Like everything else two stroke technology has really advanced over the years and most current engines are way more efficient and less polluting than previous generations. In fact some engines, like Bombardier's eTEC http://www.evinrude.com/en-CA/E-Tec/E-TEC.Advantag e/Cleaner.Quieter.htm outboard are in many ways less polluting than comparable four-strokes.
It's not just a keyboard layout (QWERTY/Dvorak) that is important, but have the keys are physically organized. Even most of the so-called natural keyboards have the keys at an angle, which is a holdover from the old manual style keyboards with rods. There is absolutely no reason why they should be organized that way today. http://www.typematrix.com/ has both QWERTY and the Dvorak keyboards. And yes, you can toggle between the two layouts. I chose this keyboard because there is less strain on the fingers when the fingers don't have to move at an angle, and yes, they have documentation supporting this.
I started typing in my early teens and started programming in my early 20s. I am now turning 50 this year . About five years ago, I made the switch. Not only to Dvorak , but to a TypeMatrix Dvorak keyboard. It was not an easy switch, but I'm very glad that I did it . I now have one TypeMatrix keyboard at home, one at work, and one in my laptop case. This makes it very easy for me to stay in a TypeMatrix environment. I also have a keyboard splitter with a QWERTY attached, so others can use my machine at work .
No matter how right it is to switch or how unreasonable the old way is, people especially in the United States are reluctant to change. I gave up the fight to switch to metrics along time ago. I also had a bear of the time convincing people to get a hard drive instead of you just using their good old floppies. Now I'm trying something totally new altogether. I'm getting away from using a keyboard as much as possible, and beginning to explore the possibilities of hands-free programming using dictation. http://www.codevox.com/ Like my switch to Dvorak, I expect a long learning curve, and I'm just at the beginning of this. However like using Dvorak, I expect it to be a big win in the long run. By the way, this post was dictated by voice.
As an alternative to Crystal, check out Report Printer Pro 4.0. at www.nevrona.com I've not yet used 4.0 (which has a report server) but used the 3.0 version to build my own web based report server. It's way cheaper and you get complete source (Delphi/Kylix??) for the most of it.
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Like everything else two stroke technology has really advanced over the years and most current engines are way more efficient and less polluting than previous generations. In fact some engines, like Bombardier's eTEC http://www.evinrude.com/en-CA/E-Tec/E-TEC.Advantag e/Cleaner.Quieter.htm outboard are in many ways less polluting than comparable four-strokes.
It's not just a keyboard layout (QWERTY/Dvorak) that is important, but have the keys are physically organized. Even most of the so-called natural keyboards have the keys at an angle, which is a holdover from the old manual style keyboards with rods. There is absolutely no reason why they should be organized that way today. http://www.typematrix.com/ has both QWERTY and the Dvorak keyboards. And yes, you can toggle between the two layouts. I chose this keyboard because there is less strain on the fingers when the fingers don't have to move at an angle, and yes, they have documentation supporting this. I started typing in my early teens and started programming in my early 20s. I am now turning 50 this year . About five years ago, I made the switch. Not only to Dvorak , but to a TypeMatrix Dvorak keyboard. It was not an easy switch, but I'm very glad that I did it . I now have one TypeMatrix keyboard at home, one at work, and one in my laptop case. This makes it very easy for me to stay in a TypeMatrix environment. I also have a keyboard splitter with a QWERTY attached, so others can use my machine at work . No matter how right it is to switch or how unreasonable the old way is, people especially in the United States are reluctant to change. I gave up the fight to switch to metrics along time ago. I also had a bear of the time convincing people to get a hard drive instead of you just using their good old floppies. Now I'm trying something totally new altogether. I'm getting away from using a keyboard as much as possible, and beginning to explore the possibilities of hands-free programming using dictation. http://www.codevox.com/ Like my switch to Dvorak, I expect a long learning curve, and I'm just at the beginning of this. However like using Dvorak, I expect it to be a big win in the long run. By the way, this post was dictated by voice.
Can't do IR w/o line of sight. I looked at the article and its RF which will work anywhere with a given range.
As an alternative to Crystal, check out Report Printer Pro 4.0. at www.nevrona.com I've not yet used 4.0 (which has a report server) but used the 3.0 version to build my own web based report server. It's way cheaper and you get complete source (Delphi/Kylix??) for the most of it. --Greg