-------------------------------------------- On Fri, 5/2/14, Knapp <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] On the testing bandwagon... To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com Date: Friday, May 2, 2014, 12:49 PM On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote: -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 5/2/14, Knapp <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] On the testing bandwagon... To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com Date: Friday, May 2, 2014, 12:07 PM This sound to me much like the plas to make Pi equal to 3 by legislative fiat. Rehards, Andy -- More like changing from Pi to Tau or qwerty to Dvorak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ofi_L6eAo -- Douglas E Knapp ----------------------------------------------------------------- Funny how Dvorak never really caught on. I recall when it was so highly touted that 'qwerty' was seen as a soon-to-be forgotten relic. I type Dvorak and LOVE it but I don't expect it to ever take over. Anyone can use it on any computer without even having to pay. It makes typing feel like you have psychic powers. I would expect typing to die out within 20 years for most people as voice tech becomes much better. I am sure that some will continue with typing but only the pros of certain fields. -- Douglas E Knapp -------------------------------------------------------------- Although I don't use it myself, I've observed just about every version of that 'Dragon' voice-to-print app & I've definitely noticed that it's vastly improved. On a side note, I read an article a few years back that stated that schools are no longer teaching children to write in cursive! Getting back to Trav, I remember reading a world write-up a long time ago (could've even been MT) where I encountered the term 'post-literate society'. At the time I thought, "what the heck", but after cogitating for a while I figured that if there was universal access to various & insundry electronic devices, writing itself could actually become obsolete. Right after that, while maintaining a commercial large-scale laser printer, I came upon instruction brochures w/ only a minimum amount of legally required printing (almost all were mandatory warnings). All the actual instructions/directions were indicated by graphics, some of which were a bit of a challenge to decipher. I couldn't help but think that things were progressing much faster than I had anticipated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
