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Inability to Type Not a Disability

Posted by michael on from the never-stopped-CmdrTaco-before dept.

gizmo_mathboy writes: "The 9th Circuit Court has ruled that not being able to type does not give one protection/privilege under the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA). This article on Yahoo! has information concerning the case."

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  1. In related news... by jitenpai · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...Johnny Cochran is filing a law suit on behalf of Edward Scissorhands for being fired from the programmer position he held at Microsoft.

    Edward Scissorhands, one might recall, was the chief architect of the Microsoft split keyboard.

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  2. Re:Why is this forum so one sided? by Nick+Number · · Score: 2, Funny

    K STrongtygyl objewtedfct to thhsis rruoling!!@!

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  3. Re:She's an Ingrate! by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    ATTENTION! Legal note: The above post may not be read in the State of Kansas.

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  4. This must be sad news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    for Taco. He was hoping claim a combination grammatical/typo handicap.

  5. Why is this forum so one sided? by Dutchmaan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where are the people who are against this decision...?

    oh wait.

  6. I'm disappointed. by sadcox · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was hoping to use this ruling to force the NBA to let me play, even though I can't run, jump, dribble, or shoot.

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  7. Programming Languages fall into two categories by ReelOddeeo · · Score: 5, Funny
    Programming Languages fall into two categories:
    1. Languages designed by people who can type (i.e. Pascal, Modula2, Basic, Fortran)
    2. Languages designed by those who can't (C, Perl)
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  8. Re:Uhhh, no shit. by Ouroboro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe your productivity would go up and your Carpal Tunnel would get better if you spent less time writing 1000 word essays in the /. comments section.

    Sorry, but I couldn't resist.

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