Williams, Olwen - SAL wrote:
From what I remember about mechanical typewriters letters together on the
same row do not have their hammers together. The letters in the rows were
staggered and had linkages. The hammers probably go "q" "a" "z" "w" "s" "x"
"e" "d" "c"
Yes. Now that you mention it, I
yeah ok i have read the wiki entry now, i was closeish...
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:50:00 +1200
Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote:
>
> > qwerty was invented to slow down typists so that their typwriters did
> > not jam so often, or so i was told once. it may be an urban lege
> qwerty was invented to slow down typists so that their typwriters did
> not jam so often
Sounds plausible, but so do a lot of urban legends.
The story of keyboards is a long one with a lot of suck in it...
(I'm currently having usability arguments with KDE & Co about bilingual
users.)
Volker
e" "d" "c"
Olwen Williams
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Not really. It was designed so that c
Nick Rout wrote:
qwerty was invented to slow down typists so that their typwriters did
not jam so often, or so i was told once. it may be an urban legend, i
have no authority for that proposition ither than remebering being told
it.
Not really. It was designed so that common letter pairs were far a
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:33:24 +1200
Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Go Dvorak. Not only can you be 1337, no-one else wants to use your computer
> > (or they give up after a couple of minutes)
> >
> > http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/
>
> "... Dvorak keymap is carefully adapted to
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 11:33, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> Which country came up with querty?
United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwerty
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Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/
> Go Dvorak. Not only can you be 1337, no-one else wants to use your computer
> (or they give up after a couple of minutes)
>
> http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/
"... Dvorak keymap is carefully adapted to the English language..."
Possibly why I haven't heard much of it in Europe. Then again, the
On Wednesday 28 July 2004 16:55, Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> Oh, and using a non-standard keyboard is l337 as you well
> know :P
Go Dvorak. Not only can you be 1337, no-one else wants to use your computer
(or they give up after a couple of minutes)
http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/
Zane Gilmore wrote:
> In the GIMP picture menu:
> Image->Mode->Decompose There is a choice ther for CMYK
>
> And it seems to produce four images that might be tcolour separations.
> Isn't this what is being talked about?
>
> (IANA printer but isn't this CMYK support?)
That creates a CMYK colour
There is something puzzling me...
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
CMYK is coming.
In the GIMP picture menu:
Image->Mode->Decompose There is a choice ther for CMYK
And it seems to produce four images that might be tcolour separations.
Isn't this what is being talked about?
(IANA printer but isn't this C
Carl Cerecke wrote:
Carl Cerecke wrote:
Mind you, I'm not a lawyer or colour expert. Just a programmer who
sees a nifty opportunity :- grr. My zero/left paren key is broken.
I also don't know my left from my right. That should be right-paren,
for the smiley...
...depends if you're left handed o
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/pfuca-store/
Seriously the best keyboard to have around.
Small form factor makes it an ideal kbd to plug in to that spare PC
you're building, not necessarily the best for long-term use but always
the best 'second kbd' :-)
-jim, hhkbd since 1998
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:50, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> Not paying $100 for a keyboard unless it's made from gold.
I am sure there are some gold components.
I first balked at the price, then I looked at how much Microsoft
keyboards cost, and I figured the extra function keys, the good
three-button mous
Michael JasonSmith wrote:
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:24, Carl Cerecke wrote:
Who said these IBM Model M keybopards are indestructible :- So is the
nine/left paren.
Time for a "Type 6 USB Country kit Australian"
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C287139E8 [au.sun.com]
Not paying $100 for a keyboar
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:24, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> Who said these IBM Model M keybopards are indestructible :- So is the
> nine/left paren.
Time for a "Type 6 USB Country kit Australian"
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C287139E8 [au.sun.com]
--
Michael JasonSmith
Carl Cerecke wrote:
Mind you, I'm not a lawyer or colour expert. Just a programmer who sees
a nifty opportunity :- grr. My zero/left paren key is broken.
I also don't know my left from my right. That should be right-paren, for
the smiley...
Who said these IBM Model M keybopards are indestructib
Michael JasonSmith wrote:
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:02, Carl Cerecke wrote:
Useful for "building" color swatches
inside applications that do not offer
PANTONE Color Support but do
support CMYK color space."
Unfortunately building and distributing an application that *does* offer
Pantone Color Suppor
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:02, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> Useful for "building" color swatches
> inside applications that do not offer
> PANTONE Color Support but do
> support CMYK color space."
Unfortunately building and distributing an application that *does* offer
Pantone Color Support requires paying
Carl Cerecke wrote:
You can download their colours in various formats:
http://www.pantone.com/support/support.asp?idArticle=73&platform=PC
Don't know if this helps or not...
Carl.
Specifically, this one; the "PDF Value list":
"Text document listing all 1,089
PANTONE Colors, together with
CMYK data.
Michael JasonSmith wrote:
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 14:47, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
CMYK is coming.
But Pantone is not :(
You can download their colours in various formats:
http://www.pantone.com/support/support.asp?idArticle=73&platform=PC
Don't know if this helps or not...
Carl.
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 14:47, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> CMYK is coming.
But Pantone is not :(
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On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:47:24 +1200
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's pretty good as a photo-editor too.
> to wit, before:-
> http://berty.dyndns.org/Sawtell_Family.orig.jpg
> and after:-
> http://berty.dyndns.org/Sawtell_Family.jpg
> Fifty year old black and white photos
Quoting Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Chris Wilkinson wrote:
> > A few things. Photoshop might also be seen to be missing a few
> > things too.
> >
> > The biggest thing missing about Gimp is a well researched and
> objective
> > review, as opposed to subjective spin from peopl
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