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Post by Head Mutant on May 4, 2005 13:54:38 GMT -5
Keyboard number pads (789 at the top) are flipped in order from telephone and ATM number pads (123 at the top). Just really noticed this when I was trying to reproduce my PIN code on a keyboard and I couldn't get the pattern down right.
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Post by DocD83 on May 4, 2005 21:43:18 GMT -5
I remember reading that they did that to keep those skillful with calculators from typing too fast for the phone system to keep up.
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Post by dajaymann on May 4, 2005 22:31:17 GMT -5
I read or heard or saw or something somewhere that may or may not exist that the number pads on computer keyboards are flipped because old-school programmers used lots of binary. And flipping the keys over brings the 1 right above the 0. And that's all they used.
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Post by pfrsue on May 5, 2005 5:24:41 GMT -5
I remember reading that they did that to keep those skillful with calculators from typing too fast for the phone system to keep up. I thought that was why typewriters keys were arranged the way they were. I think I saw a film about that in school. It was in black and white. I'm just so flippin' OLD. |
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Post by DocD83 on May 5, 2005 10:20:37 GMT -5
Yep, typewriter keys were arranged in the QWERTY arrangement so those little hammers wouldn't hit each other as you type. Though I managed to jam it a few times...I wasn't typing real words, mind you, but I jammed it nonetheless.
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Post by PoolMan on May 5, 2005 19:51:40 GMT -5
I find that so interesting, considering the E, the R, and the T are all right next to each other.
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Post by DocD83 on May 6, 2005 5:51:28 GMT -5
But if you're typing correctly you strike them with different fingers. That'll space out the letters some.
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Post by PoolMan on May 6, 2005 14:13:35 GMT -5
You're more likely to bungle them together typing with separate fingers than by henpecking with a single finger.
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Post by kylerexpop on May 8, 2005 23:27:22 GMT -5
i just recently realized that sand is soft. at the beach, i mean.
here's the situation: i was walking down to the water, and i had to walk over a stretch of sand where there were wood splinters all over the place, and (as always) i was scared. but without hesitating, i just walked right over it and was in the water in no time.
but then i thought about it. "whoa, i've never had a wood splinter in my foot or anything. what's that all about?"
then it came to me: my foot must press down any wood splinters i step on, so instead of puncturing my soft foot, the splinters just poke down further into the softer sand. amazing!
physics is full of craziness like that. and it's all around us! it's fairly cool, actually.
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on May 8, 2005 23:35:05 GMT -5
Something I noticed a few moments ago...my computer's cursor casts a shadow! That's so funky! Whoever came up with that feature deserves a pat on the back  . |
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Post by awesomecolin on May 10, 2005 5:41:46 GMT -5
Lately, I've noticed a couple of things:
1. I don't come on here often enough
2. The human body is weird (why my gas was smelling like potato chips, I'll never know)
and:
3. Life is very precious and fragile.
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Post by siegeshot on May 10, 2005 11:15:59 GMT -5
last night I was kickin my legs around at my computer, fidgeting like I always do, and theres one killer of a splinter in my right toe. It is driving me insane cuz I keep bumping it, flailing my legs around tryin to um, I don't know what I'm trying to do. Anyway this splinter hurts, and I bumped it all night rolling around in my sleep. Also I wear my slippers around everywhere, there's no way it could have happened. Mainly I wear my slippers everywhere cuz of how insane slivers make me.  It sucks. And I think someone planted it. > : ( OH yea, I use the enter key below my num pad all the time on my keyboard, and its not there on my lappy and its so irritating. Even without the num key pad, I'd still like an enter key there. |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2005 16:58:31 GMT -5
I've just noticed that ever since I read "The Ersatz Elevator" (by Senor Lemony Snicket himself) I keep seeing the word "ersatz" everywhere, and at random times. It's really odd.
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Aug 3, 2005 11:54:45 GMT -5
Oh man, this freaked me out. A few moments ago, I (for some reason...probably tv related) started to sing the alphabet song to myself. About halfway through, I made a startling discovery...
THE MELODY TO THE ALPHABET SONG IS "TWINKLE TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR"!
If I hadn't learned to play "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star" on the guitar a few weeks ago, I would still be unenlightened.
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Post by Lissa on Aug 3, 2005 15:47:47 GMT -5
I remember making that discovery. We were watching a bad film in high school about space exploration, and I asked someone "why in the world are they playing the alphabet song in the background?" My friend looked at me and said "Um, that's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
Not that it made the movie any better. But it is an odd revelation.
On a similar note, the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of Gilligan's Island. Try it sometime!
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