I walked up to strangers in the 7-11 and asked them to tell me their top three most recognized brands. I recorded their answers on my digital recorder, and later tabulated them. After correcting for bias (I surveyed only attractive women), I announced my results.*
*Actually, I just made it up. I'm trying to get a job with a major media outlet.
I did my own survey and found their results to be totally skewed. Among my respondants, Cheetos was the number-one brand worldwide. It was closely followed by Kool-Aid and Ruffles. I completed my survey in the 7-11 only last night, but the results are shocking! Plus, my margin of error is only a tiny bit greater than their survey. I mean, 1900 some-odd out of what, 6 or 7 billion is pretty close to 5 out of 6 or 7 billion. I demand a recount!
Yes. You're right. We should all just use whichever words we want, spelling them however we want and intending them to mean whatever we want, instead of what they actually mean. That will make it very easy to communicate. It's ironic that a site for 'Nerds' would have so many people who don't even know the definition of simple words. I mean, lose, loose, and loss? That's second-grade material. I guess 'Nerds' don't need to pass second grade anymore.
I didn't call you a 'looser'. I called you a 'loser'. They aren't the same. A looser is one who looses. A loser is you. You asked me for my address, so you could come show me what a 'real american' does to people who don't agree with him. Then, when I provided one, you backed out. I guess that's what 'real americans' do. You keep proving over and over that you are a spineless pussy. I wouldn't have called you a loser for not coming here to back your threat up....if you hadn't made the empty threat to begin with. I'm still waiting. Come on down. Remember, you're the one who said you would. I never 'rewrote' that. You challenged me, I accepted, then you backed out like the little bitch that you are. I'm done with you. You have no balls. You wouldn't last two seconds in my hood, homie. Of course, you know that. That's why your sudden backpedaling. You didn't expect me to actually come through with the address, but I threw a wrench into your little plans. Whatever. Until you demonstrate some courage or commitment to your word, bye. Yap all you want, puppy. Your master's done paying attention to you until you stop barking and start biting.
I want a loose leader. Seriously. I don't want to sell at a lose, though. My goodness, did no one ever tell you the difference between lose, loose, and loss? I will assume not, so please allow me to do so.
Lose - verb - To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.
Loose - can be adjective - Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks
-or a verb - To let loose; release: loosed the dogs.
Loss - noun - The act or an instance of losing: nine losses during the football season.
If you don't think it's important to use the correct words, I will re-write your sentences for you.
The real reason that Apple will not make a console is that Apple does not sell hardware at a To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay. All the game companies sell the consoles at a To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay or at the very best break even... I do not see Apple coming out with a Not fastened, restrained, or contained leader console and then locking it down to make money on the games.
Doesn't make much sense, does it? It's very simple. If no one uses words according to their definitions, how will anyone know what anyone else is trying to say? For example: Blue fishes break beats totally agonizing sorrowfully. Did that mean anything to you? What I wrote was: You can't always get meaning from context. Then, I randomly replaced each word with a different word. If you don't use the correct words, you won't convey your intended meaning. Also, it makes it appear that your grasp on the English language is rather loss. (ha ha!)
They could, but I wouldn't want it. It would probably look really cool, perform like any other console out there, cost three times as much, only come in pastels, and only play games bought from Apple's new iGames store. No thanks, I'll stick to PS3 and Xbox2 and whatever those crazy cats at Nintendo end up shipping.
I'm sure the US Army had a fun time walking to Iraq. You keep making jokes...you're a funny guy. If you ever decide to stick to your word (of course you won't because your bravado is as false as your 'real america') I'll buy you a beer after I beat the shit out of you. That's because I'm a gracious winner. You wouldn't know anything about that, not just because you're Canadian, but also because I seriously doubt you've ever won anything. *Maybe* a 'biggest loser' contest, although you're such a loser you might not even be able to win one of those. You'd get my vote, though.
Apparently the spacing out of the letters most likely to be hit close together means that the load balance between hands is more even with the Qwerty layout. This is a factor equal in importance with finger travel in the opinion of many experts. Basically, there are pros and cons to just about everything. I have tried the Dvorak layout (used it exclusively for about 4 months) and I switched back to Qwerty. However, I don't know if Qwerty is technically better, and I'm not sure anyone else does either. I know I prefer it and I know that I haven't seen any good research one way or the other. Some say 'Well, there's no evidence to the contrary, either'. However, I am not in the habit of believing things just because there's no proof against them. (That isn't to say I won't believe in 'likely but unproven' things, I just don't do so automatically)
Yes, being afraid of a 'snotty US kid' doesn't reflect too well on you, does it?
How hilarious is it that the cbc is having server problems so I can't read the article you linked? Well, pretty damn hilarious from this end. It's good to know that you think armies walk places in this day and time. I keep waiting for you to correct my assessment of you as a spineless moron, and you keep failing. If you're the cream of the Canadian crop (which I heartily hope is not true), I'd hate to see the dregs.
You were baited by an obvious post crafted to get your goat. That's being trolled. I was not baited by a similar post, but the intention was there. Trolling refers to a fishing term...putting lines out and hoping for a bite. link
Misplaced sarcasm and quips are often used by "trolls". Subtlety is no bar to entry.
I gave you an address. I assumed you were intelligent enough to use Mapquest or Yahoo Maps. My mistake. 600 Sawyer St., Houston Tx, 77007. Bitch.
Oh yeah, as for your 'glorious military', your country doesn't even have any way to transfer its disaster relief team to southeast asia...so you're not sending anyone for help with the tsunami cleanup. Here's some proof. Dickless wonder, it appears all your talk is just that. Here.
Now I know the other reason Canada will never invade the US: they couldn't transport their military here, unless we lent some of our vehicles to them again like we usually do. The main reason, of course, is that Canadians are afraid of Americans, as your refusal to meet with me after YOU asked ME for an address shows. Well, it's apparent that the word of a Canadian wannabe-"Real American" is worth exactly what the person is: nothing.
That doesn't make any sense, then, because if we're talking early adopter the only choice in the OP's hypoothetical situation would be PS2. The Xbox didn't come out until later. In any case, the whole thing I was pointing out was that hypothetical situations are no basis for valid arguments. I'm really not sure where you were going in your post with relation to that point.
With the Matrix Online the story is progressing forward and the players will have an impact on how the story turns out. No one has done that defore.
Where the fuck do those sentences mention movie tie-ins? You said 'no one has ever progressed a story forward and had players impact how the story turns out' and I proved you wrong. Now you're throwing in some bullshit straw man about movie tie-ins? Laughable. It isn't as though they're going to film another movie, but with the story written by characters in the MMORPG. What you claimed unique about the Matrix MMORPG is that players determine the direction of the story. Unfortunately, while that may be cool, it isn't unique as I pointed out. I don't think that the movie tie-in is unique, either, as you mentioned Star Wars Galaxies. So, I suppose that you *could* have stated it like this: "The Matrix Online will be combining two things from other games: a movie tie-in, and a player-determined storyline." Of course, taking two things which are not unique and putting them together really isn't the same thing as innovating, now is it? Stating it the correct way wouldn't have been very compelling. Unfortunately, the truth isn't always compelling. That's why I asked if you were a marketroid...which you carefully avoided addressing.
I prefer being able to choose. Most of the time, I can't turn warning messages off, especially on the Mac. It could, of course, be my unfamiliarity with the system. However, I'm so used to UNIX that I do this rather odd thing: I watch what I type. I only try to close the program when I want to close the program. I am willing to take all responsibility for acidental closure on myself. Yet I still have to click 3-4 dialog boxes to do anything. It's freaking annoying. Maybe it's helpful to some people, but not to me. In fact, reading your comment without sarcasm expresses my opinion pretty well. You see, I know better than the computer whether I really want to close a program. Sure, I may occasionally be wrong, but most of the time I don't click the x or hit the 'quit' shortcut unless I mean to. So, you're correct, for me it would make much more sense. It would be far fewer clicks/shortcuts per day, as I must open and close lots of programs and start, shut down, and restart lots of computers daily. I didn't say everyone should be annoyed by the things that annoy me, but how dare you infer that I can't be annoyed by the things that annoy me. Fuck your fascist attitude. Just because you like a feature I don't like doesn't mean I'll get all sarcastic and snippy with you. Why would you feel the need to take issue with *my* preferences? Was it because I used hyperbole in my post? I did it again in this one, so be careful.
Well, since you can already make your own radio station on the Xbox and PC versions of the GTA:III and GTA:VC, why would you need some sort of internet-requiring streaming radio station? On the PC, you just put links to mp3 files (or the files themselves) into a specific folder, and there you go. You have a radio station called 'MP3' that plays the files you put in that folder. Problem solved. I suppose you might miss that DJ 'banter' and 'wit', and if Rockstar wanted to be nice they might include a few MP3s in that dir with that kind of thing on them. I just don't see why you would want lower-quality music which also requires an internet connection when you can just pick your own tracks. Just my opinion, though.
Diggity, check yourself before you wreck yourself.
For proper and full effect, the line must be rendered as, 'Chiggidy check yourself before you wriggidy-wriggidy-wreck yourself.' Please note the correction. Also, please note that fuckin' wit' tha Cube ain't good for ya health. Thank you.
Funny, that's exactly the same thing I've asked every Dvorak evangelist I've ever talked to. Oddly enough, they all are fond of making the assertion that Dvorak is better than Qwerty, but none have managed to prove it yet. Like the Dvorak cultists in this thread, they all mumble about 'studies' that 'prove it' yet when you mention the studies that have actually been done, and their flawed methodologies, they just mumble about 'no, other studies' and walk off, twitching and sometimes foaming a little at the mouth. Oh. I see. Now, I'm not asserting that Qwerty is absolutely better than Dvorak. I don't know if it is or not. I just know that Dvorak hasn't been *proved* to be superior. You have to *prove* that it's superior before I have to *prove* that its superiority is a myth, since the one making the original assertion has the burden of proof. How is it intellectually honest of you to demand proof from detractors of your position when you aren't willing to provide it to support your position?
What if the slowest known typist in the entire world also uses Dvorak? Do they cancel each other out, or explode or something? Now, if the 500 fastest typists in the world *all* used Dvorak, you might have a case. However, there's no evidence that the fastest known typist *is* the fastest because of keyboard choice. In other words, stop confusing correlation with causation. That's like saying that Pepsi is superior to Coke because the fastest known typist drinks Pepsi. Or that Kleenex is suerior to Puffs because the world's most prolific noseblower uses Kleenex. Really, people. Do not bring me correlations and state that they are causations. It takes more than wishes and words to make things true. Need another example? Okay, I can prove that women are evil. Every single murderer, rapist, domestic abuser, thief, and politician in history has one thing in common: They all came out of a woman. Clearly, then, women are the cause and thus are evil. Here's another one: all post-natal drug users drink water before trying drugs. That's right, 100% of drug users first tried water. Thus, water is a 'gateway drug' which leads to other drugs. Don't worry, you're not alone in confusing correlation with causation. Even governments do it.
I suspect foul anecdote, here. Why wouldn't you put the email address in first, as it is the top option and it is much more efficient to put it in before typing? Also, why would your program (especially on the Mac) just close? I have to use a Mac for a class, and it's motherfucking annoying as all hell. I can't close anything without 15 dialog boxes popping up asking me if I really want to quit, do I want to save, am I sure, really? Really? I mean it? Okay, last chance... Then I can finally quit. Not to mention the 'drafts' folder that most mail programs move unfinished emails to...something just doesn't add up here. I just can't wrap my mind around the concept of somebody saying something that isn't true here on slashdot. Mind-boggling.
Yes, it's very difficult to make up specific situations which 'prove' your claim. Not being sarcastic at all, there, nope not one bit, nuh-uh not at all. However, to your situation: few houses these days are single-console houses, so your situation breaks down. It would require an entire group of children to possess only one console apiece. That just isn't very likely. The big problem with hypothetical situations is that anyone can make them to support almost any point of view, and thus their value as evidence is very limited, especially when the situation in question ignores very basic facts (as almost all hypothical situations used in debates do, at least in my experience).
Wow. I know almost no one reads the fucking article anymore, but now we have someone replying to a post they didn't read. *You* may be too lazy to research (although you imply that you have in the past, but are simply too lazy to replicate that research just now), but the poster you replied to was not. Any of the links provided by the person you replied to would have told you that not only are there not 'many studies' that show 'clear advantage' for Dvorak keyboards, the few that exist are all flawed. You are correct in that the keys were placed to avoid hammer jams, but what you missed is that such placement also puts letters which are commonly typed together away from each other, allowing one hand to hit one letter and the other to hit the next letter, which is more efficient and faster than using one hand to hit several letters in a row. Dvorak isn't a keyboard designed for people, it's a keyboard designed for person: Mr. Dvorak. I mean, if you like the Dvorak keyboard, fine. Just don't go claiming superiority backed by research when you've neither. Besides, I can do over 100wpm now. If *I* can manage that, I bet most people could as well, if they practiced as much as I do. I use a self-taught, non-efficient, nonstandard method of typing. Since I'm almost always composing while typing, though, I rarely even hit my modest peak speed. I don't imagine that a new keyboard layout would help, even one that gave the benefits Dvorak cultists claim.
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I walked up to strangers in the 7-11 and asked them to tell me their top three most recognized brands. I recorded their answers on my digital recorder, and later tabulated them. After correcting for bias (I surveyed only attractive women), I announced my results.*
*Actually, I just made it up. I'm trying to get a job with a major media outlet.
I did my own survey and found their results to be totally skewed. Among my respondants, Cheetos was the number-one brand worldwide. It was closely followed by Kool-Aid and Ruffles. I completed my survey in the 7-11 only last night, but the results are shocking! Plus, my margin of error is only a tiny bit greater than their survey. I mean, 1900 some-odd out of what, 6 or 7 billion is pretty close to 5 out of 6 or 7 billion. I demand a recount!
Yes. You're right. We should all just use whichever words we want, spelling them however we want and intending them to mean whatever we want, instead of what they actually mean. That will make it very easy to communicate. It's ironic that a site for 'Nerds' would have so many people who don't even know the definition of simple words. I mean, lose, loose, and loss? That's second-grade material. I guess 'Nerds' don't need to pass second grade anymore.
I didn't call you a 'looser'. I called you a 'loser'. They aren't the same. A looser is one who looses. A loser is you.
You asked me for my address, so you could come show me what a 'real american' does to people who don't agree with him. Then, when I provided one, you backed out. I guess that's what 'real americans' do. You keep proving over and over that you are a spineless pussy. I wouldn't have called you a loser for not coming here to back your threat up....if you hadn't made the empty threat to begin with. I'm still waiting. Come on down. Remember, you're the one who said you would. I never 'rewrote' that. You challenged me, I accepted, then you backed out like the little bitch that you are. I'm done with you. You have no balls. You wouldn't last two seconds in my hood, homie. Of course, you know that. That's why your sudden backpedaling. You didn't expect me to actually come through with the address, but I threw a wrench into your little plans. Whatever. Until you demonstrate some courage or commitment to your word, bye. Yap all you want, puppy. Your master's done paying attention to you until you stop barking and start biting.
I want a loose leader. Seriously. I don't want to sell at a lose, though. My goodness, did no one ever tell you the difference between lose, loose, and loss? I will assume not, so please allow me to do so.
Lose - verb - To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.
Loose - can be adjective - Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks
-or a verb - To let loose; release: loosed the dogs.
Loss - noun - The act or an instance of losing: nine losses during the football season.
If you don't think it's important to use the correct words, I will re-write your sentences for you.
The real reason that Apple will not make a console is that Apple does not sell hardware at a To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay. All the game companies sell the consoles at a To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay or at the very best break even... I do not see Apple coming out with a Not fastened, restrained, or contained leader console and then locking it down to make money on the games.
Doesn't make much sense, does it? It's very simple. If no one uses words according to their definitions, how will anyone know what anyone else is trying to say? For example: Blue fishes break beats totally agonizing sorrowfully. Did that mean anything to you? What I wrote was: You can't always get meaning from context. Then, I randomly replaced each word with a different word. If you don't use the correct words, you won't convey your intended meaning. Also, it makes it appear that your grasp on the English language is rather loss. (ha ha!)
They could, but I wouldn't want it. It would probably look really cool, perform like any other console out there, cost three times as much, only come in pastels, and only play games bought from Apple's new iGames store. No thanks, I'll stick to PS3 and Xbox2 and whatever those crazy cats at Nintendo end up shipping.
I'm sure the US Army had a fun time walking to Iraq.
You keep making jokes...you're a funny guy. If you ever decide to stick to your word (of course you won't because your bravado is as false as your 'real america') I'll buy you a beer after I beat the shit out of you. That's because I'm a gracious winner. You wouldn't know anything about that, not just because you're Canadian, but also because I seriously doubt you've ever won anything. *Maybe* a 'biggest loser' contest, although you're such a loser you might not even be able to win one of those. You'd get my vote, though.
Apparently the spacing out of the letters most likely to be hit close together means that the load balance between hands is more even with the Qwerty layout. This is a factor equal in importance with finger travel in the opinion of many experts. Basically, there are pros and cons to just about everything. I have tried the Dvorak layout (used it exclusively for about 4 months) and I switched back to Qwerty. However, I don't know if Qwerty is technically better, and I'm not sure anyone else does either. I know I prefer it and I know that I haven't seen any good research one way or the other. Some say 'Well, there's no evidence to the contrary, either'. However, I am not in the habit of believing things just because there's no proof against them. (That isn't to say I won't believe in 'likely but unproven' things, I just don't do so automatically)
Thanks, I was going to say that but you're quicker :)
Plus, VHS was cheaper. That gets forgotten quite a bit as well. 'Better' doesn't always mean the same thing to everyone.
Yes, being afraid of a 'snotty US kid' doesn't reflect too well on you, does it?
How hilarious is it that the cbc is having server problems so I can't read the article you linked? Well, pretty damn hilarious from this end. It's good to know that you think armies walk places in this day and time. I keep waiting for you to correct my assessment of you as a spineless moron, and you keep failing. If you're the cream of the Canadian crop (which I heartily hope is not true), I'd hate to see the dregs.
You were baited by an obvious post crafted to get your goat. That's being trolled. I was not baited by a similar post, but the intention was there. Trolling refers to a fishing term...putting lines out and hoping for a bite. link
Misplaced sarcasm and quips are often used by "trolls". Subtlety is no bar to entry.
I gave you an address. I assumed you were intelligent enough to use Mapquest or Yahoo Maps. My mistake. 600 Sawyer St., Houston Tx, 77007. Bitch.
Oh yeah, as for your 'glorious military', your country doesn't even have any way to transfer its disaster relief team to southeast asia...so you're not sending anyone for help with the tsunami cleanup. Here's some proof. Dickless wonder, it appears all your talk is just that.
Here.
Now I know the other reason Canada will never invade the US: they couldn't transport their military here, unless we lent some of our vehicles to them again like we usually do. The main reason, of course, is that Canadians are afraid of Americans, as your refusal to meet with me after YOU asked ME for an address shows. Well, it's apparent that the word of a Canadian wannabe-"Real American" is worth exactly what the person is: nothing.
That doesn't make any sense, then, because if we're talking early adopter the only choice in the OP's hypoothetical situation would be PS2. The Xbox didn't come out until later. In any case, the whole thing I was pointing out was that hypothetical situations are no basis for valid arguments. I'm really not sure where you were going in your post with relation to that point.
Here are your words, dipshit.
With the Matrix Online the story is progressing forward and the players will have an impact on how the story turns out. No one has done that defore.
Where the fuck do those sentences mention movie tie-ins? You said 'no one has ever progressed a story forward and had players impact how the story turns out' and I proved you wrong. Now you're throwing in some bullshit straw man about movie tie-ins? Laughable. It isn't as though they're going to film another movie, but with the story written by characters in the MMORPG. What you claimed unique about the Matrix MMORPG is that players determine the direction of the story. Unfortunately, while that may be cool, it isn't unique as I pointed out. I don't think that the movie tie-in is unique, either, as you mentioned Star Wars Galaxies. So, I suppose that you *could* have stated it like this:
"The Matrix Online will be combining two things from other games: a movie tie-in, and a player-determined storyline." Of course, taking two things which are not unique and putting them together really isn't the same thing as innovating, now is it? Stating it the correct way wouldn't have been very compelling. Unfortunately, the truth isn't always compelling. That's why I asked if you were a marketroid...which you carefully avoided addressing.
What, now *I'm* getting trolled? *eyeroll*
*yawn*
So, if I wanted to put a "hit" out on a nasty blank CD-R, are you the person I need to talk to?
I prefer being able to choose. Most of the time, I can't turn warning messages off, especially on the Mac. It could, of course, be my unfamiliarity with the system. However, I'm so used to UNIX that I do this rather odd thing: I watch what I type. I only try to close the program when I want to close the program. I am willing to take all responsibility for acidental closure on myself. Yet I still have to click 3-4 dialog boxes to do anything. It's freaking annoying. Maybe it's helpful to some people, but not to me. In fact, reading your comment without sarcasm expresses my opinion pretty well. You see, I know better than the computer whether I really want to close a program. Sure, I may occasionally be wrong, but most of the time I don't click the x or hit the 'quit' shortcut unless I mean to. So, you're correct, for me it would make much more sense. It would be far fewer clicks/shortcuts per day, as I must open and close lots of programs and start, shut down, and restart lots of computers daily. I didn't say everyone should be annoyed by the things that annoy me, but how dare you infer that I can't be annoyed by the things that annoy me. Fuck your fascist attitude. Just because you like a feature I don't like doesn't mean I'll get all sarcastic and snippy with you. Why would you feel the need to take issue with *my* preferences? Was it because I used hyperbole in my post? I did it again in this one, so be careful.
Well, since you can already make your own radio station on the Xbox and PC versions of the GTA:III and GTA:VC, why would you need some sort of internet-requiring streaming radio station? On the PC, you just put links to mp3 files (or the files themselves) into a specific folder, and there you go. You have a radio station called 'MP3' that plays the files you put in that folder. Problem solved. I suppose you might miss that DJ 'banter' and 'wit', and if Rockstar wanted to be nice they might include a few MP3s in that dir with that kind of thing on them. I just don't see why you would want lower-quality music which also requires an internet connection when you can just pick your own tracks. Just my opinion, though.
With the Matrix Online the story is progressing forward and the players will have an impact on how the story turns out. No one has done that defore.
Do you really believe that, or are you some sort of marketroid? Ultima Online did that, Everquest did that, I hear Anarchy Online did too.
Diggity, check yourself before you wreck yourself.
For proper and full effect, the line must be rendered as, 'Chiggidy check yourself before you wriggidy-wriggidy-wreck yourself.' Please note the correction. Also, please note that fuckin' wit' tha Cube ain't good for ya health. Thank you.
YHBT.
SHOW ME THE PROOF!
Funny, that's exactly the same thing I've asked every Dvorak evangelist I've ever talked to. Oddly enough, they all are fond of making the assertion that Dvorak is better than Qwerty, but none have managed to prove it yet. Like the Dvorak cultists in this thread, they all mumble about 'studies' that 'prove it' yet when you mention the studies that have actually been done, and their flawed methodologies, they just mumble about 'no, other studies' and walk off, twitching and sometimes foaming a little at the mouth. Oh. I see. Now, I'm not asserting that Qwerty is absolutely better than Dvorak. I don't know if it is or not. I just know that Dvorak hasn't been *proved* to be superior. You have to *prove* that it's superior before I have to *prove* that its superiority is a myth, since the one making the original assertion has the burden of proof. How is it intellectually honest of you to demand proof from detractors of your position when you aren't willing to provide it to support your position?
What if the slowest known typist in the entire world also uses Dvorak? Do they cancel each other out, or explode or something? Now, if the 500 fastest typists in the world *all* used Dvorak, you might have a case. However, there's no evidence that the fastest known typist *is* the fastest because of keyboard choice. In other words, stop confusing correlation with causation. That's like saying that Pepsi is superior to Coke because the fastest known typist drinks Pepsi. Or that Kleenex is suerior to Puffs because the world's most prolific noseblower uses Kleenex. Really, people. Do not bring me correlations and state that they are causations. It takes more than wishes and words to make things true. Need another example? Okay, I can prove that women are evil. Every single murderer, rapist, domestic abuser, thief, and politician in history has one thing in common: They all came out of a woman. Clearly, then, women are the cause and thus are evil. Here's another one: all post-natal drug users drink water before trying drugs. That's right, 100% of drug users first tried water. Thus, water is a 'gateway drug' which leads to other drugs. Don't worry, you're not alone in confusing correlation with causation. Even governments do it.
I suspect foul anecdote, here.
Why wouldn't you put the email address in first, as it is the top option and it is much more efficient to put it in before typing? Also, why would your program (especially on the Mac) just close? I have to use a Mac for a class, and it's motherfucking annoying as all hell. I can't close anything without 15 dialog boxes popping up asking me if I really want to quit, do I want to save, am I sure, really? Really? I mean it? Okay, last chance... Then I can finally quit. Not to mention the 'drafts' folder that most mail programs move unfinished emails to...something just doesn't add up here. I just can't wrap my mind around the concept of somebody saying something that isn't true here on slashdot. Mind-boggling.
Yes, it's very difficult to make up specific situations which 'prove' your claim. Not being sarcastic at all, there, nope not one bit, nuh-uh not at all. However, to your situation: few houses these days are single-console houses, so your situation breaks down. It would require an entire group of children to possess only one console apiece. That just isn't very likely. The big problem with hypothetical situations is that anyone can make them to support almost any point of view, and thus their value as evidence is very limited, especially when the situation in question ignores very basic facts (as almost all hypothical situations used in debates do, at least in my experience).
Wow. I know almost no one reads the fucking article anymore, but now we have someone replying to a post they didn't read. *You* may be too lazy to research (although you imply that you have in the past, but are simply too lazy to replicate that research just now), but the poster you replied to was not. Any of the links provided by the person you replied to would have told you that not only are there not 'many studies' that show 'clear advantage' for Dvorak keyboards, the few that exist are all flawed. You are correct in that the keys were placed to avoid hammer jams, but what you missed is that such placement also puts letters which are commonly typed together away from each other, allowing one hand to hit one letter and the other to hit the next letter, which is more efficient and faster than using one hand to hit several letters in a row. Dvorak isn't a keyboard designed for people, it's a keyboard designed for person: Mr. Dvorak. I mean, if you like the Dvorak keyboard, fine. Just don't go claiming superiority backed by research when you've neither. Besides, I can do over 100wpm now. If *I* can manage that, I bet most people could as well, if they practiced as much as I do. I use a self-taught, non-efficient, nonstandard method of typing. Since I'm almost always composing while typing, though, I rarely even hit my modest peak speed. I don't imagine that a new keyboard layout would help, even one that gave the benefits Dvorak cultists claim.