On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:13:01PM -0700, Andrew McNabb wrote: > OK. I'm really confused now. Is he for real?
looks like he at least took the time to look at the website.... at least the announcement for the last meeting, and the t-shirt poll.... pretty funny... not sure if he's serious or not, but it's entertaining... > > ----- Forwarded message from Stephen Kearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Subject: Re: UUG Site Suggestion Box > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:18:05 -0800 > > Esteemed Mr. McNabb, > > First let me thank you for your gentle sarcasm and apologise for sending > references to a windows program to your Unix(/Linux) Users Group. My modem > is only working at 24Kbs and I paused for a minute, but after the page had > loaded I thought 'what the hdll'. > I have been asked by a Linux user for the equivalent of a keytweak program. > I tried to get the interest of a couple of Linux groups and got precisely > zero replys. I know that what I wrote to you was tacky, but ETNI IS a > better keyboard for the dexterously challenged. > I started last week by emailing newspapers. Close to half came back > undeliverable. So far I have gotten no human replys. My only reply from > emails to suggestion boxes, aside from yours, was from the University of > British Columbia. I was advised by Melissa, who is also Dvorak/qwerty > bi-keyboardal, to use the options already installed in windows. She seemed > unaware that etni is not an option. > From your site it seems that your love/hate relationship with Unix/Linux > could be summerized with a paraphrase of Winston Churchill: "It's the worst > operating system in the world except for all the rest". For me it is > unobtainable love form afar. How do I love thee, let me count the ways, > 001, 010, 011. It is only in the aspect of how do I interface that I have > any hope of making a meager contribution. > My observation is that putting etni on the home keys more than doubles the > amount of text typed from them. I humbly request that you pass on this > observation. That about sums up my suggestion. Oh, and maybe in addition > to your T-shirts, you could make some laptop stickers that say "My other > keyboard is a Dvorak". > > Thank you for takeing the time to compose such an eloquent, beautiful and > eamj witty reply, > > Sfdphdj > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > -- > Andrew McNabb > http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ > PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Erin Sharmahd [EMAIL PROTECTED] CS Student Unix Users Group PGP Fingerprint: F352 FF41 EA0A 67E4 566B 3B5B E65A D3DC 083E 9336
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