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donjosephus
10/15/09

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Where is his Wiki page at?
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psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
10/15/09

@donjosephus: Time for you to contribute something to the human collective. #typewriter
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P3nnst8r
10/15/09

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Man, that show's so white. #typewriter
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
10/15/09

In reply to Witness Ron "Typewriter" Mingo In Action
160 words? Dayum! On a manual typwriter? Shoot! 25-30 jobs? That's whack! #typewriter
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bradly2795
10/15/09

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"And I always tell them....Hard work...Hard Work...(one hand typing skills) Hard work..."

This video is classic. Why can't we all strive to make music with our keyboards these days. #typewriter
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psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
10/15/09

@bradly2795: They're already made to break on their own, and you want to get them there faster? #typewriter
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ripfire
10/15/09

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Wow! #typewriter
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Benguin
10/15/09

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All that Guitar Hero paid off. #typewriter
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FriarNurgle
10/15/09

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Ming approves of Mingo #typewriter
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bosskev
07/14/09

In reply to Musical Typewriter Makes Your Annoying Poetry Double As Annoying Music
Random, yes, but put enough monkeys at these things and eventually you'll get the equivalent of Beethoven. Or at least a Yoko Ono instrumental.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/14/09

@bosskev: Beethoven maybe, but never Yoko. The percussion would never be in time with the music like that.
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i heart bacon hub
07/14/09

@bosskev: And when they all die of starvation, it'll be the same as playing a piece by John Cage...
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maven2k
07/14/09

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We had 2 IBM Selectric Typewrites here in our office. Those things were serious machines. My dad called them "boat anchors" because they weighed a ton. The last one finally bit the dust not too long ago, but I remember when I was a kid it was amazing to watch that ball move so fast you couldn't even see it and the letters appear on the page. They also had some power behind them and could type through many layers of carbon paper or even carbonless papers. The one secretary said tehy were like a machine gun. Anyway, they were pretty damn cool and believe it or not we still use typewrites in teh office for certain things that I just don't know how you would do without them.
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nwaasob
07/14/09

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I still have a typewriter, and I suspect that I always will. Granted, I go about 5 years between uses but it's still there, taking up little room so I haven't yet rid myself of it.

On the other side of things, I credit a typewriter with really getting me into technology. I worked in an office when I was 16 and every month we would hook the office computer up to the typewriter that had a parallel port and print to the typewriter. I thought it was the coolest damned thing I had ever seen. A dork was born.
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renet123
07/14/09

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we should have a USB Typewriter, one that types on the screen, and types on a piece of paper.. thats innovative right? .. (ttyl, on my way to the patent office)
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92BuickLeSabre
07/14/09

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The last memory I have of using a typewriter is filling out applications for college.

Making sure everything was lined up correctly. Photocopying the application and typing out sample drafts to make sure everything fit correctly.

When I left home, I left the typewriter behind.

Great piece.
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drewls
07/14/09

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Heh...I learned to type on that exact same model typewriter.
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AnielaBestia
07/14/09

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I too cut my teeth on typewriters. First a Royal full-manual typewriter, while in my sophomore year of high school (1980) and then on to an IBM Selectric III: a fantastic machine.

Maybe it's a midlife crisis, but I purchased a very good condition IBM Selectric II last year. I bang out the occasional letter on it just for the joy of listening to the machinery hum and whirl and the clack of the ball striking the paper.
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LoganGeben
07/14/09

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Nice visit to the past.

I was finishing up college in '79 and I had a then very modern Smith Corona electric with a cartridge-type ribbon/film and correction film feature. Aqua and cream paint job, nearly silent motor, but you could tell when it was switched "on".

My grandfather took me to the store/repair shop where "our" WWI vet worked and bought it for me.

Make a mistake, you swapped the cartridges, made the correction, and swapped them back. Not as easy as a Selectric, but miles ahead of the conventional competition. No dirty fingers, ever.

I also used "word processing software", namely a laminated 8.5x11 sheet of paper with a 6.5x9 black rectangle printed on it. You put that behind the sheet of paper you were typing on and your "one inch margins" would be clearly visible through your type sheet.

This thing got me through college and I kept using it when I went to work. It was way better than the portables issued by my company.

Haven't used it in quite a while, but I still have it to this day.

Because you never know...
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