On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:40:34 GMT, "Sir Thomas of Cannondale"
wrote:

I am confused about the Flying Pig though.

Shouldn't they be heading toward the Caribbean by now.

GEt south for the good anchorages.

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Not until the hurricane season is over, end of October more or less.

Once you come north for the summer you're stuck here for awhile.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:40:34 GMT, "Sir Thomas of Cannondale"
wrote:

I am confused about the Flying Pig though.

Shouldn't they be heading toward the Caribbean by now.

GEt south for the good anchorages.

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Not until the hurricane season is over, end of October more or less.

Once you come north for the summer you're stuck here for awhile.

It's been an astonishingly quiet hurricane season this year, for the most
part. Must be Global Warming.

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:37:16 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:16:57 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Gogarty" wrote in message
. ..
In article s.com,
llid says...



"Gogarty" wrote in message
...

Well, Wilbur, I made a substantial living as a writer over many
years.
Still manage to rake in a dime or two now and then. But typing is
not
now, never will be and never was one of my skills.


What a hoot! A writer who can't type? Now, that's so dumb it's
beyond
human ken.

How many truck drivers can't steer? How many cowboys can't lasso?
How
many wet nurses can't lactate? How many bartenders can't mix drinks?
How
many airplane pilots can't land? How many talk radio hosts are deaf
mutes?

Get the point? Any writer worthy of the name learns to type.

Wilbur Hubbard

How dreadfully ignorant you are. (Typed with two fingers.)

I don't imagine Shakespeare knew how to type.


Voice recognition software is still not up to par. A good touch typist
can type 80-100 wpm without a single mistake that has to be corrected
later. One spends more time looking for and correcting voice
recognition
software mistakes and omissions than if one simply learned to type and
removed the middle man so to speak.

Anybody typing with two fingers is lazy, stupid or both (unless, of
course, they only have two fingers). Learning to type is a simple
thing.
Anybody can accomplish the task in about a week or two. Anybody who
needs to type (as in a writer) should have enough pride in his work
that
he learns to type and at an advanced rate like 80-100 wpm.

It appalls me that any so-called writer would admit he can't type.
This
is beyond pathetic. I, Wilbur Hubbard, can type 150 wpm. I can
transcribe faster than you can dictate. I can type as fast as I can
think. The problem with transcribing is you don't write well when you
simply transcribe your talk. Writing is not talking. Writing is a
different type of an art form. When I read somebody's writing I
certainly don't want to read his blabbermouthing. And, believe me, I
can
tell the difference. Writing and word processing always ends up
telling
a better tale than a simple-minded narration.

Wilbur Hubbard

Willie boy, you are positively amazing. You can type 150 words per
minute ... I can type as fast as I can think, you say.

So, using your figures you can think at about 150 words per minute, or
about 0.400 seconds, or 400 milliseconds, per word.

As reporting in the May 25 Proceedings of the National Academy of the
Sciences, the speed of thought is around 300 milliseconds. That's how
long it took a volunteer to begin to understand a pictured object.

The speed of thought is not measured in words. Thought happens without
words. If I stick a pin into you there are no words involved with your
realization of pain. You don't have to think "ouch" in order to feel the
pain. So there goes your somewhat convoluted argument.


It appears that your comprehension is 33% lower then normal.

Got you again! What does comprehension have to do with the speed ouf
thought?
Some idiot savant might not be able to pick his nose but he can
caluclate pi to the 39th decimal place in his head. He has no
comprehension at all but he can still think. Again it makes my point
that thinking does not rely on words. Words are just a by-product of
thinking and a clumsy one at that. Add to that clumsiness verbalizing
these words prior to putting them onto paper or the screen and you've
become so inefficient that it's laughable thinking of a somebody like
Gogarthy going through the motions. A 400lb ballerina.

Wilbur Hubbardd

Will boy, I always knew that you were a genius so after you read this
you really should write the National Academy of Sciences and tell them
that they don't know what they are talking about. I'm sure that they
will be excited to know that they were wrong.

As this article is peer reviewed be sure to include your
qualifications as it will make your critique so much more effective.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom)

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:32:56 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

Not until the hurricane season is over, end of October more or less.

Once you come north for the summer you're stuck here for awhile.

It's been an astonishingly quiet hurricane season this year, for the most
part. Must be Global Warming.

Yes but it would be tempting fate a little too much if we started
south early. By staying in the Cheasapeake until late October there
are more places to hide.

Rosalie B. wrote in
:

My mom had one of these typewriters and a Selectric when she died and
I basically threw them away because no one wants one anymore.



Whoa! I have a Selectric! Mine even has a serial interface!...(c;

My favorite typing machine is a huge Olympia office manual machine made
back when Germany built things with precision machining. It is the
smoothest typewriter I ever used. (It also rivals a panzertank in
weight.) You don't have to worry about it sliding across the desk..(c;
I paid $5 for it in a thrift shop about 10 years ago.

I used to own an IBM System 34 computer system, given to me by the
Catholic Church who needed the warehouse space. It came from a textile
mill. I had all the O/S and software for small manufacturing to run on
it. We even found a warehouse with 3-phase 208VAC to plug it into.
Noone thought it would boot. It ran fine and still had the accounting
system data on its hard drives. I had 6 dumb terminals, dual huge hard
drives, 8" floppy drive and the massive chain printer that could eat a
box of Z-fold paper in under an hour, sounding something like a 747
crashing into the trees...(c; Needing the warehouse space, myself, after
the novelty of it wore off, we rolled it unceremoniously into a dumpster
after stripping it of some great parts and huge power supply capacitors.
The dumpster truck struggled to pick it up...(c;

Larry
--
Search youtube for "Depleted Uranium"
The ultimate dirty bomb......

"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et:

Must be Global Warming.


http://www.math.ucr.edu/home/baez/temperature/

In spite of a MOUNTAIN of FACTS, Algore, flying in his private jet to save
the planet, continues on, unflustered by facts.

Larry
--
Earth is NOT sealed in a bubble, but is bombarded by a massive amount of
gas from its nearest star, continuously. Its why all the burning for
millions of years ISN'T choking you to death....

On 2007-09-12 09:28:46 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
said:

I can "hear" a good writer as I read. In fact, when I read a writer I
know and *don't* hear his voice, I know the editor is ham-handed and
should be replaced.

Then you are mentally and probably physically mouthing the words.
Printed words have no sound and should have no sound. They should only
bring forth a mental process. The whole idea of verbal speech in
anathema to written speech. Humans have progressed as far as they have
primaryily due to the written word because it is so much more efficient
and accurate. Writers should realize that fact and use the art of
writing to go where speech cannot go.

Sorry, but I'm reading far faster than your 150 wpm (or even a New
Yorker's speaking pace) with writers who "flow" well.

"Voice" is more than the mechanical sounding out of words. It more
involves the images and emotions invoked by the exact choice and
placement of words, phrases and their cadence.

Why do you think I'm such a successful troll.

Because you're sometimes somewhat entertaining, and sometimes have a
kernel of "truth" buried in the drek -- and sometimes you're so far off
base with a fair enough facility in making it sound reasonable that a
response seems warranted.

Always, you're persistent and voluminous. Do you *ever* get out?

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

On 2007-09-12 13:57:41 -0400, David Scheidt said:

I don't doubt that there are three key combintations that someone who
can type at 120 or 140 wpm that the selectric would lose.

There were.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

On 2007-09-12 13:46:53 -0400, You said:

In article s.com,
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote:

How many airplane pilots can't land?

At least four, that we know of, because they flew into buildings on 9/11
and "Landing" wasn't what they had in mind......... LardHead......

Actually, they *did* land, just not *good* landings ;-)

I don't believe there has been a documented case of a pilot *not*
landing the plane, somehow -- well or poorly.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Larry wrote:
"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et:

Must be Global Warming.


http://www.math.ucr.edu/home/baez/temperature/

In spite of a MOUNTAIN of FACTS, Algore, flying in his private jet to save
the planet, continues on, unflustered by facts.

Good work, Larry. You've posted an article that supports the climate
change theory while implying it doesn't. To quote from your article:

"Of course, 1 Celsius ain't much compared to the 15°-20° Celsius cooling
throughout the Cenozoic - but it's happening fast, and and it's not over
yet! With all the changes the Earth has experienced over its history,
one might think one more change is no big deal. In the long run, yes.
But the future of humanity depends crucially on what happens in the
"short run": the next millennium or two. If we didn't mess around with
the climate, our Earth's climate might remain stable for another
thousand years or more. As it is, we're bringing on more sudden changes."