Comments on: What the?

By: deviant_

deviant_ — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:29:46 +0000

I will not make masturbation jokes.
I will not make masturbation jokes.
I will not make masturbation jokes.
I will not make masturbation jokes.
I will not make masturbation jokes.
I will not make masturbation jokes.
I will not make masturbation jokes.
I will not make masturbation jokes.
I will not make masturbation jokes.

By: mrrules

mrrules — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:15:55 +0000

Sounds like too much one-handed typing to me! :-)

By: opal1159

opal1159 — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:11:11 +0000

I self-learned to touch-type, I use all of my fingers (but my thumbs almost exclusively do the space bar and, like, alt-tabbing and such), I usually hit the right shift with my pinky finger curled since that makes it the right length, and I’m working on keeping my wrists not deviated. =)

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:29:10 +0000

I learned to type correctly at some point — I’ve just adapted poorly since.

“]” and “}” (the latter is shifted) on a US keyboard:

By: citizenx

citizenx — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:08:45 +0000

That’s a good point. I hadn’t really considered that because my errating, not-entirely-correct typing is not based on the home row very strongly. When I’m doing something unusual (such as your example), the entire hand moves; there’s no odd and uncomfortable stretching or wrist movement.

By all means, do not strain your delicate hands. Those things are important.

By: pthalogreen

pthalogreen — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:05:42 +0000

where is } on your keyboard? for me it is alt-gr n so the image is lost to me. :)

I don’t have this problem. My dad started me on a typing tutour program/game at the age of 4 or so, and I became a bit OCD about it when I was 10ish, so all fingers on the right keys for me.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:45:39 +0000

Because it hurts! There’s a lot of unnatural stretching and twisting involved in typing that way. Programming is particularly bad because of all of the { } = _ . / involved.

Position your hands on the home row normally, and hit “}” or “=” with your middle finger, and watch what your wrist does.

By: citizenx

citizenx — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:38:55 +0000

I type sort of erratically, but it works fine for me. Why bother fixing something what ain’t broken?

Although I admit it is sort of odd that you use only those two fingers on your right hand. Amusing, almost.

By: euqsam

euqsam — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:32:32 +0000

Problems typing to all of us on IRC because of your bass!?

Ye Gods!

All your us are belong to bass!