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Re: "Crippling disorder linked to PalmPilot"

From: Andrew Plumb <>
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 20:10:19 -0400

At 04:10 PM 06/05/99 -0700, Ryan J. Evans wrote:
>Uuh, you might want to read the last paragraph of the article...It's a
>spoof.

Yup, read the last paragraph; that's why it's kinda spooky.

I think it's more of a hand position thing than the Graffiti alphabet
(which I don't use on my Newton) blamed in the spoof-article.  I discovered
that I had shifted my hand closer to the point of the pen/stylus, thus
cramping up my hand.  By consciously shifting my hand back up the stem, I
regain most of my original style, but it's a conscious effort now, instead
of an unconscious one.  I don't have reason to (hand)write much anymore, so
it's taking longer to correct my posture...

Ah well, just a little food for thought.  After all, it's only within the
past couple of years that natural-speech recognition has become a reality;
people were having similar problems with strain on their vocal chords
because of the earlier, un-natural systems.

Andrew.

Andrew Plumb
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