X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,5c513960de185043 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,5c513960de185043 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,17229c713daec0bb X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-02 14:33:53 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: rtucker@worf.infonet.net (Ryan Tucker) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: Dvorak, domain name Followup-To: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Date: 2 Oct 1994 16:32:42 -0500 Organization: HoopyWeb Art Department Lines: 56 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <36n8tq$h6n@sashimi.wwa.com> References: <367pbd$897@gagme.wwa.com> <36k88a$4op@sashimi.wwa.com> <36k9jj$rl5@gagme.wwa.com> <36lef7$373@sashimi.wwa.com> <36lfgr$f1l@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sashimi.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1884 alt.ascii-art:12550 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:1254 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. (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? > >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? > 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 :-) I sent that message... for once, they'll have something other than reports of broken software in their mailbox on Monday :-) -- Ryan Tucker rtucker@worf.infonet.net Des Moines, Iowa rtucker@ins.infonet.net http://www.infonet.net/showcase/rtucker #2: This smile isn't happyness, it's INSANITY!