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From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison)
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Subject: Talk: Dvorak, domain name, sysadmins (Hi Greg & Dave)
Date: 2 Oct 1994 16:51:35 -0500
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In article <36n8tq$h6n@sashimi.wwa.com>,
Ryan Tucker <rtucker@worf.infonet.net> wrote:
>
>Bob Allison (boba@wwa.com) wrote:
>>    It blows my mind that a system that was made to be bad is the 
>> absolute, and I mean complete, total standard.  There have been, and 
>> there are, alternatives, but they are almost non-existant.  I couldn't 
>> imagine typing with QWERTY.  I guess I'm in an extremely small minority.
>
>QWERTY is still taught in school typing courses (at least here).  The 
>main reason is because they like to use the computers "out of the box", 
>and don't have time or money to change the keyboards.  And, most 
>businesses have QWERTY keyboards, so to create more productive workers, 
>they teach QWERTY.

   Is it true that QWERTY causes more long term damage to the hands?

>(it's quite easy once you get the hang of it ... I can easily type over 
>100 wpm on a good keyboard)
>
>> >>    I will probably use boba.com.  Should take about a month to get it, 
>> >> and a couple more weeks to set up the automation (providing my guru is 
>> >> available at that time).
>> >
>> >Aww, I liked scarecrow.com :-)
>
>>    It still has an outside chance.  I haven't sent the form in yet.  So, 
>> it's still in there, wigling away.
>
>Here's an idea... how about a vote?

   The majority of mail I got said boba.com, and I like it too, so I 
picked boba.com.

>> >What platform are you doing the automation on?  Unix, for example, would 
>> >be much easier than DOS for that sort of thing.
>
>>    It would be set up on my Unix host, WorldWide Access.  They are the 
>> nice folks who provide services for the newsgroup, FTP site, Web pages, 
>> and will provide services for the automated requests and digest.
>
>Wow -- your provider sounds great!  What software are you planning on 
>using for the automated requests and digests?  Or will it be custom-made?

   Haven't gotten to that yet.  Probably in a couple of weeks.

>>    If you have a second, you might want to send a thank you to my 
>> sysadmin, Greg Gulik at greg@wwa.com or Dave Vrona at dave@wwa.com, or to 
>> both of them!  It only takes a few second, and it certainly doesn't hurt.  
>> Sysadmins do a lot of work, and usually only hear from people when they 
>> want something, or when something needs fixing.  It can make their day to 
>> get an email pat on the back.
>
>System administration doesn't get much recognition.  They sit in the 
>background and fix things, and most of the time you never see 'em in 
>person.  Sysadmins are pretty neat folks :-)

   Why that's what mine have been telling me for years. :^)

>I sent that message... for once, they'll have something other than 
>reports of broken software in their mailbox on Monday :-)

   Yeah, maybe now is a good time for me to ask for a dedicated line. :^)

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