For all you Aggies...

[Divided Attention]

WHOOP! to TAM!

While not officially and Aggie, I am an Aggie Sympathizer!

[The Mad Moderate]

Hey TAM. Did you hear about the Aggie at the stop sign? Well, he's still there.

[fickman]

Tradition, because QWERTY was used on typewriters and it is what everybody was already used to.

Also, because there wasn't a distinct transition from Typewriters to computer keyboards.
Manual Typewriter, electric typewriter, IBM Selectric typewriter, teletype, keypunch, built-in computer keyboard, separate computer keyboard. And each used the QWERTY layout.

The first computer I ever used, an IBM 1620 used an electric typewriter that was mechanically controlled to print output, and had sensors attached to each key for input.

Besides being laid out to prevent the keys from jamming when typing fast, the QWERTY layout had one other nice feature. . . all of the letters for "TYPEWRITER" are on the top row. The salesmen appreciated that and it was good for business. Legend says the designer tweaked the final arrangement of the letters with this in mind. . . but whether he did or not, it was probably a feature that helped the QWERTY format become established over the first 100 years of its existence.

Why would that be an advantage to the salesmen, or anybody for that matter?

Going back to the late 1800's and early 1900's, a lot of salesmen were pitching the technology to people who had never seen one before. Few people could touch type, and the salesmen would type "TYPEWRITER" to demonstrate the functionality. Using a hunt-and-peck method of typing during a sales pitch, the salesmen found it handy to have all of the letters easy to find on the top row. I'd guess that this format also made it accessible for the customers-to-be who may have never used a keyboard to type "TYPEWRITER" on their own - being able to quickly find the letters. Putting the equipment in the customer's hands and evoking a quick positive emotional experience is a useful tool in sales.

I doubt that this influenced the design, but I would imagine it was a nice benefit that helped establish the QWERTY format as a norm over the first 50 years.

It's similar to control+alt+delete. . . it was originally a tool for developers in the early days of PCs to use when their systems hung or they needed to reboot, but salesmen learned about it and found it handy when installing software or doing a live demonstration for customers. . . so it rapidly popularized and stuck around once everybody was used to it.

[Bulldog1911]

What do you call an Aggie, two weeks after graduation?

An Aggie!!!

[OldCurlyWolf]

Just wanted to make you all sick and show you my new keyboard...

GreatestKeyboardEver.jpg

It takes a sick mind to be a TeaSipper.



What does a TeaSipper call an Aggie 4 years after graduation?










BOSS!!!!

[SQLGeek]

As somebody with no particular loyalty, I find the UT / TAMU feuds quite amusing...especially with TT being the red-headed step child of the bunch (or Ralph Nader if you will).

[The Mad Moderate]

As somebody with no particular loyalty, I find the UT / TAMU feuds quite amusing...especially with TT being the red-headed step child of the bunch (or Ralph Nader if you will).

I hate how TT always plays spoiller to either the Hornz or the aggies every other season.

[gwashorn]

Need to straighten a few things out.
First, it is spelled AGGIE.... ALL CAPS
Second, it is Texas University. Ask any AGGIE cause it ain't THE... University OF Texas....
Third, TT is not acknowledged....
Forth, I can't believe no one has stood up for Cougar High!!
Fifth, she ain't an AGGIE Girl, she is a MAGGIE...
That should do it.. Thanks TAM!

[A-R]

Forth, I can't believe no one has stood up for Cougar High!!

I went to UH. Then I got wise and married an Aggie. Nuff said

[gwashorn]

Forth, I can't believe no one has stood up for Cougar High!!

I went to UH. Then I got wise and married an Aggie. Nuff said

LOL.... I like that!!!

[WickedOwl]

Egads! Somebody vomited on that keyboard!

When I saw the title, I knew...

[SQLGeek]

Second, it is Texas University. Ask any AGGIE cause it ain't THE... University OF Texas....
!

Has the UT system been informed of this change?

[67N20]

DATE: November 25, 2010
LOCATION: DKR, Texas Memorial Stadium
RESULTS: AGGIES: 24 longhorns: 14

End of discussion.

[UpTheIrons]

DATE: November 25, 2010
LOCATION: DKR, Texas Memorial Stadium
RESULTS: AGGIES: 24 longhorns: 14

End of discussion.

Sure, if you want to ignore this little nugget:
Texas is 75-37-5 all-time against Texas A&M, including 42-19-2 on Thanksgiving Day.