I think you misunderstand his point. He thinks it isn't theft, but he doesn't think it's right (although, I presume, he does think it's less wrong). Since the aspect of theft that has traditionally made it objectionable is that it deprives the owner of the item, it seems entirely reasonable to use different terms for the acts, even if they're both objectionable.
Condescending? You could argue that it didn't adequately caputure the nuance of the process, but I'd hardly call it condescending. (And it's not entirely unreasonable, I'd argue, to wonder whether a consensus has developed about a particular matter.)
Were you perhaps reading some snideness into the post that wasn't intended?
Yeah. To type fast, you've gotta be activating the muscles that press the next key before you've fully released the current key. That's why it's faster to type "this"---which alternates fingers, and even hands---than "fred". (Try it: I bet you can type "this" in about the time it takes to type "fr".)
I guess "full duplex" isn't quite the right concept, though. Maybe I meant something more like "DDR": you can type on the way up and on the way down.
(BTW, I hope everyone realizes that my original post was being facetious: any difference in convenience would of course be tiny.)
Actually, it's substantially harder to type "GHz", because on a QWERTY keyboard it involves awkward pinky dancing, by which I mean a left-hand stretch to effect "G", continued left-pinky application to effect "H", and then a high-latency switch to "z" (since the left pinky must release Shift and hit "z", which involves round-trip latency with a weak finger).
By contrast, "gig" involves no shifting, no left hand switching between keys, and works in full duplex: you can begin to hit "i" while still releasing "g" and begin to hit "g" while still releasing "i". Moreover, "gig" rolls of one's congitive tongue better.
Power users such as myself realize this, and you would be well advised to refrain from commenting on matters about which you obviously have only a developer's inadequate understanding.
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I think you misunderstand his point. He thinks it isn't theft, but he doesn't think it's right (although, I presume, he does think it's less wrong). Since the aspect of theft that has traditionally made it objectionable is that it deprives the owner of the item, it seems entirely reasonable to use different terms for the acts, even if they're both objectionable.
Condescending? You could argue that it didn't adequately caputure the nuance of the process, but I'd hardly call it condescending. (And it's not entirely unreasonable, I'd argue, to wonder whether a consensus has developed about a particular matter.)
Were you perhaps reading some snideness into the post that wasn't intended?
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Yeah. To type fast, you've gotta be activating the muscles that press the next key before you've fully released the current key. That's why it's faster to type "this"---which alternates fingers, and even hands---than "fred". (Try it: I bet you can type "this" in about the time it takes to type "fr".) I guess "full duplex" isn't quite the right concept, though. Maybe I meant something more like "DDR": you can type on the way up and on the way down. (BTW, I hope everyone realizes that my original post was being facetious: any difference in convenience would of course be tiny.)
I've got a Microsoft Natural keyboard that places H about three inches from G, so reaching it with my left hand would be rather inconvenient.
Actually, it's substantially harder to type "GHz", because on a QWERTY keyboard it involves awkward pinky dancing, by which I mean a left-hand stretch to effect "G", continued left-pinky application to effect "H", and then a high-latency switch to "z" (since the left pinky must release Shift and hit "z", which involves round-trip latency with a weak finger).
By contrast, "gig" involves no shifting, no left hand switching between keys, and works in full duplex: you can begin to hit "i" while still releasing "g" and begin to hit "g" while still releasing "i". Moreover, "gig" rolls of one's congitive tongue better.
Power users such as myself realize this, and you would be well advised to refrain from commenting on matters about which you obviously have only a developer's inadequate understanding.
"Oh! Oh!" it synthesized. "What hard metal! Torque me baby! Torque me with a large magnitude of F-cross-r! Oh!"
It's nice to see a traditional media outlet take a favorable---not just arms-length "hmm"---view of Wikipedia. I hope others follow suit.