Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage Subject: Re: Floppies Date: 25 Sep 2025 05:54:32 GMT Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <7ZYzQ.83$Qzga.44@fx10.ams1> <87wm5qckd0.fsf@parhasard.net> <7%CAQ.89$Jpef.8@fx15.ams1> <10av7ad$39al7$2@dont-email.me> <__KAQ.110895$OHH2.20043@fx14.iad> <10b1m97$3t9id$4@dont-email.me> <10b20qa$be7$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net J1zG2clq9RodiwueRmwLUQSVPN9kL8Ze2TYXBNLx1UCPL2hHHd Cancel-Lock: sha1:c7d0ELCdGpTJdfH/Vy8muO4RAXw= sha256:YEYEykzWaU+lEtXzY3jJRDKvYmDZA42G0JZ7AUiUUM4= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75164 alt.usage.english:1128938 On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:25:13 -0400, Rich Ulrich wrote: > Looking at the symbols here, some of my old clues for particular letters > came to mind. A tougher message would have beat me. > I'm pretty sure I never tested to see how many wpm I could achieve. > Oh, I only ever dealt with written code. I don't remember ever testing > with sounds, other than someone saying dit and dah. The military had a battery of intelligence/aptitude tests and one was code. I don't remember which ones they were but there were only 3 or 4 letters and you were supposed to transcribe them. It started slow and got faster and faster. I gave up early. I guess radioman for a MOS was out. No problem -- the guy with the radio was a high value target.