X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 110f55,5c513960de185043 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,5c513960de185043 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,17229c713daec0bb X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-01 22:34:55 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: Dvorak, domain name Date: 2 Oct 1994 00:12:59 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 Lines: 54 Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <36lfgr$f1l@gagme.wwa.com> References: <367pbd$897@gagme.wwa.com> <36k88a$4op@sashimi.wwa.com> <36k9jj$rl5@gagme.wwa.com> <36lef7$373@sashimi.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1870 alt.ascii-art:12532 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:1241 In article <36lef7$373@sashimi.wwa.com>, Ryan Tucker wrote: > >Bob Allison (boba@wwa.com) wrote: >> Ryan Tucker wrote: >> >Does a Dvorak layout help ASCII art creation? I use the standard QWERTY >> >keyboard on all computers I work on. While I've never seen a Dvorak >> >keyboard, what advantages do they have to the ASCII artist? > >> I use a Dvorak layout for actual typing because it is faster and >> requires less effort to type than QWERTY. OWERTY was scienfically designed >> to make typing difficult in the age of manual typewriters when typist >> were too fast for them and jammed them a lot. > >QWERTY still has its uses... my computer jams alot too :-) 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. >> 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. >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. 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. -- :######\:#####\:######\:#######\:######\:#####\#######\::######\:###|:###|:###| ###(::::###/:::###/:###|###|:###|###|:::###/:::###|:###|###|:###|###|:###|:###| :#####\:##|::::########|#######/:#####|:##|::::#######/:###|:###|###|:###|:###| ::::###|###\:::###|:###|###|###\:###|:::###\:::###|###\:###|:###|###|:###|:###| #######|######/###|:###|###|:###/######/######/###|:###/########|#############| :#####/::####/:###|:###|###|:##/:#####/::####/:###|:##/::######/::###########/: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::