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Title: Words Per Minute
Post by: njames89 on March 24, 2017, 06:00:52 pm
Found a website to test your words per minute typing skill.

http://typing-speed-test.aoeu.eu/

Post your top score!

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Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Xant on March 24, 2017, 06:26:30 pm
Mine was around 160 WPM last time I tried
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: mcdeath on March 24, 2017, 06:31:54 pm
Woah! I have the same speed as you
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Thats totally wacky
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: njames89 on March 24, 2017, 06:35:12 pm
Quote from: mcdeath on March 24, 2017, 06:31:54 pm
Woah! I have the same speed as you
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Thats totally wacky

Nicely done mcdeath!

Quote from: Xant on March 24, 2017, 06:26:30 pm
Mine was around 160 WPM last time I tried

Damn...
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Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Jona on March 24, 2017, 06:39:37 pm
Nothing beat typeracer back in the day.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Leshma on March 24, 2017, 07:02:25 pm
try one handed
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Zergmar on March 24, 2017, 07:10:52 pm
I give up

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Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Gravoth_iii on March 24, 2017, 07:11:20 pm
Typing of the dead, anyone? That game is sick.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Ikarus on March 24, 2017, 07:33:52 pm
I never learned the 10-finger-system, it´s pretty much a 6-8 finger system here. Still, I expected worse

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Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Jona on March 24, 2017, 09:50:01 pm
Quote from: Ikarus on March 24, 2017, 07:33:52 pm
I never learned the 10-finger-system, it´s pretty much a 6-8 finger system here. Still, I expected worse

7 finger system best system. Fuck the pinkies, those lil digits don't even lift and probs can't even depress your average key if they wanted to. And no one needs two thumbs to hit spacebar, so 7 it is.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Xant on March 24, 2017, 11:07:26 pm
Quote from: Ikarus on March 24, 2017, 07:33:52 pm
I never learned the 10-finger-system, it´s pretty much a 6-8 finger system here. Still, I expected worse

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I don't use the 10-finger system either, you don't need it for 150+ WPM. When typing at my fastest, I only use 4 fingers or so. When typing leisurely (~120 WPM), around 7-8. At my fastest I type at ~175 WPM, but keeping that up for 60 seconds when typing words you're reading is next to impossible, it takes a lot of focus just to keep the words in correct order in your mind.


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This doesn't feel particularly fast to me, but at over 140 WPM it's less about how fast you can type and more about how well the program works (it gets buggy at highest WPMs and the graphics are delayed) and how fast you can read without mentally tripping over yourself.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: LordBerenger on March 24, 2017, 11:50:25 pm
Got 389. Was a few derps where I mispressed some keys bad. Could've probably gotten 400-ish if not.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Leshma on April 08, 2017, 09:42:17 pm
Do you guys know what is the reason behind QWERTY layout? Type writers that were based on regular alphabet layout used to jam a lot because people were writing too fast and technology wasn't reliable enough. Manufacturer, in order to solve that issue invented layout that will slow down people which results in less broken type writers. Somehow this design became standard and carried over electronic keyboards.

We have recent communism vs capitalism discussion where we criticized communism. Guess what, basic principles of capitalism tend to produce crap and that crap sticks for centuries. Inferior tech? No problem as long it brings more profit...
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Gurgumul on April 08, 2017, 11:33:56 pm
I got 261 CPM (52 WPM). I'm not writing the "proper" way where you use all ten of your fingers or whatever. Most of the time I use only the first two fingers of my hands + left thumb for space , rarely the ring fingers and almost never the pinkies. It's just a "natural" system that I (and probably most other people) have developed before I found out about the "proper" way.

Quote from: Leshma on April 08, 2017, 09:42:17 pm
Do you guys know what is the reason behind QWERTY layout? Type writers that were based on regular alphabet layout used to jam a lot because people were writing too fast and technology wasn't reliable enough. Manufacturer, in order to solve that issue invented layout that will slow down people which results in less broken type writers. Somehow this design became standard and carried over electronic keyboards.

We have recent communism vs capitalism discussion where we criticized communism. Guess what, basic principles of capitalism tend to produce crap and that crap sticks for centuries. Inferior tech? No problem as long it brings more profit...

Now that we have digital keyboards that don't jam, it would be far better to transition into the OG fast layout. People who are already used to QWERTY would probably remain with the old layout, but children should only work with the optimal layout (DVORAK?) so that future generations can abandon QWERT completely, probably wouldn't be that hard to accomplish.

Another "wrong" but widely accepted system is the decimal system. It was originally designed for dumb peasants and children (ten fingers - ten digits) because it's easy to learn. But duodecimal (base 12) is better because you can divide 12 by 2, 3, 4, 6, whereas you can only divide 10 by 2 and 5 (inb4 nerds with their smart definitions and shit). A quarter of 10 is 2.5 - not round, "ugly" number. A third of 10 is 3.(3) - even worse. A quarter and third of 12 are nice numbers.

Another thing that bugs me is rpm on car tachometers. Why would anyone choose revs per minute over revs per second? It's kind of counter-intuitive because car engines usually spin relatively super fast, so why would you need a "long, slow" unit like minute. For example, 6000 rpm is equal to 100 rps, and rps is much better because (1) it uses less digits (2) it immediately tells you how fast the engine is spinning, much easier to imagine. If your engine idles at 900 rpm, it doesn't really tell you a lot. But if you calculate it to 15 rps, you start to see that even when idling, car engines rev pretty fast. Same goes for rapid firing guns.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Gravoth_iii on April 09, 2017, 12:01:15 am
Huh, from what ive heard they changed it to QWERT because it is better spread for both hands to type on.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Leshma on April 09, 2017, 04:15:55 am
https://waa.ai/jrir
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Xant on September 19, 2017, 07:50:00 pm
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If you can't beat or equal 100% of all I don't think much of you


http://typing-speed-test.aoeu.eu/?lang=en

Fastest speed on this tiny keyboard I can get to is 190 but eventually at that speed I'll trip up during 60 seconds and then the correction takes longer than typing 4-5 words so it's not sustainable when typing someone else's words. And I use 4-5 fingers to type, 10 finger system is a scam
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Asheram on September 20, 2017, 12:34:04 am
Is this like secretary school?
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Jacaroma on September 20, 2017, 01:02:52 am
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Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Ikarus on September 20, 2017, 01:15:21 am
good old runescape

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Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Paul on September 20, 2017, 09:40:03 am
That awkward moment when Xant realizes that he wasted hours on training a work-related skill.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Xant on September 20, 2017, 06:29:27 pm
Quote from: Paul on September 20, 2017, 09:40:03 am
That awkward moment when Xant realizes that he wasted hours on training a work-related skill.
Well, obviously, I didn't "train" it, that'd be too close for comfort to work already.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: IR_Kuoin on September 20, 2017, 06:45:15 pm
If you can't crank out this bad boi in 1 test without any failures you're a loser and should get your slow old man fingers checked.
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Xant on September 20, 2017, 06:58:00 pm
Quote from: IR_Kuoin on September 20, 2017, 06:45:15 pm
If you can't crank out this bad boi in 1 test without any failures you're a loser and should get your slow old man fingers checked.
It might not be genetically possible for all the noobs in the world...

"According to Teresia Ostrach, president of Five Star Staffing, half the population lacks the finger dexterity to type faster than 50 WPM"
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Son Of Odin on September 21, 2017, 12:55:54 pm
Meanwhile at Xant's house:

Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Xant on September 21, 2017, 06:47:16 pm
Quote from: Son Of Odin on September 21, 2017, 12:55:54 pm
Meanwhile at Xant's house:

Fake news, I have a mechanical keyboard and it just makes me type slower
Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: The_Bloody_Nine on September 21, 2017, 11:19:18 pm
This made me install crimsonland again. http://store.steampowered.com/app/262830/Crimsonland/

Nice little game for short time fun and has a game mode where you shoot aliens by typing words.

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Title: Re: Words Per Minute
Post by: Beauchamp on September 25, 2017, 07:29:36 pm
423 (85 wpm)

3rd try... :)))