On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:25:12 +0000 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net> allegedly wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Mauricio Tavares > <raubvogel@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:58 PM, mick <mbm@rlogin.net> wrote: > >> On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:09:27 +0000 > >> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net> allegedly wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> one side-effect of not using the shift key is that i can type at > >>> over 170wpm, continuously, for over 20 mins. > >> > >> Really? That is close to three times the speed of a professional > >> typist. > >> > > Exactly. You type about as fast as a teenage girl on her phone. > > *splutter* that's incredibly funny. i needed a laugh. i hope you > won't take offense, mick :) Hell no. I'm not even sure I've been insulted..... > anyway. yes, really 170wpm, peak. i _can_ keep up with real-time > conversations if necessary for about an hour, but not at 100% accuracy > because it's done not looking at the keyboard but at the people > speaking. hurts like hell though, too :) "accurate" text i can do > about 2500 words per hour, technical writing, including reviews _and_ > capital letters, you'll be pleased to hear [wrote the "pyjamas book" - > 10,000 words - in a week, part-time]. but to do that i have to know > the subject well, like bram cohen when he planned bittorrent in his > head for months and then wrote it all down. electrical memory of > brain, not chemical memory, and all that. Very impressive. Mick
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