rubl
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Post by rubl on Mar 26, 2016 12:17:06 GMT 7
Anyone who has worked on a teletype console with paper output (and those with two left or right hands) will understand this  "So, the evidence is very strong that bad typing played a large role in the design of the UNIX system. With its terse input and terse output, UNIX V6 was a joy to use - I am a bad typist too." www.hillside.co.uk/articles/typing.html |
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Post by AyG on Mar 26, 2016 13:11:59 GMT 7
The article provides no evidence whatsoever for the assertion that bad typing played a role.
The desire to keep things terse is perfectly natural to most IT professionals. It's only the clueless who want prolix commands and GUIs to get a job done. Even today I get irritated with websites that require even one unnecessary extra click to get a job done.
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Post by rubl on Mar 26, 2016 14:32:18 GMT 7
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must be the rain last night. Sense of humour washed away ?
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Post by AyG on Mar 26, 2016 15:17:14 GMT 7
^^| must be the rain last night. Sense of humour washed away ? I guess so. I didn't see anything humorous in the article - nothing to raise even the slightest giggle or titter. |
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Post by rubl on Mar 26, 2016 16:02:23 GMT 7
^^| must be the rain last night. Sense of humour washed away ? I guess so. I didn't see anything humorous in the article - nothing to raise even the slightest giggle or titter. Too bloody serious and not nerdy enough, that's your problem. Observation from a 'real' one  |
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