I don't know what school this Kern when to, but I can assure anyone out there who is contemplating an engineering degree that there are very good schools in the US. I'll be receiving an MSCS from Stanford in 2006. I have continually been amazed at the quality of the education that Stanford offers. The instructors are incredibly gifted at teaching and I sit in rapture when I listen to each and every lecture. Stanford also has top-notch TA's in each and every class who not only understand all the materail, but will take great pains to explain it in any amount of detail that is necessary. Mabye Stanford is the exception, but I seriously doubt that. Please don't let the bad experience of one individual turn you off from an engineering degree in the US.
From what I've seen, I'd say that the results will be a stronger, healthier IT workforce. The law of natural selection is at work here and we should not try to infuence it artificially with our political, social biases.
Why is it that professions like nursing have a majority of women, but nobody seems to lament the need for more men in nursing? Individuals gravitate to fields that fit their genetics (oh, no not that word!) and conditioning. So, more men like/have natural abilities toward IT/Engineering? So what? Let's call it what it is.
As long as women are not prevented from entering fields that they enjoy and excel at then there should not be a problem if they choose to not go into fields that they don't enjoy or excel at.
It's choice, not numbers that count. Let's encourage ANY sex to be happy in whatever they choose to do and not worry that the numbers show what we've all known but are afraid to admit--that women and men are different. D'uh.
Jesus Christ, remind me never to buy software from this nutjob's company. Seriously, though, clearly his viewpoint stems from a personal interest in seeing that Linux not succeed in the market space that his company operates in. His diatribe is a classic knee-jerk, FUD response to a serious, credible threat to his little monopolistic piece of the lucrative US defense spending pie.
American cursive writing was created by the American educational system. The cursive script was taken from script from a silver engraver. Somehow this style of writing was adopted by the American educational system as the standard. Unfortunately, this style of writing is awkward and unnatural. Originally, Europeans wrote in a script called "italic". It was based on a writing style from Italian monks who perfected ergonomic writing thru years of transcribing manuscripts. This style is marked by curves and ligatures that are more natural to a human's style of writing. Studies have shown that people who forget the cursive style that they learned in school and gravitiate to what comes natural starting with printing as a base, write much faster and more legibly than those who adhere to the "cursive" style forced on them in school. I myself, after years of illegible handwriting, researched this and came across some wonderful books about he subject. These are: "Write Now" and "Italic Letters". These books opened my eyes to what I had intuitively come to realize: American cursive is unnatural and slow and people who define their own styles using natural human tendencies write more legibly and faster.
I hope someday, that students will be taught the ergonomic "italic" style of writing in schools. They will learn to write much faster with less effort. I still remember in 5th grade a boy who had handwriting that looked like a seismigraph. The teacher would get so frustrated with him because he wouldn't write the traditional "American cursive" way. The teacher ended up giving him an "F" in writing. This is just ridiculous. Teachers should let children write in a style that is natural to each individual child instead of forcing them into an ornate, complicated, unnatural way of writing.
I've been doing all that tivo stuff with my trusty VCR for the last 10 years. I don't have cable or subscription fees. I just look at the TV schedule and program my VCR. I actually have two VCRs; I can watch one while I record with the other. Why would anyone pay $350 for a Tivo, then pay $40/month for cable, and then pay $13/month for Tivo's subscription scheduling crap. Looks like the Tivo company is the real winner here. I can't believe that slashdotters can't simply program a VCR! Another advantage to VCR is that I can make a tape library and save the programs I watch as long as I like. Skipping comercials is a breeze with the fast forward button on my remote. What am I missing here?!
you need to take care of this immediately. you ust take at least a 5 minute break every 1/2 hour of keyboarding. you must stretch your forearm muscles at least 3x per day. you must try a better keyboard like the kinesis classic. you must buy "repetitive strain injury a computer users guide" to learn all about correct typing and pacing. if you don't do these things, you will end up like me with sever tendonitis/muscle inflammation. you don't want to go there. every coder that i know has developed problems at some time or another. lots of people where i work have severe problems and must use voice activated software. some even have to have surgery. take care of this problem before it gets worse.
come on. even if this guy does use designs used previously, how in the world is anyone going to find out. do you really think that someone is going to be that interested in this component that they will disassemble it and examine it? then they would have to compare it to their code and if they think that some sacred principle has been violated, they would have to instigate a lawsuit. please, give me a break. just design the thing using whatever makes sense and let the lawyers worry about it later if it ever comes to that.
there are 4 factors that contribute to an rsi injury:
force
duration
speed
awkward position
an ergo keyboard will only address the awkward position factor.
okay. i got the keyboard, tried it, and determined that it's almost impossible to use. i really liked the no-force keys, but most of the time i couldn't find the right key. i'm a touch typist who has learned the hard way how to ergonomically keyboard correctly. i float my hands above the keyboard. well, the stealth is designed so that you rest your wrists while keyboarding. this helps keep your hands anchored in place so that your fingers have a reference point to start from. if you float your hands above the keyboard, then there is no tactile feedback anywhere that would help you to anchor your hands. at this point, i refuse to rest my wrists on while i'm keyboarding. so, i can't find the keys very well. i will stick with my goldtouch keyboard. so far, it's the best keyboard that i have ever used.
i have just ordered one of these keyboard. as a programmer and grad student, my forearms have gone thru enough inflammation. it's about time that someone has come up with a zero force solution to keyboarding. in fact i thought of this idea 7 years ago when i was severely injured from keyboarding. back then, i thought that this idea would never be a commercial success. i am anxious to try this keyboard out. i ordered the qwerty stealth. if it works, i'm going to try the qwerak. i know that all of my collegues have experienced problems from keyboards, and they also want to try this keyboard out when it arrives. i think people that balk at the price are being foolish. how much are your hands worth? i know first hand the agony of not being able to use your hands. don't let this happen to you. be proactive. be more efficient. try new things.
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I don't know what school this Kern when to, but I can assure anyone out there who is contemplating an engineering degree that there are very good schools in the US. I'll be receiving an MSCS from Stanford in 2006. I have continually been amazed at the quality of the education that Stanford offers. The instructors are incredibly gifted at teaching and I sit in rapture when I listen to each and every lecture. Stanford also has top-notch TA's in each and every class who not only understand all the materail, but will take great pains to explain it in any amount of detail that is necessary. Mabye Stanford is the exception, but I seriously doubt that. Please don't let the bad experience of one individual turn you off from an engineering degree in the US.
From what I've seen, I'd say that the results will be a stronger, healthier IT workforce. The law of natural selection is at work here and we should not try to infuence it artificially with our political, social biases. Why is it that professions like nursing have a majority of women, but nobody seems to lament the need for more men in nursing? Individuals gravitate to fields that fit their genetics (oh, no not that word!) and conditioning. So, more men like/have natural abilities toward IT/Engineering? So what? Let's call it what it is. As long as women are not prevented from entering fields that they enjoy and excel at then there should not be a problem if they choose to not go into fields that they don't enjoy or excel at. It's choice, not numbers that count. Let's encourage ANY sex to be happy in whatever they choose to do and not worry that the numbers show what we've all known but are afraid to admit--that women and men are different. D'uh.
Jesus Christ, remind me never to buy software from this nutjob's company. Seriously, though, clearly his viewpoint stems from a personal interest in seeing that Linux not succeed in the market space that his company operates in. His diatribe is a classic knee-jerk, FUD response to a serious, credible threat to his little monopolistic piece of the lucrative US defense spending pie.
The motor should "run much more quietly" not "much quieter". It's an adverb vs. adjective thing.
American cursive writing was created by the American educational system. The cursive script was taken from script from a silver engraver. Somehow this style of writing was adopted by the American educational system as the standard. Unfortunately, this style of writing is awkward and unnatural. Originally, Europeans wrote in a script called "italic". It was based on a writing style from Italian monks who perfected ergonomic writing thru years of transcribing manuscripts. This style is marked by curves and ligatures that are more natural to a human's style of writing. Studies have shown that people who forget the cursive style that they learned in school and gravitiate to what comes natural starting with printing as a base, write much faster and more legibly than those who adhere to the "cursive" style forced on them in school. I myself, after years of illegible handwriting, researched this and came across some wonderful books about he subject. These are: "Write Now" and "Italic Letters". These books opened my eyes to what I had intuitively come to realize: American cursive is unnatural and slow and people who define their own styles using natural human tendencies write more legibly and faster. I hope someday, that students will be taught the ergonomic "italic" style of writing in schools. They will learn to write much faster with less effort. I still remember in 5th grade a boy who had handwriting that looked like a seismigraph. The teacher would get so frustrated with him because he wouldn't write the traditional "American cursive" way. The teacher ended up giving him an "F" in writing. This is just ridiculous. Teachers should let children write in a style that is natural to each individual child instead of forcing them into an ornate, complicated, unnatural way of writing.
I've been doing all that tivo stuff with my trusty VCR for the last 10 years. I don't have cable or subscription fees. I just look at the TV schedule and program my VCR. I actually have two VCRs; I can watch one while I record with the other. Why would anyone pay $350 for a Tivo, then pay $40/month for cable, and then pay $13/month for Tivo's subscription scheduling crap. Looks like the Tivo company is the real winner here. I can't believe that slashdotters can't simply program a VCR! Another advantage to VCR is that I can make a tape library and save the programs I watch as long as I like. Skipping comercials is a breeze with the fast forward button on my remote. What am I missing here?!
hire me. i can code like a demon and i can understand the domain space.
you need to take care of this immediately. you ust take at least a 5 minute break every 1/2 hour of keyboarding. you must stretch your forearm muscles at least 3x per day. you must try a better keyboard like the kinesis classic. you must buy "repetitive strain injury a computer users guide" to learn all about correct typing and pacing. if you don't do these things, you will end up like me with sever tendonitis/muscle inflammation. you don't want to go there. every coder that i know has developed problems at some time or another. lots of people where i work have severe problems and must use voice activated software. some even have to have surgery. take care of this problem before it gets worse.
come on. even if this guy does use designs used previously, how in the world is anyone going to find out. do you really think that someone is going to be that interested in this component that they will disassemble it and examine it? then they would have to compare it to their code and if they think that some sacred principle has been violated, they would have to instigate a lawsuit. please, give me a break. just design the thing using whatever makes sense and let the lawyers worry about it later if it ever comes to that.
there are 4 factors that contribute to an rsi injury: force duration speed awkward position an ergo keyboard will only address the awkward position factor.
okay. i got the keyboard, tried it, and determined that it's almost impossible to use. i really liked the no-force keys, but most of the time i couldn't find the right key. i'm a touch typist who has learned the hard way how to ergonomically keyboard correctly. i float my hands above the keyboard. well, the stealth is designed so that you rest your wrists while keyboarding. this helps keep your hands anchored in place so that your fingers have a reference point to start from. if you float your hands above the keyboard, then there is no tactile feedback anywhere that would help you to anchor your hands. at this point, i refuse to rest my wrists on while i'm keyboarding. so, i can't find the keys very well. i will stick with my goldtouch keyboard. so far, it's the best keyboard that i have ever used.
i have just ordered one of these keyboard. as a programmer and grad student, my forearms have gone thru enough inflammation. it's about time that someone has come up with a zero force solution to keyboarding. in fact i thought of this idea 7 years ago when i was severely injured from keyboarding. back then, i thought that this idea would never be a commercial success. i am anxious to try this keyboard out. i ordered the qwerty stealth. if it works, i'm going to try the qwerak. i know that all of my collegues have experienced problems from keyboards, and they also want to try this keyboard out when it arrives. i think people that balk at the price are being foolish. how much are your hands worth? i know first hand the agony of not being able to use your hands. don't let this happen to you. be proactive. be more efficient. try new things.