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I find it interesting to see what keys are worn-down at debit card keypads at locations like Quick Trip. One and two are heavy hitters...<BR>
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To know where I type a lot all I have to do is look for oil from my fingertips. That will show where my fingers rest and what keys I use to death. I guess you could say I have a "well oiled keyboard!"<BR>
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But if my oil stained finger prints are any indicator of what keys I use a lot...the "N" key does see a lot of use! That's kind of a funny thing as I don't think I type that key that often and don't have that letter in my password at present....<BR>
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A quick scan of what I've written in this email reveals that "N" is well used as a character....fascinating...<BR>
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RinL <BR>
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(THERE IT IS AGAIN!!!!) <BR>
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On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 16:27 -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
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RSTLNE, anyone?
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 15:19, Ron Frazier (ALE)
<<A HREF="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</A>> wrote:
> N is one of the most heavily used characters in our language. Those
> used most heavily will, all other things being equal, wear out first. E
> and A are the kings of the usage hill. Curiously, on my keyboard, E is
> fading, but A is not. So, there much be some variation in the quality of
> the paint.
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> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency</A>
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> Sincerely,
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> Ron
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> On 3/20/2012 2:45 PM, Pete Hardie wrote:
>> Curiously, my 'N' is one of the fading ones as well. Says something
>> about our word choice, perhaps.
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>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:30, Lightner, Jeff<<A HREF="mailto:JLightner@water.com">JLightner@water.com</A>> wrote:
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>>> I’m seeing the degradation on my Dell D650 laptop but so far it mainly
>>> affects the N key for no reason I can figure out. However, that is after
>>> 2-3 years of use. At 9 months I’d have to say ASUS is the issue.
>>>
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