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Dvorak,
An early computer geek, he proposed a new layout for the computer keyboard (from memory, I believe it was in the 80's). This was before the Internet and when 'Personal' computers were very rare.
His design was based on the frequency of letters used in the English language and made a whole lot of sense. Although a superior design it was unable to overcome the "human factor". That is, the majority of 'touch typists' who were unable (or unwilling) to relearn in order to improve efficiency.
"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton
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You're confusing John Dvorak with August Dvorak. The first is (still) a computer columnists, and the latter patented the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard in 1936.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Thank you, guys, for responding in spite of my evident laziness
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is the Dvorák in question
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Is that the term to describe the trend of placing advertiser's products prominently in the hands of the major characters in movies and Television?
Sometimes it is not so obvious. Remember the Coca cola sign in Bladerunner?
Spammers will integrate text into a picture and distort it so it can't be identified by filters.
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Fal:'...missed your grand-daughter's wedding because you deleted the announcement without looking at it'
That's probably more than 21 years in the future, at which time I will be 98
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Quote:
Fal:'...missed your grand-daughter's wedding because you deleted the announcement without looking at it'
That's probably more than 21 years in the future, at which time I will be 98
They do funny things with dates on spam sometimes.
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Forgive me bak, but why do I call what spam
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