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Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 29 October 2010, 14:28:21

Evil ****ers (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/10/messing-with-typists-reveals-two-level-error-correction-in-brain.ars).  I bet this is what was wrong with Welly's Zero.


Just kidding, Welly. Hugz.

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: Fwiffo on Fri, 29 October 2010, 15:22:53

I've noticed that the most common transposition error for me is when a word ends in a left-handed key, I switch it with the following space, which I type with my right hand, particularly if the word ends in a 't' or an 'a'. I guess I'd do it with 'z' and 'q' also, but words that end with those letters are rare. Fairly often I erroneously repeat a 't' after the space after a word that ends in 't' (e.g. "that thas").

I would be very surprised to see transposed letters that are on the same hand. I managed to produce a "teh" and a "hadn" while typing the last sentence (and just now a "whiel") but would be surprised to produce a "surprisde" unless I had recently acquired alien hand syndrome.

But my "inner loop" seems to be aware of many of these errors because I'll often correct them even if I can't see what I'm typing.

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: wellington1869 on Fri, 29 October 2010, 16:27:31

meh, revisionist history. been there, seen that.

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: ch_123 on Fri, 29 October 2010, 16:32:27

Here's some beta builds. (http://avidemux.razorbyte.com.au/)

I've definitely used a Windows port of Avidemux for some rudimentary video editig I needed to do a year or two ago. It is possible that they're focusing on a new version, and haven't got it stable on Windows yet.

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: Daniel Beaver on Fri, 29 October 2010, 16:58:36

ch_123: I don't know if that was a joke or not. If it was, major props.

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: wellington1869 on Fri, 29 October 2010, 17:06:30

Quote from: Daniel Beaver;240301

ch_123: I don't know if that was a joke or not. If it was, major props.

no he posted in the wrong thread.  not that i'm complaining. thanks for the link ch.

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 01 November 2010, 07:31:36

Quote from: ripster;240276

Now at Geekhack we'd blame Costar.  If the Democrats lose the House I'm blaming Costar.

Transposition errors in the voting machines... hmm.  Maybe Texas could go blue for a change.

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 01 November 2010, 11:32:59

Coming out of a very long lecture, I read the title of this thread and thought "Wow, whoever opened this thread spells like a retard..."

A seconds later, I suddenly realized that it was I who was in fact the retard.

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 01 November 2010, 11:42:34

Nah, you're right.  I just skipped the spell-check.

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: Rajagra on Mon, 01 November 2010, 20:03:10

Title: Trnaspostoin Erorrs
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 02 November 2010, 06:58:42

That. Is. Epic.