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  • T Tomz_KV

    Have you ever wondered why keys are not alphabetical?

    TOMZ_KV

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    Dalek Dave
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    To slow the typists down. Back when typewriters were manual, fast typists would jam the keys.

    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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    • L Lost User

      There is no reason to be like that. If you come across a joke that makes you laugh then please share it with the rest of us, dont worry about the downvotes, I sometimes post jokes knowing they are going to be downvoted, please see my post below about the chef. :)

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      Arun Jacob
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      :doh: I think you misunderstood. I don't have any hard feelings as I enjoy this Lounge and like the guys here. But thanks for the post:thumbsup:

      Arun Jacob My Technical Blog : Code.NET

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      • D Dalek Dave

        To slow the typists down. Back when typewriters were manual, fast typists would jam the keys.

        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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        Tomz_KV
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        Interesting enough that people like the "wrong keyboard" but do not want a new design.

        TOMZ_KV

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        • M Mechanical

          In one of my previous jobs, one day I was assigned an old project, dozens of C files. I typed furiously all day. All I did was move

          if (...){

          to

          if (...)
          {

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          Arun Jacob
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          Ctrl+K, D not there :laugh:

          Arun Jacob My Technical Blog : Code.NET

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            I didn't see much JOTD today. So here is my ever first JOTD for Lounge.Don't kick me :rolleyes: A man joined new job. 1st day he worked till late evening on the computer. Boss was happy and asked what you did till evening. Man : Keyboard alphabets were not in order, so I made it alright. [UPDATE] :~ First and Last JOTD X|

            Arun Jacob My Technical Blog : Code.NET

            modified on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:58 AM

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            Smithers Jones
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            Arun Jacob wrote:

            First and Last JOTD

            I hope, this is a promise you will keep. :)

            "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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              Arun Jacob wrote:

              First and Last JOTD

              I hope, this is a promise you will keep. :)

              "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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              Arun Jacob
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              Smithers-Jones wrote:

              I hope, this is a promise you will keep.

              I was thinking why somebody don't post this, you did it, 5 from me. :laugh:

              Arun Jacob My Technical Blog : Code.NET

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              • M Mechanical

                In one of my previous jobs, one day I was assigned an old project, dozens of C files. I typed furiously all day. All I did was move

                if (...){

                to

                if (...)
                {

                NULL

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                Tomz_KV
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                Why did you do that? looks better?

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                  Ctrl+K, D not there :laugh:

                  Arun Jacob My Technical Blog : Code.NET

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                  Mechanical
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                  Arun Jacob wrote:

                  Ctrl+K, D not there

                  I started out when .NET didn't exist. It was VC6.

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                  • T Tomz_KV

                    Why did you do that? looks better?

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                    Mechanical
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                    Tomz_KV wrote:

                    Why did you do that?

                    if (...)
                    {

                    It is the way God intended it to be! The alternative was to sit and do nothing about the evil formatting.

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                    • M Mechanical

                      Tomz_KV wrote:

                      Why did you do that?

                      if (...)
                      {

                      It is the way God intended it to be! The alternative was to sit and do nothing about the evil formatting.

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                      Tomz_KV
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                      Some IDE leaves the "{" on the same line of "if" by default. I do not remember which one. Current visual studio certainly does not do that.

                      TOMZ_KV

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                        To slow the typists down. Back when typewriters were manual, fast typists would jam the keys.

                        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                        OriginalGriff
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                        Back when I designed VDT's, I had to do a special keyboard layout : A-J, K-S, T-Z. The Coal Board - if the keys were qwerty then the union wanted clerical pay for using them...

                        Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.

                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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                        • T Tomz_KV

                          Interesting enough that people like the "wrong keyboard" but do not want a new design.

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                          Peter Mulholland
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                          The Dvorak[^] keyboard has a layout designed to be faster and easier to use. I've heard of a few people using them but haven't tried one myself.

                          Pete

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                          • T Tomz_KV

                            Some IDE leaves the "{" on the same line of "if" by default. I do not remember which one. Current visual studio certainly does not do that.

                            TOMZ_KV

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                            OriginalGriff
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                            It does if you have it set to: Tools...Options...Text editor...C#...Formatting...Newlines

                            Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.

                            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                              It does if you have it set to: Tools...Options...Text editor...C#...Formatting...Newlines

                              Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.

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                              Tomz_KV
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                              good to know.

                              TOMZ_KV

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                              • P Peter Mulholland

                                The Dvorak[^] keyboard has a layout designed to be faster and easier to use. I've heard of a few people using them but haven't tried one myself.

                                Pete

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                                Tomz_KV
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                                It might be hard to do due to the mismatch between the physical keyboard and Dvorak system.

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                                • T Tomz_KV

                                  It might be hard to do due to the mismatch between the physical keyboard and Dvorak system.

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                                  Peter Mulholland
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                                  Well, there is a layout designed for programmers with braces and operators on the number keys (numbers require a shift). Yes, you would need to buy a physical keyboard with the Dvorak layout, but after reading the page I think i'll look into getting one (a large portion of that last line was right handed and required several hurdles.) And apparently most operating systems today support the Dvorak layout. And I don't use the ctrl-X/C/V for cut copy and paste, I've always found using the ctrl-insert, shift-insert, and shift-delete more intuitive.

                                  Pete

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                                  • T Tomz_KV

                                    It might be hard to do due to the mismatch between the physical keyboard and Dvorak system.

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                                    Dan Neely
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                                    That just means you really have to learn to touch type. :cool:

                                    3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                                    • L Lost User

                                      A man who worked as a chef got fired for stealing kitchen utensils. He took too many whisks.

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                                      LittleYellowBird
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                                      I suppose he took one whisk and then it just balooned! :)

                                      Ali

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                                      • L LittleYellowBird

                                        I suppose he took one whisk and then it just balooned! :)

                                        Ali

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                                        Lost User
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                                        It was blown out of all proportion.

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                                        • L Lost User

                                          Repost (and a kicking)

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                                          Brady Kelly
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                                          pompeyboy3 wrote:

                                          Repost

                                          And here I thought it was unprecedentedly bad. :confused:

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