Is It Possible For Fingers To Become Dyslexic?
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Roger Wright wrote:
never had any trouble typing on a keyboard. But lately it seems I'm spending more time fondling the backspace key than any other.
I've had that happen before. Adjustments to coffee/Dr. Pepper/:beer: have been fixes for that :-D Adjusting up or down? It is something that needs to be fiddled with. Texting on the blackberry seems to work for some odd reason, too.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
Paul Conrad wrote:
Texting on the blackberry seems to work for some odd reason, too
If you've also started using hair gel, you're becoming a marketeer. Sorry to see you go, man :sigh:.
Software Zen:
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I've noticed over the past several months that I frequently mistype simple words by reversing the order of two letters. 'Around' becomes 'aorund', 'type' turns out as 'tpye', etc. I have no trouble reading or doing math, never have, and I've never had any trouble typing on a keyboard. But lately it seems I'm spending more time fondling the backspace key than any other. It's getting annoying!:mad: Is there a cure? Finger transplant, maybe? Or should I just get a speech-to-text converter and be done with it?
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Someone around here has the following sig, which I think's hilarious: We are DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your ass will be laminated.
Software Zen:
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I've noticed over the past several months that I frequently mistype simple words by reversing the order of two letters. 'Around' becomes 'aorund', 'type' turns out as 'tpye', etc. I have no trouble reading or doing math, never have, and I've never had any trouble typing on a keyboard. But lately it seems I'm spending more time fondling the backspace key than any other. It's getting annoying!:mad: Is there a cure? Finger transplant, maybe? Or should I just get a speech-to-text converter and be done with it?
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
I was never able to bring it down to a simple reason, but it does happen a lot more often to me as well. Wonder what the real cause is ;P
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I've noticed over the past several months that I frequently mistype simple words by reversing the order of two letters. 'Around' becomes 'aorund', 'type' turns out as 'tpye', etc. I have no trouble reading or doing math, never have, and I've never had any trouble typing on a keyboard. But lately it seems I'm spending more time fondling the backspace key than any other. It's getting annoying!:mad: Is there a cure? Finger transplant, maybe? Or should I just get a speech-to-text converter and be done with it?
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
I notice that almost all the typos I make are of the right hand/left hand variety. "Teh" is a typical example -- typing "h" with the right hand, "e" with the left. In other words, I'm hitting the right keys, but the synchronization between my hands is a bit off. It could be that my brain is running faster than my fingers. Mmmm, caffeine....
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Paul Conrad wrote:
Texting on the blackberry seems to work for some odd reason, too
If you've also started using hair gel, you're becoming a marketeer. Sorry to see you go, man :sigh:.
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
you've also started using hair gel
Nope. Hair's too short to gel. Easier to have that David Beckham look :)
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
you've also started using hair gel
Nope. Hair's too short to gel. Easier to have that David Beckham look :)
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
Same here. What little I have left gets buzzed off when it gets to about ¼" long (roughtly every two weeks). My motto: "If you haven't got it, flaunt it."
Software Zen:
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Same here. What little I have left gets buzzed off when it gets to about ¼" long (roughtly every two weeks). My motto: "If you haven't got it, flaunt it."
Software Zen:
delete this;I'm over due for a buzz here. Will do later this week.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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I've noticed over the past several months that I frequently mistype simple words by reversing the order of two letters. 'Around' becomes 'aorund', 'type' turns out as 'tpye', etc. I have no trouble reading or doing math, never have, and I've never had any trouble typing on a keyboard. But lately it seems I'm spending more time fondling the backspace key than any other. It's getting annoying!:mad: Is there a cure? Finger transplant, maybe? Or should I just get a speech-to-text converter and be done with it?
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
I notice the same sort of things in my own typing sometimes. It is usually when typing very quickly (as others have mentioned) and tends to be one finger getting ahead of the other. For instance if you type teh instead of the, your left hand may well have gotten to the e quicker than the right one got to the h simply because it was already stretched out to hit the t. Do you have the same problems when you slow down? In the case of "Around" and "Aorund" your left hand is probably just "jumping the gun" a bit. I would say it's just a matter of trying to go too fast and not thinking everything through as you would have before typing became as simple as speaking, or maybe even breathing. Maybe you're more tired than usual (aging again as much as we try to deny it) or maybe you've changed part of your routine or dietary habits. So many possibilities, but obviously you are not alone.
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I'm thinking that it's due to what I'd call "lazy fingers." I'm noticing that in my dart game, for the past year or so, when I throw at 20 I consistently hit 18, which is to the right of 20 by about 2-1/2". I believe the cause is my index finger failing to lift off the dart at the same time as all the rest, resulting in a nudge at the rear of the missile to the left, and causing a drift to the right. I find myself depressing keys on the keyboard before the finger is fully centered over the target key (when I pay attention). That results in adjacent keys being pressed instead, or in addition to the one I was trying to hit. I have no idea how to cure that, but when I figure it out, watch out. I'll beat anybody at darts! :-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Simple, take your index finger off of the dart to begin with. :-)
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I've noticed over the past several months that I frequently mistype simple words by reversing the order of two letters. 'Around' becomes 'aorund', 'type' turns out as 'tpye', etc. I have no trouble reading or doing math, never have, and I've never had any trouble typing on a keyboard. But lately it seems I'm spending more time fondling the backspace key than any other. It's getting annoying!:mad: Is there a cure? Finger transplant, maybe? Or should I just get a speech-to-text converter and be done with it?
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
I work in Tech support for a company that makes software that integrates with QuickBooks. We make a lot of use of the Custom Fields that QuickBooks allows Items, and I frequently have to walk _Customer_s through setting these up. And when I'm done, I write up the incident in a Customer Support log. All too often, I write up my report, only to find that I've helped someone fix a problem with their Custome Fields.