October 01, 2004

unreliably reliable

UNRELIABLE FACT OF THE DAY
From the Brains Trust
1 October 2004

QWERTY, ANCIENT FORM OF TORTURE
The layout for the modern keyboard is actually based upon an ancient Egyptian game called P'Tempus. The players must try and press the correct pictograms (since replaced by letters) to make a sentence, the fastest one making the sentence wins. Losers were often obliged to cut off their smallest finger if an inaccurate saying was produced. Traditionally used as a trial of manhood or punishment it was put forward as a joke by an amateur egyptologist working for IBM, who sadly died before he could tell anyone he wasn't serious.

as enscribed by the letter b @ October 1, 2004 06:48 AM
yer six pences' worth s'il vous plaît:









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