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I said pretty much the same things, but much better:

http://lumma.org/microwave/#2010.02.25

-Carl

Also related:
http://lumma.org/microwave/#2007.07.19.2

I think the most important thing would be to cultivate that indispensable part of leadership which exists outside of political formalism: discourse. I would use the position to speak to the American people. I'd reduce the dependence on speech writers, teleprompters, and statements incapable of offending anyone. I would declare war on sound bytes.

Another focus would be to make policy more scientific. I would surround myself, and fill the administration with, PhDs. Run the White House like Larry & Sergey run a business.

As far as issues go, my first would probably be to institute approval voting in as many elections as possible (and yes, this really is the best voting method). I would also fund pilot 'Logo' schools after Seymour Papert. And try to lift the drug prohibitions.

I'm not sure what to say, other than thanks
for your interest!

-Carl
http://lumma.org/microwave

I cold-turkied from QWERTY to Dvorak in 2001, at
the tender age of 24, after having been a QWERTY
touch-typer since age 14. I read about
"extinction" (forgetting QWERTY) on the 'net
before doing the switch, but dismissed the idea
as never-going-to-happen-to-me.

Well, it happened to me. BEFORE I got up to
speed on Dvorak = 3 weeks of total hell. And
weird. I could feel the signals being sent, but
my fingers wouldn't move. "This is a trick," I
thought, "I'll just move my fingers and the
signals will hook back up." Wrong I was; only
gibberish came out.

Apparently, if new training is similar enough to
something you've already learned, and the thing
you already learned isn't being used, the neurons
that were doing the original thing are likely to
be retrained for the new one. Reports indicate,
and it seems reasonable, that this can be
prevented by continuing to practice the old while
learning the new. For me, though, being unable to
type is such unbelievable hell that I would never
have practiced Dvorak if I hadn't forbidden myself
QWERTY.

Re. Maltron: hands-flat isn't as good as hands-
vertical. Ultimate is probably DataHand, with
each unit mounted vertically (though I haven't
tried one myself).

Re. the straightdope article. Don't fall for this
tripe.

Re. RSI -- mousing has been more damaging than
typing to me, but my condition did improve when I
switched to Dvorak.

Three posts on my blog give more info:

http://www.lumma.org/microwave/#2003.07.21
http://www.lumma.org/microwave/#2002.10.08
http://www.lumma.org/microwave/#2002.07.09

-Carl

I cold-turkied from QWERTY to Dvorak in 2001, at
the tender age of 24, after having been a QWERTY
touch-typer since age 14. I read about
"extinction" (forgetting QWERTY) on the 'net
before doing the switch, but dismissed the idea
as never-going-to-happen-to-me.

Well, it happened to me. BEFORE I got up to
speed on Dvorak = 3 weeks of total hell. And
weird. I could feel the signals being sent, but
my fingers wouldn't move. "This is a trick," I
thought, "I'll just move my fingers and the
signals will hook back up." Wrong I was; only
gibberish came out.

Apparently, if new training is similar enough to
something you've already learned, and the thing
you already learned isn't being used, the neurons
that were doing the original thing are likely to
be retrained for the new one. Reports indicate,
and it seems reasonable, that this can be
prevented by continuing to practice the old while
learning the new. For me, though, being unable to
type is such unbelievable hell that I would never
have practiced Dvorak if I hadn't forbidden myself
QWERTY.

Re. Maltron: hands-flat isn't as good as hands-
vertical. Ultimate is probably DataHand, with
each unit mounted vertically (though I haven't
tried one myself).

Re. the straightdope article. Don't fall for this
tripe.

Re. RSI -- mousing has been more damaging than
typing to me, but my condition did improve when I
switched to Dvorak.

Three posts on my blog give more info:

http://www.lumma.org/microwave/#2003.07.21
http://www.lumma.org/microwave/#2002.10.08
http://www.lumma.org/microwave/#2002.07.09

-Carl

I cold-turkied from QWERTY to Dvorak in 2001, at
the tender age of 24, after having been a QWERTY
touch-typer since age 14. I read about
"extinction" (forgetting QWERTY) on the 'net
before doing the switch, but dismissed the idea
as never-going-to-happen-to-me.

Well, it happened to me. BEFORE I got up to
speed on Dvorak = 3 weeks of total hell. And
weird. I could feel the signals being sent, but
my fingers wouldn't move. "This is a trick," I
thought, "I'll just move my fingers and the
signals will hook back up." Wrong I was; only
gibberish came out.

Apparently, if new training is similar enough to
something you've already learned, and the thing
you already learned isn't being used, the neurons
that were doing the original thing are likely to
be retrained for the new one. Reports indicate,
and it seems reasonable, that this can be
prevented by continuing to practice the old while
learning the new. For me, though, being unable to
type is such unbelievable hell that I would never
have practiced Dvorak if I hadn't forbidden myself
QWERTY.

Re. Maltron: hands-flat isn't as good as hands-
vertical. Ultimate is probably DataHand, with
each unit mounted vertically (though I haven't
tried one myself).

Re. the straightdope article. Don't fall for this
tripe.

Re. RSI -- mousing has been more damaging than
typing to me, but my condition did improve when I
switched to Dvorak.

Three posts on my blog give more info:

http://www.lumma.org/microwave/#2003.07.21
http://www.lumma.org/microwave/#2002.10.08
http://www.lumma.org/microwave/#2002.07.09

-Carl