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soapyfish
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Posted: 17th May 2005 04:04 Edited at: 17th May 2005 04:11
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Hey all,
Well, at least it's not another word association thread.

Pretty simple, heres the text...

The darskBASIC flavoured elephant of death

Just try and type it without looking at the keyboard. It's pretty obvious you could get away with cheating but that ain't very fair now is it. Here's my attempt.


Thw sarjBASIC flavoired elepnanh lv csfn

schroon, I've made a right pig's ear of that, lets see if you people can do any better.




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just ND
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Posted: 17th May 2005 04:09
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The darkBASIc flavoured elephant of death

i learned touch typing when i was 6...

<--- insert neofish here --->

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soapyfish
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Posted: 17th May 2005 04:10 Edited at: 17th May 2005 04:11
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Lol. Just go and make me look like a complete moron why don't you, everyone else does.



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David R
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Posted: 17th May 2005 04:24
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darkbasic flavoured elephant fo dateh

(going well until the end - and I can type well, but not without looking at the keyboard - what's the point in being able to TT any way?)

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just ND
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Posted: 17th May 2005 04:25
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ich bin der visually-impaired-en. das ist why.

<--- insert neofish here --->

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David R
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Posted: 17th May 2005 04:31 Edited at: 17th May 2005 04:32
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Ich habe keinen sehen-partizeriens. Ich bin eine schlafkeinen-mann

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Dom
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Posted: 17th May 2005 04:35 Edited at: 17th May 2005 04:35
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the dakrvarsi flavoured ekephamt of death

well thats mine


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DBAlex
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Posted: 17th May 2005 05:31
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the darjbasic elephant of death

Yay

except the J...and I am self taught...


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Neofish
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Posted: 17th May 2005 05:41 Edited at: 17th May 2005 05:42
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The darskBASIC flavoured elephant of death
goes to:
The darkBASIC flavoured elephant of death

Wow perfect see if I try I can type! (I don't try often though sometimes I can touch type with one hand )


EDIT: I'm self taught, typing courses suck...Note that my backspace key is the most pressed

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David T
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Posted: 17th May 2005 05:47
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The darkbasic flavouyred elepat of death

Quote: "EDIT: I'm self taught, typing courses suck...Note that my backspace key is the most pressed "


Same here, I don't know what they call my dialect of typing... my own brand

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Hawkeye
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Posted: 17th May 2005 05:49
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The darkBASIC flavoured elephant of death

hehe first try Learned touch typing a few years ago when I was busy with vb. I've even gotten so that I know when I mess up and automaticly hit backspace on nasty complicated things. Type this without looking down at your keys:
Quote: "null{==+; 4 :: 73}"


Bloody hard

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Peter H
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Posted: 17th May 2005 05:51 Edited at: 17th May 2005 05:55
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the darkbasic flavoured elephant of deatj

theres mine...can't believe i missed the last letter

opps forgot to cap first letter and "basic" here's my attempt remembering that..

The darkBASIC elepjant of death

agg...as you can see "h" is my most missed letter

"null{==+; 4 :: 73}"
got it right first time
i'm more used to stuff like that...no H's

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Neofish
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Posted: 17th May 2005 06:07
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I always add too many letters to words

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Jimmy
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Posted: 17th May 2005 06:14 Edited at: 17th May 2005 06:15
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The darkbasic Flavoured elephant of pants

I always type without looking at the keyboard, but when you make me think about it it's harder. Thanks.


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geecee3
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Posted: 17th May 2005 06:30
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awesome, i'm still on 2 fingers and a thumb. and i been using computers for 23 years and woking with them for 17. how do you do it?

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DBAlex
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Posted: 17th May 2005 07:13
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The darkBASIC flavoured elephant of no one gives a crap...

Yay, Right again...


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Izzy545
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Posted: 17th May 2005 07:18
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The darkBASIC elephant of death.

I've been using computers since I was but a young child, and I recently switched to the dvorak layout, which means, since I'm typing on a QWERTY keyboard, that I can't look down. Doing so would mean that I would no longer have ANY idea what I'm typing, lol.

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DBAlex
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Posted: 17th May 2005 07:23 Edited at: 17th May 2005 07:23
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Wasnt Dvorak an artist?

I hope i get wrist straint and die early anyway. Makes Sense.


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Ace Of Spades
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Posted: 17th May 2005 07:43
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The darkBasic falvoured elephant of death.

So close...


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TKF15H
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Posted: 17th May 2005 08:01
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The DarkBasic flavoured elephant of doom doom doom doom (insert comercial break here) (6 months later) doom doom doom, the end!

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Posted: 17th May 2005 08:06 Edited at: 17th May 2005 08:07
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Woot! Human worm baby!

EDIT: I just realised, apart from when I see where the keyboard is I never actually look at it I can see the way my fingers move, which helps me co-ordinate I guess...

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Dvorak was the one who came up with a typing system MUCH different than the original QWERTY one. You see, QWERTY was designed with typewriters in mind, it was designed to be slower so that you wouldn't jam the typewriter as often.

Dvorak changed all that with his new keyboard style. In his style, all the vowels and most commonly used consonants are on the home row. This makes it so that you don't have to move your fingers NEAR as much. I could type 90-100 with QWERTY with Dvorak I can type 100-120.

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Eric T
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Posted: 17th May 2005 09:09
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the darkbasic elephant of death

When I am using MY keyboard, I never have to look when i type. Only when I am using other peoples keyboards.

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Oneka
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Posted: 17th May 2005 10:17 Edited at: 17th May 2005 10:18
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The darkvasic elephant of death - Pweee!!!
hmmm
Daikanu Online owns also i dun have to look at the keybaord to type most of the time because it is natural skill but I do make a few mistakes ever now t ant then like I just did a dew types ago hhhmm......
but iam used to my own keyboard others dont feel right..(< not my keyboard I have no comp v_v)

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You mean you guys actually look at your keyboard when you type??? I though everyone here knew perfectly well how to touch-type. I'm mostly self-taught but I type properly. At least I think... Anyway, the test, misspelled as it is in the original post.

The DarskBASIC flavoured elephant of death.

It's getting harder for me to type properly since the bumps on my keyboard are almost worn off. (Third keyboard I've done it to now!)


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Dom
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Posted: 17th May 2005 17:01
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I cant touvh type very well. I can only do it If i type slowly. There I jusr typed all this wkthout loooking at the keyboard.


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Posted: 18th May 2005 11:43
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oha yah wgll i typef this woutou slooking!11!!11


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Posted: 18th May 2005 18:29
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The DarskBASIC flavoured elephant of death

"s" added intentionally

I can sort of touch type with 2 index fingers and 2 thumbs. I never actually learnt to touch type, its just after typing out endless lines of code or playing MMORPGs that one day I realised I new exactly where all the keys are and had stopped looking at the keyboard.

Simple... yet fun!
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Posted: 18th May 2005 20:50 Edited at: 18th May 2005 20:54
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the darkBASIV flaboured wlepjanmr odf deatj

Oh yeah, I can type good.
I can only type when I look at the keyboard. Sad. Sad.

Edit: For arguments sake, how do you define typing properly? As far as I'm concerned, if it works fluently, good.

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Posted: 18th May 2005 22:24 Edited at: 18th May 2005 22:24
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Quote: "For arguments sake, how do you define typing properly?"

You use the correct fingers for the correct keys. Here's a pic of how your hands should be on the keyboard:

I thought they taught you this in 5th grade?


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Posted: 18th May 2005 22:34
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We didn't have computers in 5th grade.


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The Nerd
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Posted: 18th May 2005 22:37
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Here's my try :

The darkbasic flavoured elephant og death

I always look at the keyboard But i CAN write without looking at the keyboard.... To some decree

But i think that i did that text very well

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Benjamin
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Posted: 18th May 2005 23:43
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The darkbasic flavoured elephant of death.

Half way through I had to scroll up to see what the sentence was, but I still didn't look down at the keyboard. I can touch type but I tend to usually look down at the keyboard from time to time, like when I start typing.


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Posted: 19th May 2005 00:13
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The Dark Basic elephant flavoured elephant of DarkBASIC death.

i can touch-type well...i just have problems remembering what i'm typing

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