Homer_Rice Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I have an unbreakable habit of hitting the semi-colon key when I mean to strike the comma key. This puzzled me for a long time until I realized that, being an old fogey who learned to type on an actual typewriter in the late 60s, that the old qwerty key arrangement differs from the modern computer keyboard layout. Wondering if any others who learned to type this way make a similar mistype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Backer still from time to time takes a rock to the keyboard trying to create fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 [quote name='Homer_Rice' post='764712' date='Apr 17 2009, 06:54 PM']I have an unbreakable habit of hitting the semi-colon key when I mean to strike the comma key. This puzzled me for a long time until I realized that, being an old fogey who learned to type on an actual typewriter in the late 60s, that the old qwerty key arrangement differs from the modern computer keyboard layout. Wondering if any others who learned to type this way make a similar mistype?[/quote] I learned on an "old" typewriter but didn't become proficient on one. Probably good that I didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 As far as my spelling, you'll have to take it up with the schools... [img]http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/fail-owned-school-sign-fail.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 [quote name='Homer_Rice' post='764712' date='Apr 17 2009, 12:54 PM']I have an unbreakable habit of hitting the semi-colon key when I mean to strike the comma key. This puzzled me for a long time until I realized that, being an old fogey who learned to type on an actual typewriter in the late 60s, that the old qwerty key arrangement differs from the modern computer keyboard layout. Wondering if any others who learned to type this way make a similar mistype?[/quote] I had an Aunt that taught me to type on a manual, so I suffer the same problem. When I find myself starting to regress, I go practice some basic keyboarding steps and get back to normal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MULLY Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 [quote name='Homer_Rice' post='764712' date='Apr 18 2009, 02:54 AM']I have an unbreakable habit of hitting the semi-colon key when I mean to strike the comma key. This puzzled me for a long time until I realized that, being an old fogey who learned to type on an actual typewriter in the late 60s, that the old qwerty key arrangement differs from the modern computer keyboard layout. Wondering if any others who learned to type this way make a similar mistype?[/quote] Check out a Japanese keyboard' layout. MULLY [img]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5971/japanesekeyboard.gif[/img] That sound you heard was Jamie fainting and hitting the floor. <smile> MULLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Yeah, I never understood how they put Japanese/Chinese into keyboards. What do you do for the more obscure symbols? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 [quote name='Fulcher_33' post='765030' date='Apr 18 2009, 12:55 AM']Check out a Japanese keyboard' layout. MULLY [img]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5971/japanesekeyboard.gif[/img] That sound you heard was Jamie fainting and hitting the floor. <smile> MULLY[/quote] That tiny shift key on the right side would drive me batshit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Tigers Johnson| Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Tigers Johnson| Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 This is part 2 of the interview... [url="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=224262&title=Elizabeth-Warren-Pt.-2"]http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jh...th-Warren-Pt.-2[/url] ....best part of the interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I figured I should wrap up my thoughts on Obama so I went back and actually gave myself an outline: First: This [i]ridiculous[/i] notion that Obama is a "socialist." If he were a socialist, HE'D BE HELPING POOR/MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE! He's not! He's shoveling money to banks like it's no one's business. My own notion is that we're moving closer and closer to a merger between the banking "industry" and our government. [url="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123816459546857301.html"]Back in late March, Obama met with 15 Banking CEOs[/url], or as I might call them, his "board of directors." Even the WSJ referred to it as a "highly unusual meeting." I mean seriously, let's take a look at the line-up of this event: Jamie Dimon, CEO, chairman - JP Morgan & Chase Ken Lewis, CEO, President, chairman - Bank of America Vikram Pandit, CEO - Citigroup. (Known in Wall Street circles as 'Pandit the Bandit') John Stumpf, CEO, President - Wells Fargo & Company Kenneth Chenault, CEO, chairman - American Express John Koskinen, Interim CEO - Freddie Mac Ronald Logue, CEO - State Street Robert Kelly, CEO - Bank of New York Mellon (AKA the back office of the TARP money) Rick Waddell, CEO - Northern Trust (You might remember Northern Trust - they were the ones who gave Obama a sweetheart mortgage) James Rohr, CEO, chairman - PNC Bank Lloyd Blankfein, CEO, chairman - Goldman Sachs (Goldman Sachs seems to be the leader of these guys) Richard Davis, CEO, President, chairman - U.S. Bancorp Then the toss-ins: Camden Fine, CEO, President - Independent Community Bankers of America (These small-to-mid size banks will be the lambs for the slaughter) Ed Yingling, President - American Bankers Association (He blames this whole crisis on mortgage brokers - not toxic derivates ) I hope I'm not the only one here who doesn't trust a room full of bankers. Then we got Geithner's new proposals: 1. This "Bad Asset Bank" where he is proposing to put up $6 of Treasury (aka taxpayer) money for every dollar put up by a hedge fund to buy these assets. This of course means that we share 6 out of 7 of the downside, but none of the upside. Basically, as it seems to me, the United States government will be entering the hedge fund business; and Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, AIG et al are going to be the managers. 2. Geithner [url="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/24/fed-treasury-chief-grilled-aig/"]wants to be able to seize whatever investment/insurance/brokerage houses he wants[/url]: [quote]Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner asked Congress Tuesday to give the White House unprecedented powers to seize large insurers, investment firms and hedge funds, leaping beyond its present authority to seize only banks.[/quote] Just look how Sheila Bair essential fed Washington Mutual to JP Morgan, expect plenty more of that in the future. Especially with these "stress tests." And still after all this, you have some people who will actually sit there and call him a socialist. He's given trillions and trillions (depending on who you believe, up to $12.8 trillion according to Bloomberg) to bankers, and about $333 billion in his stimulus to unemployment/foodstamps/infrastructure. Looks to me that poor/working class people are getting Wall Street's crumbs. It still shocks me people can hold onto that notion. At this point, it'd be nice if he were a socialist! At least [i]we'd get something[/i], instead of the bankers. People will then look at his mortgage help program and say he's helping out losers who took out loans they shouldn't have gotten. Which is true, but do you honestly believe that subprime mortgages are bringing down the entire world financial program? Both Geithner and Paulson said they weren't the problem - proven by the fact that they took it as an excuse to get all these powers from Congress and said "Oh yeah, we're turning our attention to derivatives now." The upper estimates for how much the derivative bubble are now at about $1.5 Quadrillion. That's $1,500,000,000,000,000. [color="red"][size=7][b]<---- THIS IS WHAT'S BRINGING THE FINANCIAL WORLD TO ITS KNEES[/color][/size][/b] Do you guys really think $12.8 trillion is going to make a dent? It doesn't matter how much you shovel into a black hole, IT'S A BLACK HOLE. This debt needs to be stricken from the books. I'm convinced it's our only chance. It won't happen. But it's our only chance. I could get into the G20 conference, the new world bank that is going to deal in SDRs of buckets of currency, London reasserting its financial dominance, but I'm already depressed enough as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer_Rice Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Bravo Zulu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 [quote][b]Obama set for summit with credit-card CEOs[/b][/quote] [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30361445/"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30361445/[/url] I'm old enough to remember when they called these cabinet meetings ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#22 Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 [quote]Ed Yingling, President - American Bankers Association (He blames this whole crisis on mortgage brokers - not toxic derivates doh.gif )[/quote] He does make quite a beer, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 [quote name='Bengal Migration' post='766498' date='Apr 23 2009, 11:16 AM'][url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30361445/"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30361445/[/url] I'm old enough to remember when they called these cabinet meetings ?[/quote] [quote]Almost 80 percent of American households have credit cards. [u]The average outstanding credit card debt for households that have a credit card was $10,679 at the end of 2008[/u], according to CreditCard.com, an online marketplace designed to link consumers and card issuers.[/quote] Wow. I've had a credit card for a few years now and haven't paid a cent of interest or fees. I know that isn't the way to perfect my credit score, but I don't like giving my money to banks, nor do I like spending money I do not have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 [quote name='CTBengalsFan' post='766650' date='Apr 23 2009, 03:28 PM'] Wow. I've had a credit card for a few years now and haven't paid a cent of interest or fees. I know that isn't the way to perfect my credit score, but I don't like giving my money to banks, nor do I like spending money I do not have. [/quote] Well, you're an anomaly now aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Yeah I'm one of the people they didn't really want to sign up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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