Klarinet Archive - Posting 001208.txt from 1999/03

From: "B. Keplinger" <bcaslin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuners and QWERTY...
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:38:01 -0500

At 08:48 AM 3/22/99 -0500, "Craig D. Butcher" <cbutcher@-----.edu> wrote:
>...when I looked into it, actually there isn't any clear
>answer except that it happened out that way by historical accident, like the
>QWERTY keyboard.
And, we will note how the Dvorak keyboard is not picking up in popularity...

>But the most amusing thing is her frank incomprehension at this prime
>example, in her view, of the insurmountable, innate stupidity of human
>beings.
Yes, humans are beset with that one greatest of all handicaps in the
animal kingdom: a highly developed brain and consciousness on the one hand,
and animal drives on the other. It's a wonder we haven't killed ourselves
off yet, but I guess we're still working at it...
-Bruce

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