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# omfglol!!!!!oneoneone
I'm scared now. These people are allowed on the ninterweb. Marks out of 10 for doofusness?



I've just taken this from the wincustomize website....
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:04, archived)
# i got my icon set from there
its entirely populated by tossers i thought?
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:05, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:07, archived)
# they were designed by a bloke off deviantart
if that makes it marginally better?


edit: if i just inadvertantly called you or anyone else a tosser i apologise... what i meant is that the emoticon count is so high on that site as to leave little room for words much of the time
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:09, archived)
# Morning sexgod.
Are pep or rob about? I'm too lazy to send e-mail.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:11, archived)
# not seen 'em
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:14, archived)
# Which means,
stuff is finished, but I'm AF(my)K.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:15, archived)
# I don't normally read
the comments, and now I know why! Ackshirley, they're not normally that bad.....
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:09, archived)
# si that a screen grab from a windows machine?
if so what skinning thingy have you got on it?
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:10, archived)
# windowblinds - I think I'm
the only bloke I know who doesn't have any problems with it whatsoever, though I've been with 'em since v0.old so maybe its being nice to me :) Also running is ObjectBar and CursorXP with ObjectDock/WindowFX when I can be arsed.

clicky for current desktop in glorious optimised PNG format.
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:15, archived)
# Where are the naked ladies?
(I helped save b3ta! Tart Monkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:19, archived)
#
www.nakedladiesonyourdesktop.com of course!
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:20, archived)
# A likely story.
That.
(I helped save b3ta! Tart Monkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:21, archived)
# that's rather lovely
I'd change now but I know it's just an excuse to keep me from writing
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:21, archived)
# If you've got enough horsepower
and a stable machine (pun not intended :) you can create some stunning effects and keep yer machine as functional as possibule. All the tattyslop boxes and menus look great with dropshadows an' stuff :)
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:29, archived)
# ooooh I like that Idea
I should be alright - I have 2.4Ghz and half a gig - and a radeon 9700 for the graphics
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:39, archived)
#
all toys active :)

Trouble is, ObjectDock is freeware and has memory leaks, but anyhoo.....
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:46, archived)
# that sir
is fantastic
must resist tinkering 'till later
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:48, archived)
# Oh christ
I think I finally snapped

I just tried to use your scroll bar
(I helped save b3ta! Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:05, archived)
# heehee
silly!

night night all ^^
(TeHsPrOuT, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:06, archived)
# Arf!
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:11, archived)
# There is no limit
to human stupidity nor will there ever be a shortage of idiots.

/shakes his head slowly and mourns for the species.
(I helped save b3ta! Ratsta, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:06, archived)
# I always liked the quote
If you build something idiot proof, the world will build a better idiot.

Ne'er a truer word
(I helped save b3ta! Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:08, archived)
# idiots are great.
i get on well with them.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:15, archived)
# xero seems ok
maybe he's single
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:06, archived)
# though he seems to be one of those people
whos desperate tomake their pc a mac when its never gonna be one
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:08, archived)
# xero is the bloke who
designed the skin the comments are about....s'v.nice too.
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:10, archived)
# can't be the xero i know

Not enough of a tosser
(I helped save b3ta! Sack Sack - Norfolks laziest, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:11, archived)
# eep
with all those smileys, they must be expressing a really wide range of emotions!!! ROTFL :) ;) !!!! BORF ROTTLE :P :)
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:06, archived)
# BORK BORK BORK BORK BORK BORK BORK BORK
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:07, archived)
# ROFFLE!!!!!!!!11!!!
GORG BOK!!!! ROTLE CHOK!!!!!!! BROF!!!!!
(i'm going to stop now)
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:09, archived)
# christ.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:06, archived)
# Don't type as many of them next time.
People will think you're a bit weird.
(I helped save b3ta! Tart Monkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:11, archived)
# My dear boy,
what are you doing there?
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:12, archived)
# nowt to do with
me, mate. I don't use upper case :)
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:17, archived)
# Well, I hope you all know what screen beans are....


I would suggest adding this one to your Microsoft Clipart gallery... looks real great on buisness reports, school dance posters, and advertisements for escort services!
(Jnaffzig, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:00, archived)
# well hung?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:01, archived)
# heh
I guess
(Jnaffzig, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:01, archived)
# screen beans are those shitty microsoft clipart guys?
well i never.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:01, archived)
# you missed the words
wanted to see that

out
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:02, archived)
# I wouldn't
either
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:02, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:58, archived)
# is it a frog
on sunburnt norks?
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:01, archived)
# too
subtle?
(I helped save b3ta! Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:01, archived)
# i see it now
argh the fear etc...
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:03, archived)
# FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCK
MY HATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
it's the fear
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:05, archived)
# I'm feeling vaguely
discomforted right now.
(I helped save b3ta! Ratsta, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:04, archived)
# Deer Avenger
(Fragger, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:56, archived)
# eep
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:56, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:58, archived)
# lol
I told you I'd be outdone...
(Jnaffzig, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:59, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Holly Would long wheel based tranny, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:55, archived)
# genius
woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:56, archived)
# lol
Thats great, lol
(Jnaffzig, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:56, archived)
# /snicker
(I helped save b3ta! Ratsta, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:56, archived)
# snicker?
How about some sniggers! Hungry? Why wait...
(Jnaffzig, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:58, archived)
# HAHAHAHAAaaaaaaaaaa...
(I helped save b3ta! DanGleeballs Moist people don't notice spelling errors..., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:57, archived)
# oh, look at me,
i'm a goth, i think it's cool to be sad, so i'm going to listen to sad music and try my best to be really unhappy, i'm such a wonderful idiot.

urm.

sorry.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:57, archived)
# maybe sunshine elephants
going all goth, crack open a fields ofthe nephalim album
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:59, archived)
# *defends self
with polyphonic spree album*
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:00, archived)
# responds with a deft blow from robert smiths hair laquer
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:01, archived)
# *weilds gay dad's second album*
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:04, archived)
# gay dad... they were shit
cowers behind siouxie sioux (however thats spelt)
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:07, archived)
# their website, printed on the album spine
is gay porn now.

hahahah.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:07, archived)
# yaaaaaay!
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:10, archived)
# cheer up
you long haired fucker or I'll send the boys round to beat you happy
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:01, archived)
# sorry,
just ranting about the cunty goths.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:03, archived)
# I know
I just wanted to have a go

having got drunk and told the people on my course what was up with me they now know me as "Bit miserable" which is better than the dislexic kid who they call "Thick"
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:04, archived)
# i almost died laughing at this! it's brilliant
a work of art!
(TeHsPrOuT, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:57, archived)
# Cool
I think that they sell that as "Colourblind Twister", too. :)
(RayRayRay HooHooHoo, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:57, archived)
# Oh aye.
That's fab... titters.
(I helped save b3ta! Tart Monkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:58, archived)
# fantastic

that is all
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:58, archived)
# that's top class
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:04, archived)
# haha!
fantastic... :)
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:16, archived)
# top of the class
brilliant!!!
(I helped save b3ta! lemonhead, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:19, archived)
# That is truly the best i have seen on b3ta
It got me in tears so i give you



if only it could be front paged because it should be
(Sweenster [Lurker Mode Deactivated], Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:24, archived)
# Well there
Inspired by an earlier post, and probably been done before, but it's been too long since I posted and I got a 'shopping urge.

I doubt that I have to tell you what it is.
(RayRayRay HooHooHoo, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:54, archived)
# hehe
woo
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:55, archived)
# ipod?
IPOD? More like a bloody wank machine!

/coat
(I helped save b3ta! Generationgav, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:14, archived)
# I couldn't think of anyhting better to use the pic of the nipple for...
I figure someone will outdo me with the nip pic...

(Jnaffzig, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:53, archived)
# hehe
sicko ;-P
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:54, archived)
# I am so so glad
that you didn't do the obvious with the mouth. :-P
(RayRayRay HooHooHoo, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:54, archived)
# Well, duh...
I was planning on it, but I dont know how racy the board is allowed to get :-P
(Jnaffzig, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:56, archived)
# Not very
as somewhere in the world, someone is reading this at work.
(I helped save b3ta! Ratsta, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:57, archived)
[challenge entry] Mongoid + bond = fun


more mongoid stupidity
(I helped save b3ta! The Neville What what what, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:52, archived)
# awwww
woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:53, archived)
# that is the best gadget anyone could have
other than a remote controlled chair
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:54, archived)
# yay mongoid!
lovely! that's just what this competition needs! ^^;
(TeHsPrOuT, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:00, archived)
# people need to be made aware of the threat posed by



Carrots of mass-destruction
(I helped save b3ta! Sack Sack - Norfolks laziest, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:50, archived)
# hehehe
woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:51, archived)
# I spent minutes waiting for a carrot pun to pop
into my head it didnt happen

wooo
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:57, archived)
# poor, poor pengy


www.pengy.tk
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:47, archived)
# aawwww
poor pengy
well night all :D
(I helped save b3ta! Plomien is Polish for flame, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:49, archived)
# poor poor pengy.
i'm going to have to brush up on my PHP, just for him.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:49, archived)
#
:¬)
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:50, archived)
# it's been about 9 months since i did anything coding related
and my self-taught style has always been bollocks anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:52, archived)
# i thought you were the php man?
(like the music man but not from down my way)
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:54, archived)
# he's been fooling you all.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:56, archived)
# i still believe
my b3ta war survey was the greatest PHP triumph ever built
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:56, archived)
# sargant
the script so far seems to have the makings of something that would make pengy very happy. any chance you can send me the most recent version just for my own education please?
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:00, archived)
# okeydoke
but it's not pretty.
basically the problem is that it works fine, but goes straight into the penultimate page and not the latest page.

textfile source in the original place.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:04, archived)
# ta!
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:08, archived)
# awwww
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:49, archived)
# :'¬'(''
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:51, archived)
# a very complex emoticon.
talk me through it.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:52, archived)
# sad
crying, with a runny nose and dribbling like a spakker?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:53, archived)
# JOEY!
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:55, archived)
# Sniff

Welling up...
(I helped save b3ta! Tart Monkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:53, archived)
# these really are very good...
but i still want a happy one... :(
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:18, archived)
[challenge entry] Sorry bout the file size....
But... it's worth it!!


Isn't it??
(I helped save b3ta! DanGleeballs Moist people don't notice spelling errors..., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:47, archived)
# groan!
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:48, archived)
# those expressions
are the most fantastic things i have ever seen.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:48, archived)
# hehehe
very worth it
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:49, archived)
# its uber fantastic!
Stop with this addictive crap, I have to go!
(Jolly Xmas Jew Lick my silver bells., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:49, archived)
# hehehe
woo
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:50, archived)
# love it
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:50, archived)
# Took me...
Effin ages by the way!!
(I helped save b3ta! DanGleeballs Moist people don't notice spelling errors..., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:51, archived)
# a work
of great beauty
(I helped save b3ta! coco, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:04, archived)
# Well, after 6 hours of b3ta I have to depart!
This site rocks! Can't wait until my return!



Photoshop Gallery
(Jolly Xmas Jew Lick my silver bells., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:47, archived)
# bubi
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:49, archived)
# That news post on your linked site
is a prime example of how B3ta will one day rule the world...
(I helped save b3ta! Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:49, archived)
# I'm all for b3ta!
I can't believe I never knew about it until last night. That is just criminal!
(Jolly Xmas Jew Lick my silver bells., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:50, archived)
# hehehe
welcome too b3ta draw up a kitten
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:32, archived)
# Seems like a nice boy


(Mushy pea, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:44, archived)
# TJ: anyone got any reccomendations for relatively cheap
digital cameras, £75-150
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:46, archived)
# i have a fujifilm finepix A204, comes with 16mb for about £150
the same quality as far more expensive cameras, but they saved money by not shrinking it and it's a little bulky. i love it to bits, though.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:47, archived)
# i shall go poke about
ta
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:51, archived)
# any good for snapping text off of books etc?
my mum is looking for one for research in records offices where they wont let you photocopy
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:53, archived)
# um, it has a macro mode
but it's not good with anything less than perfect light, and it'll need a flash.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:59, archived)
# Haaa haaa haaaa
Very good.
(I helped save b3ta! Tart Monkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:47, archived)
# That's pretty!
Vogue's next super model!
(Jolly Xmas Jew Lick my silver bells., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:48, archived)
[challenge entry] Now double O, I've come up with this one in case your rubber breaks....
(Porkfist, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:44, archived)
# haha
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:46, archived)
# Hell
hell hell hell
Woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Mullet Over, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:46, archived)
# Sick
but funny.

I like
(I helped save b3ta! Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:47, archived)
# fucking
hell

(woo)
(I helped save b3ta! coco, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:48, archived)
# You are a sick man
I think i love you as much as anyone could
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:50, archived)
# lord of the moob???
its time to get them out i feel
(pluke in a giant mechanical pickle, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 1:15, archived)
# Haha
Very funny, me likes a lot!
(I helped save b3ta! xandmi, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 10:05, archived)
# quickie before bed...

took longer than I might have liked
(I helped save b3ta! Koogas, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:41, archived)
# i like the squishy feel of this one.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:42, archived)
# mmmmmmmmmmm
corky!
(I helped save b3ta! Koogas, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:42, archived)
# a corkboard.
badum.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:43, archived)
# corking.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:45, archived)
# Woo!
I didn't notice the letters had changed at 1st. Am I stupid?
(I helped save b3ta! Mullet Over, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:42, archived)
# only if
you havnt realized it by now...
(I helped save b3ta! droogii why stay still when you can roll, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:43, archived)
# <nana moon>
Noticed what darlin'?
(I helped save b3ta! Mullet Over, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:44, archived)
# that F5 key
is in far too good nick
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:44, archived)
# Oooh, little known pooter fact:
That's almost exactly how keyboards on the original typewriters used to be laid out. The problem was, it was so easy to use that typists were able to type too fast and the typewriters got stuck (the old ones where the rod with the letter on bashes the ribbon of ink - the rods got mashed together and stuck). So they mixed up the letters and put commonly used combinations of letters at opposing ends of the keyboard, making it harder to type.
/fact nerd
(I helped save b3ta! Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:46, archived)
# it's true
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:50, archived)
# Not 100% of FACT, I'm afraid...
That's mis-information. It's got something to do with that, but not quite... Google for QWERTY and you'll find it.
(I helped save b3ta! The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:52, archived)
# Ah, here we go:
"For years, popular writers have accused Sholes of deliberately arranging his keyboard to slow down fast typists who would otherwise jam up his sluggish machine. In fact, his motives were just the opposite...

"When Sholes built his first model in 1868, the keys were arranged alphabetically in two rows. At the time, Milwaukee was a backwoods town. The crude machine shop tools available there could hardly produce a finely-honed instrument that worked with precision. Yes, the first typewriter was sluggish. Yes, it did clash and jam when someone tried to type with it. But Sholes was able to figure out a way around the problem simply by rearranging the letters. Looking inside his early machine, we can see how he did it.

"The first typewriter had its letters on the end of rods called "typebars." The typebars hung in a circle. The roller which held the paper sat over this circle, and when a key was pressed, a typebar would swing up to hit the paper from underneath. If two typebars were near each other in the circle, they would tend to clash into each other when typed in succession. So, Sholes figured he had to take the most common letter pairs such as "TH" and make sure their typebars hung at safe distances.

"He did this using a study of letter-pair frequency prepared by educator Amos Densmore, brother of James Densmore, who was Sholes' chief financial backer. The QWERTY keyboard itself was determined by the existing mechanical linkages of the typebars inside the machine to the keys on the outside. Sholes' solution did not eliminate the problem completely, but it was greatly reduced.

"The keyboard arrangement was considered important enough to be included on Sholes' patent granted in 1878, some years after the machine was into production. QWERTY's effect, by reducing those annoying clashes, was to speed up typing rather than slow it down."

From: home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/whyqwert.html
Mmmmmmmmmm, Googlicious
(I helped save b3ta! The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:57, archived)
# OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
edit: piccy
www.mutantwalrus.co.uk/hosted2/niphole.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:31, archived)
# congratulamafacations.
nipples have a lot of nerve endings, you know... not quite like the scrotal sack, eh? ;)
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:32, archived)
# nipple
is most painfue yet
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:33, archived)
# it would be.
are you eventually trying to fill every possible redundant part of your body with metal?

appendix piercing, anyone?
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:34, archived)
# i'm willing
to pierce my kidneys.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:35, archived)
# Well, if you don't want yours,
I can always use a spare.
(goat thinks you're shit, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:36, archived)
# someone in my biology class
fell off a wall and pierced their kidney on a spike 100%fact
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:36, archived)
# what in france were they doing on the wall?
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:37, archived)
# erm... they were about 3 at the time so probably
toddling
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:38, archived)
# They were in a biology class at 3 ?
Bright kid ...
(I helped save b3ta! Hagbard ... it's been a long time., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:41, archived)
# badum



two good scars though one in hisback one in his neck (he got a spike through there as well)
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:42, archived)
# selling garlic
and being nonchalant
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:39, archived)
# and saying
heehawheehawheehaw
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:39, archived)
# and
ekkyekkyekkyputowwww
(TeHsPrOuT, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:43, archived)
# my cousin
got himself impaled on a spike trying to climb over a spikey fence thing.
the idiot.
fortunately he was so fat that it didn't get to any of his organs.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:39, archived)
# oddly enough
someone in my biology class fell off a wall and broke his collarbone

... he was about 14 at the time, mind.
(I helped save b3ta! coco, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:44, archived)
# oh yes plese
damn i thought i'd gone to bed
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:35, archived)
# hehe good man!!!!
you think that fucknig hurts try stretching it up a mil or too

it really hurts far more than getting it peirced....

EDIT: put a bar in it m8 is much more comforatble than a ring... expecially on the first night....
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:34, archived)
# i only use bars
and it's at 1.6mm now, will stretch to 2mm in a few days
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:37, archived)
# yowch
double yowch
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:39, archived)
# id leave it a while m8
or it may scar (probly not bothered... but duly warned.....)

im haing a peircing party at myplace som time just after christmas... a m8 of mine who used to work at london peircing studios is gonna come round and stick a few of my m8s for me

no date yet but if you wanna tag along (and you near kondon) your welcome too
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:39, archived)
# oooh
could be interesting
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:40, archived)
# when i set a date ill let ya know
via msn or 4thur
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:41, archived)
# cheers
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:42, archived)
# where the hell
is kondon?

(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:41, archived)
# It's gotta be darn sarf. Innit. Yeah. Innit.
(Dark_J, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:45, archived)
# Yeah... it would hurt, very sensitive
funniest thing I ever saw was when I went with my mate when he got his nips pierced!
(I helped save b3ta! King Ralph is drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:33, archived)
# <cringe>
:-O
(Dark_J, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:33, archived)
# that'd be an
amazing html tag
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:37, archived)
# Thanks...
I'm working on subtly changing HTML to my own secret specificiaciatiomanananuns.


Then I plan on ruling the world.


Bwuahahahahahahahaha!
(Dark_J, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:40, archived)
# you mean
xhtml?
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:41, archived)
# Er....
Okaaay, then I shall have to hold the world (and Berk's nipple) ransom for one million pounds!

Mwuahahaha! Muuwhahahahaaha!
(Dark_J, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:45, archived)
# That's fucking hilarious.
Have a cookie, and some morphine.
(goat thinks you're shit, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:34, archived)
# *jabs berk's arm*
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:34, archived)
# Argh!
I've got an exam first thing tomorrow... I think I should go to bed and/or revise.
(I helped save b3ta! King Ralph is drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:38, archived)
# King Ralph, 21 age!
But 2:2 academically.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:40, archived)
# you silly silly
sod
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:35, archived)
# Ow ow ow
ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
(I helped save b3ta! Mullet Over, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:40, archived)
# ewwwwwwww
it was fine before the pic...

dont make us suffer as well!
(I helped save b3ta! droogii why stay still when you can roll, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:40, archived)
# Soooooooooooo
glad you posted that edit..

Take it away - Moochos Grassyarse
(I helped save b3ta! Tart Monkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:40, archived)
# i should really stop doing these crappy doodly animation things.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:30, archived)
# Why stop,
they're dead good, what do you use to make them?
(I helped save b3ta! King Ralph is drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:31, archived)
# photoshop and imageready.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:34, archived)
# Ah right
(I helped save b3ta! King Ralph is drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:36, archived)
# nothing exciting really.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:37, archived)
# they're lovely! and they give me an excuse to keep doing the same crap ^^;
me luv spiders! i'm gonna get me a pet spider someday (when i leave home coz my mum is sh*t scared of spiders --;)
(TeHsPrOuT, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:45, archived)
# i tried copying your animation style for a bit
it amused vork greatly.

(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:31, archived)
# tis a most interesting creature.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:34, archived)
# look in my b3ta directory
they all have angry, drunk names to do with beer or killing
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:35, archived)
# haha.
*one of those moods* then.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:37, archived)
# you've nearly completed an orbit around the sun on b3ta
in case you hadn't noticed
(yakmonkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:37, archived)
# i have noticed
it confuses me somewhat, as i know i was posting before then.

i can only assume i was posting as an unregistered.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:39, archived)
# back in the days
when you could
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:40, archived)
# well i assume so
as i took a break from b3ta mid-november last year, but my b3ta birthday is after then.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:41, archived)
# noooo
I love them in a way that's quite unhealthy

really leaving now, bye everyone.
(KnitWit, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:31, archived)
# bye
have fun "rockin' out"
(yakmonkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:35, archived)
# hoooooooooooooooooooray yay yay!
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:31, archived)
# thank you.
unless you're yaying about my possible decision to stop making such things.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:41, archived)
# lovely though
and my repost is now legitmate here:

embiggen
inspired by these fine specimens

edit:your doodly things are quite nice, actually.
(yakmonkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:32, archived)
# AAARRRGGGHHH!
Etc...
(I helped save b3ta! JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:33, archived)
# You need to practice your colouring in.
(goat thinks you're shit, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:32, archived)
# Don't stop
I like them
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:35, archived)
# That am Woo!
I'm going to take this oppertunity to say: Goodnight,

and to say that certain people should enjoy their birthday, be happier, enjoy their new piercing and start sending out their CV in a more friendly manner.
(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:35, archived)
# night night.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:42, archived)
# This site is addictive!
Just need to warn you that I have not been able to stop hitting refresh you blimey bastards! I have important things to do, people to see and pictures to chop. I think I will make a movie of this site :)

click for pic (325K)

Photoshop Pic Link

mod edit: sorry, that's a bit big for the board. please keep the files around 150-200K


(Jolly Xmas Jew Lick my silver bells., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:26, archived)
# ha ha ha
YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE.

That said, I am off to bed now. 'Night all!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:27, archived)
# irony
it's a bit like ironing
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:28, archived)
# with less
danger of burns
(Fellmeister, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:29, archived)
# I dunno...
have you ever seen me iron?
(I helped save b3ta! King Ralph is drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:30, archived)
# g'night
chuckle
(I helped save b3ta! discostu oh my, its back, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:32, archived)
# I feel justified in saying
WTFAYBOA?
(I helped save b3ta! King Ralph is drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:28, archived)
# Once upon a time,
there lived three little pigs.

Then there was bacon.

The end.
(goat thinks you're shit, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:30, archived)
# WTFAYBOA?
Women Tumble From A Yellow Balloon Over America?
(Jolly Xmas Jew Lick my silver bells., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:33, archived)
# Welcome to b3ta...

You'll never leave...
(I helped save b3ta! JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:29, archived)
# repost removed and placed where more legitmate
Welcome aboard B3ta.
The door only opens in.
(yakmonkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:29, archived)
# Thanks...
I fucking hate spiders already.

Now I must FEAR them!
(I helped save b3ta! JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:31, archived)
# repost moved up a thread.
feel free to be traumatized by it there.
(yakmonkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:34, archived)
# right.
I'll take this opportunity to say goodbye. I'm off to see some bands and do some much needed rockin' out.
(KnitWit, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:29, archived)
# My bad!
Dough it was my first of probably a few b3ta ani's :P
(Jolly Xmas Jew Lick my silver bells., Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:30, archived)
# Hummus levels sinking...
(I helped save b3ta! Jinxx has been away a long time, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:20, archived)
# woo
clever
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:21, archived)
# domolicious!
made this for someone else, but i can use it if i want.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:21, archived)
# iDomo
woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Jinxx has been away a long time, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:21, archived)
# its taking over my desktop!!!
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:30, archived)
# Oi!
i d0 b3l13v3 j00 5p34n7 700 much $ 0n 7h47 c453, 3v3n 1f 17 15 1337...
(I helped save b3ta! droogii why stay still when you can roll, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:37, archived)
# endless domo!
just what I needed tonight
thank you sir :)
(KnitWit, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:22, archived)
# yay for infinite domos!
(yakmonkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:22, archived)
# aargh!
I feel dizzysick!

(but woo nonetheless)
(I helped save b3ta! Jinxx has been away a long time, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:23, archived)
# sorry
i just noticed if you keep looking at it,
eventually the legs and heads will seem
to be going in opposite directions.

it hurt my brain.
(yakmonkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:24, archived)
# can you make it into a
screensaver?

I want to see if I can make someone throw up with it :D
(I helped save b3ta! Jinxx has been away a long time, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:25, archived)
# i can not allow that i am sorry*
i am sorry.


*by "can not allow" i mean "be arsed to do"
(yakmonkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:29, archived)
# oooh
that's hypnotic
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:23, archived)
# blimey
the heads go one way... the legs the other...
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:23, archived)
# no,
that's just your acid kicking in
(I helped save b3ta! Jinxx has been away a long time, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:24, archived)
# see above reply
for a mindpissery moment
(yakmonkey, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:24, archived)
# is it strange
that I imagine merry-go-round music with that?
(KnitWit, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:26, archived)
# 896,345
I tried counting them.






My eyes hurt....


(Dark_J, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:27, archived)
# Spot the Domo (and friends...)

Big up
I'm lacking hummus too, hence this repost
(I helped save b3ta! JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:26, archived)
# It is great though
ooops, bedtime !
(I helped save b3ta! koit WWW.HIGHASAKOIT.CO.UK, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:33, archived)
# that's fantastick!
LOVE IT! *has found svenno, domo, no hands, smug bastard, chump man bear, furtive, fluffy and the fear!*

edit: and the quo!

edit2: and mr. pedantic!

edit3: and is it real?

edit4: and the beatles!

edit5: AND WALLY AND HIS DOG AND HIS GURLFRIEND!!
(TeHsPrOuT, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:48, archived)
# Navy girls . . .
Have a way of letting you know what they want


(I helped save b3ta! Tabazan - Stoneage Dinosaur, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:19, archived)
# NUCLEAR SUBMARINES!!!!!!
(pluke in a giant mechanical pickle, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:21, archived)
# They want
a fuzzy bomb?
(I helped save b3ta! King Ralph is drunk, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:22, archived)
# Just because they have a way . .
Doesn't mean it's very clear :)

(I helped save b3ta! Tabazan - Stoneage Dinosaur, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 0:23, archived)
# Australian
bombs?
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 19:05, archived)

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