Re: Weren't "Daily Show" and "Colbert" very much scripted?




"Pete B" <xxxh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <4787a3bc$0$36373$742ec2ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, patty1
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In article <MPG.21f16ff4febe20a598b85b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Pete B <xxxh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <kL2dncKnjdLmRxvanZ2dnUVZ_ternZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
kwicker1b_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx says...

Colon = shift + semi-colon.

Colon = shift + period

You've said that twice now. Do you have a strange keyboard, or
are you just trying to have some "fun"?

Just how it is on this keyboard - don't know that it should be strange.


This is the Qwerty keyboard we're using:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Qwerty.svg

On our keyboards the keys are laid out

1234567890-=
qwertyuiop[]\
asdfghjkl;'
zxcvbnm,./

Notice the semi-colon on the 3rd row from the top next to the "l".

Standard typing places your right fingers on the "j", "k", "l" and ";" keys.

Holding the shift key down while hitting the keys results in:

!@#$%^&*()_+
QWERTYUIOP{}|
ASDFGHJKL:"
ZXCVBNM<>?

Notice the colon next to the "L".

The semi-colon and colon are on the same key.

Meanwhile the period is on the fourth row, next to the comma. The period and
right bracket aka greater-than symbol are on the same key.

I know some laptop keyboards shift some keys around, but usually leave the
four rows of the qwerty keys alone. Notice I did not try to include the
backspace, enter tab, caps lock or shift keys because they do vary so much
in keyboard layouts.

-- Typographical Ken from Chicago


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