1. "Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by harry on Aug-27th-02 at 8:37 PM
Just ran across this site. Have no idea what it means.
http://www25.brinkster.com/ontheroadorooni/lizziebordentypingtest/main.html
2. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by Stefani on Aug-27th-02 at 11:38 PM In response to Message #1.
That was odd. I tried it and clicked done and got a white web page and nothing happened. What do you suppose it is for? It is sort of interesting but very strange too.
3. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by Stefani on Aug-27th-02 at 11:40 PM In response to Message #2.
Here is the link to the Java Script that was used to create the site.
http://javascript.internet.com/games/typing-test.html
I did notice there is no hot link to email the creator of the site Harry found. Just the email address listed.
4. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by Kashesan on Aug-28th-02 at 12:50 PM In response to Message #3.
I tried it and typed in the sentence given; it tells you how fast you typed it and if there were any mistakes. What in the hell it has to do with Lizzie is beyond me.
5. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by Kashesan on Aug-28th-02 at 12:52 PM In response to Message #4.
Theres also a really cool vocabulary test attached!
6. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by Kat on Aug-28th-02 at 6:30 PM In response to Message #5.
I notice the first link Harry gives incorporates the words:
" on the road a rooni."
Like people driving cross country trying to amuse themselves by thinking up weird "games".
Anyway, there are several "Lizzie Borden"'s, are there not?
A Wrestler?
A Film Director?
A Musician?
A Rock Group?
7. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by Stefani on Aug-28th-02 at 7:00 PM In response to Message #6.
Yesterday when I took the test and it didn't work, I think it was a different phrase. Today the test was to type "Although dismembering your enemies is illegal, mutilating voodoo dolls is both legal and socially acceptable."
The test worked today. I am getting to like this person's sense of humor.
8. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by diana on Aug-28th-02 at 7:49 PM In response to Message #7.
When I took the typing test all the sentences were about Lizzie and the crime. It was depressing to see my typing scores, however.
I used to type on-air copy for a local television newsroom. We typed right up to the deadline -- you'd sometimes get something off the teletype literally minutes before air-time -- so you had to be fast, and it had to be totally accurate or you definitely heard about it from the announcers! I've really lost my touch.
9. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by kashesan on Aug-29th-02 at 10:05 AM In response to Message #8.
One word for my scores on the typing test: ABYSSMAL (did much better with the vocbulary test though)
10. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by Edisto on Aug-29th-02 at 8:11 PM In response to Message #9.
One of my former bosses told me she really missed me as a secretary. The person who applied to replace me said she had experience as a "proffreader." Personally, I have always thought of myself as a gramarrion. Do you ever read the listings on eBay? One phrase I see over and over is "in tact," as in "the whole thing is in tact." What in hell is a "tact?"
11. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by Kashesan on Aug-30th-02 at 7:54 AM In response to Message #10.
Who knows, but there are a heck of a lot of things in it. (Can one go to school to be a proffreader? Does it include the reading of professors or something? Stef? Have you been proffread lately?)
Also, is it correct to say that when two people disagree, they are "conflicted" ? I hear it occasionally and it makes the hair on the back of my neck rise.
(Message last edited Aug-30th-02 7:55 AM.)
12. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by bobcook848 on Sep-6th-02 at 11:01 PM In response to Message #11.
I just took the "Lizzie Borden Typing Test" ... the results
I made 1 mistake and typed 30 wpm....wow...
BC
13. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by bobcook848 on Sep-6th-02 at 11:05 PM In response to Message #12.
Whoa...I just took a second typing test and this time the message box stated, "you have just pounded out 20 words in 21.3 seconds reaching a speed of 56 words per minute"....hey, hey, I'm getting better all the time....
BC
14. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by Stefani on Sep-9th-02 at 11:05 PM In response to Message #13.
The test now has three levels. Level three's quote is this:
If Lizzie Borden had managed to throw off the stigma of having been a suspected murderer, tried to lose a little weight and worn anything halfway sexy now and then, I am sure she would have eventually found a nice husband and become a wonderful example of an all-American housewife.
Level one is this:
"There is always the temptation to solve nagging domestic problems by discretely murdering a relative."
Oh, I had 44 wpm.
(Message last edited Sep-9th-02 11:06 PM.)
15. "Re: Lizzie Borden typing test"
Posted by kashesan on Sep-10th-02 at 12:18 PM In response to Message #14.
Do I hear sarcasm dripping from somewhere?
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