From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5089 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2021 00:49:33 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Feb 2021 00:49:33 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1869B9BBA8; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 10:49:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82F099BA45; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 10:49:07 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="Gl1y3wSX"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3CE069BA45; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 10:49:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ot1-f52.google.com (mail-ot1-f52.google.com [209.85.210.52]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFF749BA3F for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 10:49:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f52.google.com with SMTP id v1so10769236ott.10 for ; Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:49:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=nZ0MOQHiIu6xOfPbp0TvrSRhrpxiIVpbuW6FtJ5ZvIw=; b=Gl1y3wSXAbFFhn8ukR3vOMXZxdA2GZTjL9zoOj1g4yhzppA3gnmMvQ7QEghSwynH7w jcrS/t/9+dzamelyEfDR7Gb2BuUKOk5RKtXtr692x4P3+WQhKreH2+QjI3aaRs3QR6hK 3KrIgu3AbvM15LnQ3I8cmDcc8pRGEm/9Ync+/sglrOGdPwKyLMsMceqhWlNXDopZwv6g jVJcackJpa5oydebmbBVdEhH+pvqRqqt88+j0Wle3viEhRFwNSbpVRohmlJvBF1HQ2dZ 3HKz8Pdzcu0riK5j57Bjctr7ltW+tuI+NwE4YvNiOQRtvSG4c65T0vEZ3ItPRE8GgFX9 XGCw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=nZ0MOQHiIu6xOfPbp0TvrSRhrpxiIVpbuW6FtJ5ZvIw=; b=Qo+w2R/DlpiHzLUqYg90r8S0PhcNgd9dkGwbr+w+OiZ/Fc9ITN9O9fSIHbbAB53/YK xtM554i1GIO26hpcYZIj9HeUk1/wcUHExR8TQ2QdjJV6f9zqZe3gEUkealYFVM173nnT 1SZNk9wR3VnjnQWLBTLyPPRo99vQsu1ENeF7kzrYYUqDUv3llf/FdIW/LrZG7T5nvbTZ RVpukAS7ZObdqJO41tDHMCXHkfVeUulyRYPt3hux1R0q/aYVW9EBUsrjDMabZx6Or1fS zhosBKkX5H5WphhOihKW8LCdMGb6wIiNNmNTLEarBr5cSH7LbAklAQqwrYyhooDCrGN5 Jb5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533CHwoqH2o6y6YyuQYC8oWnIkQV/wGGT6/jTZs+qHxi6A/G3rC+ dNhjg5KfnTqO5cEBicfMrMD4XcUHX9s= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyYucuz83+myp8v65dBhXdScjdZQSA3C6A0vG0thzFvrhTNQ1FpEfG2rxAPbtrujPiFDEgYfg== X-Received: by 2002:a9d:24c9:: with SMTP id z67mr7890354ota.273.1612658942231; Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:49:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.125.115.194] ([107.242.112.34]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r1sm2775681ooq.16.2021.02.06.16.49.01 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:49:01 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) From: Will Senn X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (16H22) In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 18:49:00 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: M Douglas McIlroy Subject: Re: [TUHS] [TUHS} Typing Tutor [and tuhs archive] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Doug said: > Among Fred's many distinctive and endearing > quirks was the fact that he was a confirmed two-finger typist--proof that > typing technique is an insignificant factor in programmer productivity. >=20 I wrote my most lasting programs before I learned to type - many of which ar= e still in production some 20+ years later. Tolkeim and Gilbarco credit proc= essors, SMTPE and IRIG-B GPS satellite time signal processing hardware drive= rs, and others more ancient and specialized. Ah, those were the days... not t= he good old days mind you, but memorable. Am I alone in seeing the utter irony in my sitting here, my two thumbs searc= hing frantically for the right letters on a keyboard the size of a 1/3rd of a= credit card, designed to slow typists down (qwerty), missing as many letter= s as I get right? Ugh... what lunacy progress hath wrought! > I thought this would be an excuse to tell another ftg story, but I > don't want to repeat myself and a search for "Grampp" in the tuhs archives= > misses many that have already been told. Have the entries been lost or > is the index defective? What=E2=80=99s an ftg? Grampp, I=E2=80=99ve heard about. Will=