One, they used "handedly" instead of "handily," which made me wonder how else one would be expected to send Morse Code—with one's feet.
Two, I wonder if the same would hold true for predictive text messaging (which doesn't recognize slang)? IOW, would the girl have gotten a better time by turning on her predictive text messaging and using correct English?
Three, I think it's a bit unfair to pit an expert Morse Code user against a teenager. It would have been fairer to pit him against the world champion text messager, or at least someone of that type.
One, they used "handedly" instead of "handily," which made me wonder how else one would be expected to send Morse Code—with one's feet.
Two, I wonder if the same would hold true for predictive text messaging (which doesn't recognize slang)? IOW, would the girl have gotten a better time by turning on her predictive text messaging and using correct English?
Three, I think it's a bit unfair to pit an expert Morse Code user against a teenager. It would have been fairer to pit him against the world champion text messager, or at least someone of that type.
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Date: 2005-05-07 06:59 am (UTC)Two, I wonder if the same would hold true for predictive text messaging (which doesn't recognize slang)? IOW, would the girl have gotten a better time by turning on her predictive text messaging and using correct English?
Three, I think it's a bit unfair to pit an expert Morse Code user against a teenager. It would have been fairer to pit him against the world champion text messager, or at least someone of that type.
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Date: 2005-05-07 06:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-07 07:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-07 07:05 am (UTC)One of my friends linked to this article in his blog awhile back. :-)
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Date: 2005-05-07 06:59 am (UTC)Two, I wonder if the same would hold true for predictive text messaging (which doesn't recognize slang)? IOW, would the girl have gotten a better time by turning on her predictive text messaging and using correct English?
Three, I think it's a bit unfair to pit an expert Morse Code user against a teenager. It would have been fairer to pit him against the world champion text messager, or at least someone of that type.
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Date: 2005-05-07 06:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-07 07:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-07 07:05 am (UTC)One of my friends linked to this article in his blog awhile back. :-)