4 Jan
2015
4 Jan
'15
10:13 a.m.
On 01/04/2015 08:04 AM, Doug Ingraham wrote:
Time for another trivia question. We will start off
the year with an easy
one. This one is related to computers but not exclusive to computers.
What is the significance of the phrase:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
No fair looking it up on the internet.
Doug Ingraham
PDP-8 S/N 1175
Too easy--it's a typing exercise (predates modern computers) that
incorporates every letter of the English alphabet.
I suspect that other languages have similar exercises, though I don't
know what the Japanese do in Kanji.
--Chuck