From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:16:46 -0500, "Gary Wiltshire"
 wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:13:02 -0500, Phil Payne
> wrote:
>
>>> > Pure numeric data capture on clean well-prepared forms.  Perfect
>> conditions.
>>> > Ready for it?
>>
>>> > She managed 25,200 correct key depressions in an hour.
>>
>>> I had mine measured not long ago. It's less than a 1/3 of that, and I
>>> consider myself pretty quick.
>>
>> Remember - pure numeric on a numeric keypad with one hand while turning
>> documents with the other.  There's almost no hand movement involved.
>>
>>
>I was amused watching a telegraph operator defeat the world's cellphone
>texting champion on Leno (or was it Letterman?)

That was Leno.  I think someone here posted a link to the video (I still
have it here....as a ham operator - same as the two gentlemen involved with
the code portion - I found it quite interesting ).

Doug

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