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CrinklyArse
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touch typing

Post by CrinklyArse »

out of a mixture of interest and boredom just wonderin who here can touch type?

i cant :( have to watch the keyboard when i type
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Post by DiscoDave »

I can, have been able to for quite some time now..
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Post by SOAPboy »

DiscoDave wrote:I can, have been able to for quite some time now..
same..
[size=75][i]I once had a glass of milk.

It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.

I am now sick.
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Post by Dr.Gibbs »

I usually look to get started, but I can type most things without looking at all... in fact, this whole post only took me 13 seconds.
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Post by DiscoDave »

Nice, my mum sort of taught me really quickly, shes also a fast touch typer. When i was strapped for time at school i would just read out what i wanted in my essay and she'd type what i was saying without me having to slow down.

Brilliant for getting loads of work out of the way in about 20mins....
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Post by CrinklyArse »

:( i really need to learn, always get lots of computer work and it takes me quite a while. I always make loads of mistakes
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Post by DiscoDave »

I'll tell you whats good..

I remember a house of the dead game, but instead of using a mouse or a gun to shoot the zombies and shiznit, you have to type out words. Quite good for keeping your typing skills up to scratch.
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Post by CrinklyArse »

lol sounds different, ive seen a game like that but it wasnt that gd
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Post by DiscoDave »

"Typing of the dead" its called.

Well i played it some time ago, was a different experience, but pretty cool all the same.
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Post by GONNAFISTYA »

I learned to type in the 10th grade. I got 35% in the course.
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Post by PhoeniX »

I can. I don't type how you're meant to though (with x finger pressing y keys) but I can still type around 100wpm :shrug:
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Post by SOAPboy »

DiscoDave wrote:"Typing of the dead" its called.

Well i played it some time ago, was a different experience, but pretty cool all the same.
Yeah.. Dreamcast.. good times..
[size=75][i]I once had a glass of milk.

It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.

I am now sick.
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Post by LeonardoP »

i do it most of the time when i type. my light is fucked here so i can never see the letters :/

downloading typing of the dead demo now, lets see what we got!
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Post by lars63 »

DiscoDave wrote:I can, have been able to for quite some time now..
Same for me
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Post by Dr.Gibbs »

PhoeniX wrote:I don't type how you're meant to though (with x finger pressing y keys)
I never understood the point of that, anyway... if you can type, I'd say you're doing fine no matter what fingers you're using. I only use my first two fingers on each hand. Consequently, my hands are flying around all the time... it's sort of funny.
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Post by phantasmagoria »

i do a combination of the two, for example to write this reply so far i've glanced at the keyboard twice to get my bearings and position my fingers correctly. If I'm typing an essay, once i get comfortable i can sit and talk to someone and look at them while i type
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Post by phantasmagoria »

Dr.Gibbs wrote:
PhoeniX wrote:I don't type how you're meant to though (with x finger pressing y keys)
I never understood the point of that, anyway... if you can type, I'd say you're doing fine no matter what fingers you're using. I only use my first two fingers on each hand. Consequently, my hands are flying around all the time... it's sort of funny.
don't you even use your thumb for spacebar and little finger for enter?
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Post by Guest »

Wish I could type without looking at my keyboard.
I have even a little dyslexia problem.
I try to use all of my fingers though.

Two intellectuals friends of mine write with only one finger per hand that is.
One is a librarian and write books this way.
They other, wrote his entire doc thesis ( 340 ) pages this way on a 40$ Brother
typing machine in 1986. Believe it or not. Imagine when he did a mistake and
had to redo it all again, because you don’t summit a thesis with liquid paper on it.

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Post by Dr.Gibbs »

phantasmagoria wrote:don't you even use your thumb for spacebar and little finger for enter?
I use my thumb for space, little finger for shift (I never use the right one, only the left), and my middle finger for enter. But I don't count enter or the spacebar... I'm talking about letters.
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Post by Scourge »

Yeah, I can type without looking. My brother can type nearly as fast as I do though, and he looks and uses only his index fingers.
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Post by Geebs »

I'm like the invisible boy. I can touchtype, but only when I'm not looking....
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Post by SplEEb »

I learned to type in the 10th grade, then had a refresher course in the service. I can about 60 wpm.
I've seen doods type like PhoeniX fast as hell and it blows my mind cause I have to use the home keys.
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Post by Guest »

I've been touch typing since 2003 or earlier.
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Post by Guest »

I use all my fingers btw and don't slam the keys.
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