Texting v. Morse Code

Posted in Humour by Elliott Back on May 7th, 2005.

The TEXTING versus MORSE CODE contest that buzzing around the blogosphere omits a few important facts, such as that Miss Devlin only sends three text messages a day and has only two years of experience. Her unfairly matched partner, 93 years old Gordon Hill has been telegraphing since 1927. Sorry Engaget and Slashdot.

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Samuel 3 years ago 1 point
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Well, another fact is that the 93 year old probably does the same. I, however, am an Morse code highspeeder, and can hold a continous conversation for hours on end at a speed of 50 words per minute. That is approx 250 characters a minute. If I also start using all the Morse abbreviations (yes, the same as you use in SMS, they originate from morse) I am willing to bet quite a bit that I can beat any of you. Do not forget that there are very many extremely good morse operators, and not all of then are 93 with a shaky hand. I am 26, and far from an elite operator.

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Dan L 3 years ago 1 point
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However, reading the linked article, she used to send lots more messages until she ran out of credit...

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