Morse code still beats SMS

It seems that morse code is still faster at sending text messages than using txt speak. Even when the morse code sender is 93 years old and the SMS challengers were teenagers!

The fingers tapping out the winning morse code message at a competition arranged by Sydney's PowerHouse Museum were those of 93-year-old telegraph operator, Gordon Hill.

He easily defeated his 13-year-old rival who was armed with a mobile phone and a rich vocabulary of text message shorthand.

Mr Hill, whose messages were transcribed by another telegraph veteran, Jack Gibson, 82, then repeated the feat against three other children with cell phones.

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Source: Wireless Institute of Australia

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