An Error I Keep Making

[Sunday21]

@JohnsonJones. Thank you so much! Very interesting!

[mordorbund]

17 hours ago, Carborendum said:

 

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The exclamation mark (British English and Commonwealth English) or exclamation point (American English) 

Not only are you a Muse, Sheathen, Pony, Alien, a robot, AND to top it all off, you're British too!!! (notice the exclamation POINTS!)

@zil's next pen exercise will be to attach 100 Old Glory's to the exclamation point at the end of 'MURICA!

[mordorbund]

15 hours ago, Vort said:

"Hashtag" is the only modern continuation I know of regarding the old #hash !bang *splat terminology.

It must have taken forever for you old timers to text.

[zil]

32 minutes ago, mordorbund said:

@zil's next pen exercise will be to attach 100 Old Glory's to the exclamation point at the end of 'MURICA!

I'm not even sure what that means.  But my next pen exercise will be to complete two logic puzzles.

[mordorbund]

24 minutes ago, zil said:

I'm not even sure what that means.  But my next pen exercise will be to complete two logic puzzles.

It means make your explanation points look like this 100-times over:

* What can I say, @NeuroTypical has inspired me.

[zil]

28 minutes ago, mordorbund said:

It means make your explanation points look like this 100-times over:

* What can I say, @NeuroTypical has inspired me.

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(An exclamation mark with a point.)

[zil]

1 hour ago, mordorbund said:

It means make your explanation points look like this 100-times over:

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[zil]

1 hour ago, mordorbund said:

It means make your explanation points look like this 100-times over:

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And... PHEW!  I just re-read what you wrote and I'm stopping now, because I don't have any exclamation points, only exclamation marks!  (Anyway, I only have three pens inked at the moment.)

[Vort]

2 hours ago, mordorbund said:

It must have taken forever for you old timers to text.

An early texting device:

[zil]

30 minutes ago, Vort said:

An early texting device:

Huh.  My brother has multiple of those.  He prefers the side-to-side kind.  Fortunately, I have no ability to receive text messages sent that way.

[Guest]

19 hours ago, mordorbund said:

It means make your explanation points look like this 100-times over:

I'm not sure what an explanation point is.  I'm guessing it would be something like

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www2.hawaii.edu/~freeman/courses/phil100/04.%20Apology.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjG6cbu3ubYAhVnja0KHQnuDicQFgi9ATAO&usg=AOvVaw0ldY7etcWWWFTEuLyiJVT3

[JohnsonJones]

17 hours ago, Vort said:

An early texting device:

We also had typewriters.  Of course, we then had to either hand deliver them or mail them which may have taken longer, but with a type written message had a more physical component that one could keep through the years.  It's a lost art.

I remember in High School I utilized a mechanical typewriter (that's prior to the electric typewriter), that was guaranteed to increase finger strength and grip strength...they just don't make 'em like they used to.

[mordorbund]

17 hours ago, zil said:

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And... PHEW!  I just re-read what you wrote and I'm stopping now

[zil]

14 minutes ago, mordorbund said:

No exclamation (mark or point), but here's another flag, just for you (made with American inks):

[NeuroTypical]

19 minutes ago, JohnsonJones said:

We also had typewriters.  

You had what?  A type of what?  A whatwriter?  What is this tomfoolery mumbo-jumbo?

[zil]

Just now, NeuroTypical said:

You had what?  A type of what?  A whatwriter?  What is this tomfoolery mumbo-jumbo?

I think he means this:

[NeuroTypical]

Kidding aside, I've typed on one of those things (without the wires and screen).  My daughter's computer desk was inherited from my dad - it's a heavy wooden shop desk from the '40's or '50's.  Drawers not designed to hold standard 8 1/2 X 11 paper.  It's surface has a handle, and when you pull it, a secret compartment big enough to bolt a typewriter to emerges.  The deal was you only pulled out the typewriter when you had to write a letter, then it was hidden away so you could do the days work with pencil on your normal worksurface. 

[Guest]

12 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

We also had typewriters.  Of course, we then had to either hand deliver them or mail them which may have taken longer, but with a type written message had a more physical component that one could keep through the years.  It's a lost art.

I remember in High School I utilized a mechanical typewriter (that's prior to the electric typewriter), that was guaranteed to increase finger strength and grip strength...they just don't make 'em like they used to.

12 hours ago, zil said:

In our typing class, several of us found that our speed was limited, not by our speed and dexterity, but by the mechanical limits of the machine in question.  The spring was only so strong.  Thus the return to home position for each hammer was of a limited speed.  If we typed the next key too quickly, it bunched up in the central guide.

They had special typewriters that overcame this limitation.  But they were very expensive. 

With the advent of the electric typewriters, they had the type with the central ball with a small cache memory for I don't know how many characters.  This increased average speed by allowing those keys that could be typed in quick succession to be made up for by the keys that were more difficult to type in quick succession.  Additionally, the ball turned much faster than the hammers could swing.  So, overall WAM was increased.

But I think the biggest benefit of the electric typewriter was that the keys weren't so hard to press and the distance to press was much shorter.  It added comfort.  That's for sure.

A short-lived intermediate between electric typewriters and computer programs like "Word Perfect" was "the word processor."  This was essentially an electric typewriter with a small screen that could keep a few lines of typing in memory prior to printing it on the paper.  This gave the user the ability to read it over prior to committing it to paper.  I think I saw them in the store for about 1 year.  By that time the PCs were growing in popularity all too quickly, the prices were coming down fast, and they made these things obsolete before they even got a foothold.

Edited January 21, 2018 by Guest

[pam]

On 1/18/2018 at 10:06 PM, Bad Karma said:

 

 

 

These are a few things that make my teeth itch. 

And this always bothered me because I've never heard of anyone's teeth itching. 

[zil]

30 minutes ago, pam said:

And this always bothered me because I've never heard of anyone's teeth itching. 

Erm, that guy you quoted said something made his teeth itch.  So, um, you have heard of it, at least once.

[Bad Karma]

1 hour ago, pam said:

And this always bothered me because I've never heard of anyone's teeth itching. 

I brush and I brush and I brush some more.... What's a guy to do?

[pam]

3 hours ago, zil said:

Erm, that guy you quoted said something made his teeth itch.  So, um, you have heard of it, at least once.

You know what I meant young lady. 

[anatess2]

This is my work keyboard taken before I took it apart to clean.  I took a picture so I can put the keys back where they belong by the look of its indentations.  Hah hah.  That's how you can tell who grew up on them typewriters.

 

[NeuroTypical]

Wow, you must spell "erstatz" a lot, but get bored typing before you finish spelling it.

[NeuroTypical]

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