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>and who remembers why the QWERTY layout was invented?
Ooh, Ooh, I do, I do!
To make the typists as slow as possible!
(actually a myth, see http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/whyqwert.html )
I have a portable fold-up typewriter from the late 40's or early 50's down in my basement somewheres, if I didn't sell it at the swap meet (can't remember).
jg
-- @home.com is bogus. http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/12/ipod-giveaway-7-steve-jobs#commentsReceived on Fri Dec 30 2005 - 18:26:02 CST
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