Re: Re: God Himself has set the change from Qwerty to Dvorak as His Challenge

If you have something to say about keyboards, say it.

Leave your other junk to your Web sites. It has no place here.

--Keith

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 18:50, Gregory G <[email protected]>wrote:

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> I am your God and I work in mysterious ways.
>
> In case you missed it I am involved in many things none more important than
> exposing the anti-Christ Ronald Reagan to the public.
>
> However that was easy compared to the challenge of seeing to it billions of
> keyboards are changed from Qwerty to Dvorak. The stakes are high and the
> amount saved runs into multiple trillions of Dollars each year.
>
> For the Reagan story visit my main web site http://LightoftheWorld.com
>
> Just finished revamping the about me page and added a store where you can
> buy promotional products on the resources page http://YesWeCanDvorak.
>
> --- In [email protected] <altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>,
> accessys@... wrote:
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> >
> > well while I am all for Dvorak I think there are many many more important
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> > things for my God to be involved in than the keyboard I type on.
> >
> >
> > Bob
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> >
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Jan 2011, Gregory G wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:02:14 -0000
> > > From: Gregory G <gregory@...>
>
> > > Reply-To: [email protected]<altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > To: [email protected] <altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [altkeyboards] Re: God Himself has set the change from Qwerty
> to
> > > Dvorak as His Challenge
> > >
> > > Just finished building the Yes. We can Dvorak promotional store will
> link it to the main sites YesWeCanDvorak.com and LightoftheWorld.com in a
> few minutes.
> > >
> > > To Giles Orr and the rest of the group: There are some things that you
> just can't allow freedom of choice over. The best example of this is when
> congress switched the television transmission to high definition, you either
> had to buy a converter box or a new television you were not given any choice
> but you were given ample notice of the change. And, the switch cost at
> miminimum 25 to 75 dollars for the converter box.
> > >
> > > Again this is critical so what I am proposing is that Congress require
> dual labeling of all new full size keyboards and mandatory relabeling of all
> devices that are to small to handle dual labeling or if you still insist on
> choice require that manufacturers offer Dvorak keyboard alternatives. Yes it
> is not the preferred way but something has to be done and I've committed
> myself to seeing that it happens.
> > >
> > > As far as the God thing is concerned there is nothing I can do about
> how anyone feels about it. I am God. My biblical title is really The
> beginning of the creation of God which means getting everyone to realise
> their own god nature. At birth I did not get the choice of whether I wanted
> to be god or not, it was thrust upon me.
> > >
> > > So while I feel your freedom concerns think more about doing the right
> thing. The internet is the new nervous system of this new god creature and
> unfortunately the qwerty keyboard is the number one thing clogging up the
> system.
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected] <altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Giles Orr <gilesorr@> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On 17 January 2011 15:13, <accessys@> wrote:
> > >>> rather than mandatory switching I think it should be prohibited from
> > >>> forcing one to use one or the other (such as standardized tests) and
> that
> > >>> both should be avaliable and taught.
> > >>>
> > >>> as soon as you "force" something you get a push back.
> > >>
> > >> What he said.
> > >>
> > >> I'm a firm believer in choice: I think Linux is wonderful, I think
> > >> more people should use it ... and if you force people to use it you're
> > >> doing the wrong thing. Same goes for keyboard layouts.
> > >>
> > >> I don't live in the U.S. (Canadian citizen, lived in the U.S. for a
> > >> decade), but it seems to me that "choice" is an extremely important
> > >> concept to Americans. You may think they use it poorly, but if you
> > >> try to take it away from them they aren't going to like you.
> > >>
> > >> I'm afraid that presenting yourself as God isn't going to get your
> > >> bill rushed through Congress either.
> > >>
> > >>> On Mon, 17 Jan 2011, Gregory G wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:53:30 -0000
> > >>>> From: Gregory G <gregory@>
> > >>>> Reply-To: [email protected]<altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >>>> To: [email protected] <altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >>>> Subject: [altkeyboards] Re: God Himself has set the change from
> Qwerty to
> > >>>>     Dvorak as His Challenge
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thank you Thomas for the review. Yes. We can Dvorak.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> My next job is to write a bill for consideration by Congress.  And I
> am asking for input from all members of this group.  Here is the deal.  What
> provisions do you think are necessary in the law that would make Dvorak the
> national standard and how should they be worded.  By that I mean
> considerations to make sure that those who now actually touch type on a
> qwerty don't rebel and put up a stink.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Remember these facts when coming up with your suggestions.  Fewer
> than 5% of all qwerty typists actually touch type.  How to give those people
> enough time away from their qwerty keyboard to effect maximum impact and
> mimimal retraining costs.  Remember the cost of retraining typists was
> estimated to recouped in ten days.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Please also forward your experience and how you found out about
> Dvorak and what  possesd you to change.  These stories are bound to affect
> members of Congress.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I realize that there are members such as M. W. Brooks who don't
> think mandatory switching is the best idea.  So I am asking those members
> especially to propose components of the bill to make recommendations as to
> how far to go as I draft the legislation.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> This is a grassroots movement and I am asking each and everyone of
> you to become "Yes. We can Dvorak" ambassdors.  As such I plan on having a
> website where you can purchase items with the "Yes. We can Dvorak" slogan on
> them up and running by 5:00PM tonight.  You will be able to find the items
> on the resources page at http://YesWeCanDvorak.com
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -- In [email protected] <altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Thomas Levine <thomas.levine@> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I checked out the website. Exciting
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> "Most people who read my book Ronald Reagan Anti-Christ make a
> > >>>>> committment to switch from the Qwerty keyboard to the Dvorak
> > >>>>> keyboard."
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I suppose it's because of this section
> > >>>>> http://www.globusz.com/ebooks/RonaldReagan/00000026.htm
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I suppose I'll have to read more of the book.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Tom
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Gregory G <gregory@> wrote:
> > >>>>>> My name is Gregory GOrDon. Some of you know me for my major
> dispute with MWBrooks concerning whether or not to mandate the switch from
> Qwerty to Dvorak. Others may know me for my publicity stunt when I broke
> into Ronald Reagan's retirement home proclaiming myself as The Second Christ
> and Exposing Reagan as the anti-Christ. Whether you believe or not is not
> important. What is important is that I am launching out on a mission from
> God is my own name to see to it that the American National Standards
> Institute (ANSI) Replaces Dvoraks position from an alternative keyboard to
> the new national standard.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> As we are living in a world run by sound bites and catch phrases I
> have come up with a catch phrase taken right out of president Obama's
> winning campaign for the presidency: "Yes. We can Dvorak." In support of
> this mission I have opened a new website at http://YesWeCanDvorak.com
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Please check it out. And, while you are there be sure to check the
> About Me page. There you will find my story on how I became involved with
> the Dvorak movement.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Giles
> > >> http://www.gilesorr.com/
> > >> gilesorr@
> > >>
> > >
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