Comments on: 3 Noteworthy Typing Feats

By: Lucas

Lucas — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:40:11 +0000

Is Robert Shields the inspiration for Twitter?

By: staticage002

staticage002 — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:38:10 +0000

His texting record was blown out of the water when Swype was invented for Windows Mobile (now popularized on Android-based phones). The same passage was typed in 25.94 seconds at a speed of approximately 58 WAMs.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:30:51 +0000

Of course, texting is super-impratical compared to the word average of a typical telegraph operator.

http://mylifedock.com/good-old-telegraph-beats-texting

It would have been interesting if you had contrasted these fairly worthless examples of typing prowess with someone who did it for a living. Walter B. Gibson who wrote over 300 Shadow novels in 30 years (while also writing the newspaper strips and working on other freelance assignments) wrote approximately 10,000 words a day, and sometimes had to stop between novels because his fingers were bleeding.

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:20:39 +0000

but….why?

why did Robert Shields and Les Stewart type all that for so long?

maybe it was a compulsion, because i can’t fathom the purpose of it all.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:28:43 +0000

Wow! Great, fascinating read. David, I LOVE your posts. Keep them coming please.

By: nursie

nursie — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:56:11 +0000

wow!!!! it’s no wonder this guy had a stroke!!!! those meds he was on–hypertension, angina, arthritis, pad; and eating stouffer’s sodium laden tv dinners!!! where’s a dietician when you need one!!

By: The Other Brian

The Other Brian — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:03:53 +0000

While Les Stanford’s achievement is noteworthy, mathematics profesors are probably shaking their heads at the incorrect usage of “and”.

Where he says: “Nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine”, every occurrence of “and” is incorrect.

When writing or saying numbers, “and” should be used in place of a decimal point, not within the integer itself.

btw, my reCAPTCHA: $62,103.47 amend