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Member since:2005-07-06
Ooh, look, it's another myth:
http://www.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/keys1.html
Or since that's quite long and you might be in a hurry, here's Cecil of The Straight Dope's summary:
"Baloney, say the authors of the article you enclose, S.J. Liebowitz and Stephen Margolis. They point out that (1) the research demonstrating the superiority of the Dvorak keyboard is sparse and methodologically suspect; (2) a sizable body of work suggests that in fact the Dvorak offers little practical advantage over the QWERTY; (3) at least one study indicates that placing commonly used keys far apart, as with the QWERTY, actually speeds typing, since you frequently alternate hands; and (4) the QWERTY keyboard did not become a standard overnight but beat out several competing keyboards over a period of years. Thus it may be fairly said to represent the considered choice of the marketplace."
FAT was chosen for sensible technical reasons. It represents a compromise, but so would choosing a Linux native filesystem. Neither is the ideal solution - there is no ideal solution.
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2005-07-25
The most error-susceptible file system in the world of computing is to be relied on for something like this? That's reason number one to not buy one of these. i'm appalled at how FAT continues to thrive on removable media products (other than CD/DVD, obviously).
where are all of our standards organizations where file system choices are involved? there are so many options that are free and open. start using them!
this is like reminding people that the USA uses the QWERTY layout because designers were trying to slow down typists so that the hammers wouldn't get jammed.
"What? What do you mean? Hammers? What's a type writer?"