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From: rtucker@worf.infonet.net (Ryan Tucker)
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Subject: Talk: Dvorak, domain name, sysadmins (Hi Greg & Dave)
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Bob Allison (boba@wwa.com) wrote:
> >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?

Hmmm... dunno.  There haven't been any studies on it, as far as I know.

(and, there's not enough people using Dvorak to really do a good study)

> >> >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.

Fair enough :-)

> >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.

Good luck!  :-)

> >>    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. :^)

Ditto here :-)

> >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. :^)

Hey, send my sysadmin thank you messages... I want one, too :-)

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