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If You Hit Two Keys On The Keyboard, The One You Don't Want Will Get To The Screen First.
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Stefan Posthuma
If you hit two keys on the keyboard, the one you don't want
will get to the screen first.
Related:
DeVries's Dilemma: If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.
If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper. -- DeVries' Dilemma
DeVries' Dilemma: If you hit two keys on the typewriter, the one you don't want hits the paper.
pace-cadet keyboard n. A now-legendary device used on MIT LISP machines, which inspired several still-current jargon terms and influenced the design of EMACS.
It was equipped with no fewer than seven shift key...
quadruple bucky n. obs. 1. On an MIT space-cadet keyboard, use of all four of the shifting keys (control, hyper, and super) while typing a character key.
2. On a Stanford or MIT keyboard in raw mode, use of four shift keys while typing a fifth character, where the four shift keys are the control and meta keys on both sides of the keyboard....
quadruple bucky: n., obs. 1. On an MIT {space-cadet keyboard}, use of all four of the shifting keys (control, meta, hyper, and super) while typing a character key.
2. On a Stanford or MIT keyboard in {raw mode}, use of four shift keys while typing a fifth character, where the four shift keys are the control and meta keys on *both* sides of the keyboard....