dvorak setup really isn't THAT hard...
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by Splodginator » Fri Nov 28, 2003 12:45 am
It is on a QWERSTY- I mean QWERTY layout.
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by Dogbreath » Fri Nov 28, 2003 1:45 am
Here's the problem for me: I'm an entirely touch based typist-I use the ridges on the "f" and "j" keys to navigate my way around the keyboard and type at about 80 WPM. I never look so switching to a new key set would be absolute torture for me. (and slow me down by about 50 WPM)
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by Wally » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:07 am
you would be like this right dogbreath...
hmm where is that 'J' Key then find that it is where the F1 Stands
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by Splodginator » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:41 am
What? You can't find j or F1? Well, J has the little side on it, so you can tell it from H and K. But you can't tell it from F without looking or guessing.
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by Oz » Fri Nov 28, 2003 4:51 am
Edit: Post deleted. PM checkmate/Wally about it, but DO NOT post it here. K0 already warned you guys not to post about it. -Dogbreath
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by Dogbreath » Fri Nov 28, 2003 4:41 pm
Splodginator wrote: What? You can't find j or F1? Well, J has the little side on it, so you can tell it from H and K. But you can't tell it from F without looking or guessing.
Not if you use both hands.
(Think about it for a second-it's not *that* hard*
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by wardrich » Fri Nov 28, 2003 8:05 pm
I agree w/ Dogbreath. But it would be just like learning QWERTY for the first time... It'd take a bit to learn, but become natural after a while.
-Richard-
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