Morse Code vs. SMS on the Tonight Show

[Jerry Raia]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000680044499' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000680044499</a><br /><br /></div><i>"They didn’t mention that the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia held an almost identical contest earlier this month, but the other night the Tonight Show held a showdown between a Morse coder and 'the fastest text messager in the country'"</i><br /><br />Now how did the the "the fastest text messager in the country" get that title to begin with? Anyway this gave me an idea. Why not have a Morse code key on our phones. We could send Morse code to each other. .-- .... .- - -.. --- -.-- --- ..- - .... .. -. -.- ?

[Jason Dunn]

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Haha....when I saw this on the page I thought it was some sort of display bug and hit refresh on my browser. Took me a minute to figure out the connection. :lol:

[Mike Temporale]

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[Sven Johannsen]

Maybe as well as T9 or itap/multitap, there should be an option to enter text using the rocker or dpad like a paddle. It's obviously faster, assuming 40 some years of experience ;)

[Jerry Raia]

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[magtheag]

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[Mike Temporale]

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[lurch]

Bunch of geeks!!! :) I saw 6 replies on this thread and said to myself "how much would you bet most replies are in morse code..." :)

But the fact that I was talking to myself makes me a geek too, I suppose.


Now I have to spend the next 10 minutes translating to understand the conversation. :wink:

[lurch]

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:oops:

[sharck]

For those without too much time on their hands: http://www.omnicron.com/~ford/java/NMorse.html

[Mike Temporale]

For those without too much time on their hands: http://www.omnicron.com/~ford/java/NMorse.html

Or this one http://www.onlineconversion.com/morse_code.htm

[Mike Temporale]

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