Last typewriter factory in the world shuts its doors

William Park opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Thu Apr 28 01:19:46 UTC 2011


By the way, what tools do professionals use nowdays?  TeX is the only
tool I know, but I doubt if people use that.
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William

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 07:48:04PM -0400, Russell reiter wrote:
> More efficiently. You can produce a lot more type if your not fixing
> some cock up you could have avoided.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Scott Allen <mlxxxp-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 27 April 2011 19:25, Russell reiter <rreiter91-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> [...] the qwerty keyboard was designed to slow the
> >> operator down so as not to jam up the keys.
> >
> > This often quoted myth is not true. It was designed to reduce jamming
> > so the operator could type FASTER.
> > <http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/whyqwert.html>
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