March 06, 2005

The answer to the aoeu/asdf riddle

Posted at March 6, 2005 10:30 PM in Personal .

I promised everyone an answer to the "aoeu" message, and gave the clue it began with D. The full answer is "Dvorak" because I use the Dvorak key layout. If you hit the keys that makes asdf on Qwerty but are using the Dvorak layout, you get aoeu. :)

I just needed some text for a message, which was supposed to go only to me, so I used my left hand to quickly generate some text. So despite popular opinion, I really hadn't gone insane. Better luck next time! (I think... insanity is a good thing, right?)

Comments

"I just needed some text for message, which was supposed to go only to me"

I believe they say talking to yourself is the first sign
>:-)

Posted by warpoc at March 7, 2005 07:20 PM

should have made everyone keep guessing... :-)

Posted by at March 8, 2005 01:06 PM

Ah. Dvorak. Can you still type efficiently on a QWERTY if forced to? If so, that makes you bi-fingeral. :)

Posted by bobad at March 14, 2005 06:42 PM

Indeed I can! In fact, I typed this response in QWERTY, and didn't really struggle to do so. You know what's really weird? I am faster at QWERTY on keyboards that I don't regularly use... must be some sort of mental associative thing with the feel of my keys.

Posted by Kevin at March 14, 2005 10:24 PM

Yea it is, Lol Ive had a few keyboards and im happy with my ergonimic QWERTY at the moment, and yet i still manage to type faster on keyboards that i dont reguarly use but are cheap and junky etc.. :)

Posted by Anonymous at March 15, 2005 10:34 AM
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