Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Mojo and the Typewriter

Mojo and the Typewriter

The Harsh Reality

He looks pretty successful in that last panel, but Mojo is going to have a lot of problems at this job. He's not as familiar with typing on a typewriter, having been originally trained on a computer. It's a given that the ink tape will be strewn across the desk within the next three minutes. Within a half hour, he'll be wrapped up in it like a mummy.

Regarding Typing

While I'm not as fast as Mojo, I'm a pretty good typist. According to this test, I can type 51 words per minute, with a 4% error percentage. Of course, I'm still really shaky using the Number Pad. I just never got the hang of it. Probably because I never worked in retail. People who whiz away at the Number Pad usually perfected it on a cash register. But on the other hand, I probably could punch in the correct combos for various Chik-Fil-A meals better than any of those department store snobs.

So how about you? Do you consider yourself an All-Star typist? Or do you type like a pirate with two hook hands? I'm just asking so I know who to pick when we play "Typewriter" during recess.

Comments on this Article

There are currently 34 comments.

[ Add one of your own! ]

Ian

37wpm, 4% error. Better than I thought. I'm also quite proficient with the numpad thanks to a youth filled with playing Scarab of Ra. Man, speaking of mummies - that was a totally awesome game.

springfish

63 WPM
4% eror, I mean erroor, error.

Anders

meh... 32/4, never was any good at typing what's on the screen... hey IAN, you too, eh? :P guess there aren't many pieces of educational typing software out there :)

John Nick

Hmm. I'm 51/2. Maybe for once in my life I won't get picked last on the playground.

The viking was distracting. I was busy coveting his plentiful facial hair.

Jason

71/1. I attribute my success to Mario Teaches Typing, not because it was especially good at teaching anything, but because I have an insatiable urge for Koopa-stomping.

Fyl

37/2. Stand back fellas!
I only got this good on the 'board' because of the sheer volume of fanmail I sent to Jar Jar Binks.

slowconfusion

One milllllllion WPM...

Ian

Woooooooww.

bearskinrug

Yeah - but what's your error percentage, Slowconfusion? :D

wayne

51/2. looks like john nick and i are long-lost typing twins.

murten

Pfff, I only got 54/3, that's lame... I hoped this test would proof my geekness. Oh well, bummer.

Thomas B. Aschim

26 WPM, 3%

Worked in retail for a year, now I am ruling that keypad!

Stack

67 wpm with 9% error. If it wasn't for that stupid single spacing, I'd have pwned.

SB

At 42 words per minute with 2 fingers & 2 thumbs, I may not type as fast but my error rate is a very impressive 1%. But then, I have a tiny computer, with a tiny keyboard, explaining tiny errors… Can we throw rocks at Jason in the playground, please, pretty please?

Jeff Louella

37 / 2. See his test is fake. I can type as fast as a lightning bolt, if I could only look at the keyboard the whole time. Plus this test doesn't take into consideration that I can't read.

jordan

Yarr, I did the Viking one and got 61/2. I make a fair (1) ammount of errors when I type(2), but I've been at it long enough that I(3,4) automatically(5) go back and correct them. I can actually do that `don't(6) look at the monitor or keyboard whilst typing' thing(7). Taken quite a few years to get to(8) this point, but it's almost second nature(9) now. I'm(10) pretty decent on the numpad(11), too... just yesterday, I banged out about 300 3-digit numbers on a adding machine, with(12) no more than about 10-15 errors(13), despite the fact that they were being fired at me with an average of about(14) four seconds between sets.

PS: The parenthesised numbers count the errors I made whilst typing this... the ratio is a lot higher, because the test discounts corrections.

Justin Michael

63/0

I type strangely. I taught myself to type long before I ever attended a class on typing, so when people see me type they gasp and stare in abject horror as I don't use the home-row or anything even close to established typing practices. I don't even use my pinkies when I type. The first two fingers on each hand are responsible for letters and the space bar, and the third fingers for shift, punctuation, backspace, enter, etc.

jonathan

74/0
I definitely learned to type in chatrooms on AOL in the early and mid-90's. What a loser.

bearskinrug

My god... I change my evaluation. It seems I'm not a "pretty good" typist, but an "okay" typist...

SHEESH! Could I WRITE this comment any SLOWER!?

tony

I totally suck at typing. I fully admit. I'm not even going to do that test. the viking is somehow intimidating me. brrr

Ian

You think he's intimidating on the screen. Imagine having him as your cellmate.
[shudder]

bearskinrug

Stop being a baby, Ian. They confiscated his horns, didn't they?

Kim

I'm sure I could type a lot faster if I weren't trying to replicate some trivia about Vikings, and instead typing my super-organized thoughts.

Matt

Awww crap. 61. For both. I think I broke it...

Hilmerrr

92 / 82% Yeah!

bearskinrug

Matt & Hilmerr - You know, in it's own strange way, that's pretty impressive scoring too.

Tommy

Im a fast typer, i can type up to 1000 words a min.

bearskinrug

I don't know if that qualifies as fast anymore... Slowconfusion types at "One milllllllion WPM". Or so he claims.

Mike

51 wpm 1% error.
I actually was trained on a type writer. I'm not that old...my school was just too cheap for computers.
Best of luck to Mojo.

bearskinrug

Well... behold the wave of the future, Mike!

Brian

54/2...Koopa Stomping became quite addicting, yes it did...but i always played as the princess.

Paolo

Way to go, Jonathan! 74/o!

59/0 here, but I managed to do it while fending off my 17 month old, so I rule!

bearskinrug

Fending him off? But you had 10 extra fingers at your disposal then! :D

[ Back to Top ]

Recent Articles

[ Visit Article Archives ]

Who Carols Mojo and the Leaves MUSTACHE! The Symbol For Jerk Interpreting Excelsior Dead Love The Big Sandwich Mojo The Bounty Hunter Sketchbook 22 Live! Six-Penny Anthems II