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'ow many of you can type?

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
home row can kiss my ass. i learned it in keyboarding class, then i won a week's worth of detention for switching the keys around on keyboards of people that bothered me.

a bit of adolescent geek-rage? 😛
 
Originally posted by: queenrobot
You are right! My SO's boss (who owns an IT company) "hunts and pecks" constantly.
We tried installing typing games on his PC but he got all offended.

We had a guy like this once so I popped a couple keys off his keyboard and moved them around.

Another co-worker took a same model dell keyboard taped off everything except the letters and painted them black.

He really didn't like us.

 
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: meltdown75
home row can kiss my ass. i learned it in keyboarding class, then i won a week's worth of detention for switching the keys around on keyboards of people that bothered me.

a bit of adolescent geek-rage? 😛
that and a rebellious punk looking for some attention. not much has changed in 17 years either 😉
 
Eh, I don't really follow proper typing skills that often, yet I can still max out around 140 wpm, or 110 wpm if I wanted 95-99% accuracy. It seems my right hand likes to move around though.

Although finger frenzy was fun, since I could get sub 2 seconds 😀
 
Originally posted by: Shadow Conception
Properly? You mean the retarded moronic way?

I use two fingers, and can type just as fast as most of my friends which type the "proper" way.
dude that's gotta look pretty funny 😀
 
Index fingers on opposite hand. One hand covers the right half, one hand covers the left half.

It's how I've been typing since 4. I AM HARDKOR KEEBORD MAN HEAR ME ROAR!1
 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: Shadow Conception
Properly? You mean the retarded moronic way?

I use two fingers, and can type just as fast as most of my friends which type the "proper" way.
dude that's gotta look pretty funny 😀

Ay, and I doubt his friends type very quickly..

I'd be very impressed to see anyone type 100 wpm with 2 fingers. Videos please!
 
Originally posted by: Shadow Conception
Index fingers on opposite hand. One hand covers the right half, one hand covers the left half.

It's how I've been typing since 4. I AM HARDKOR KEEBORD MAN HEAR ME ROAR!1
so you're like the best hunt-and-pecker EVAR. nice to meet you 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Shadow Conception
Properly? You mean the retarded moronic way?

I use two fingers, and can type just as fast as most of my friends which type the "proper" way.

Then your friends don't type very quickly.
 
When I think about how I type I rarely use my entire hand. In fact I think I mostly use just two fingers on each hand when I type. I'm fairly fast at typing and type as fast as most decent typists. Though I'm no court stenographer.
 
Originally posted by: Shadow Conception
Properly? You mean the retarded moronic way?

I use two fingers, and can type just as fast as most of my friends which type the "proper" way.

Got a video of you doing that?
 
G'ys, I 'ever t'o'g't I'd say t'is, b't I started 'si'g 'y rig't pi'ky w'erever I 'sed to 'se my rig't i'dex fi'ger, and 'ow I can fi'ally type wit'o't looki'g! YESSSS!
 
I said no cause I really, really suck at typing with the "proper" hand position. I started on the keyboard before I learned to assume the position, so I need to think about where keys are if I do that.

More than 99% of the time, I use my left index and middle + my right index finger while alternating thumbs. I'm almost flawless with this... except my fingers started to hurt like hell when they made me type up pages at work.
 
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