The Common Keyboard

Who in the hell decided and why are the keys on a keyboard arranged the way they are...QWERTY?

After some research I found that there are many theories.  Can you believe that, theories about the keyboard.  Ridiculous.  But, there was an overwhelmingly popular theory.  So lets go with that.

Back in the day the inventor of the typewriter (his name doesn't matter because this isn't about him) was having an issuing with jamming.  You know how typewriter works.  You strike a key and a hammer raises and strikes the paper.  Here is what the problem was.  People were getting to fast and the typewriter was jamming...a lot.  So the inventor decided to take all of the most commonly used keys (back then) and moved them to the outside to make them harder to reach.  This moron thought that it would prevent people from using the keys and frequently.  How does that work?  From the resulting stupidity you now have the most common QWERTY arrangement as the standard.

Are there other arrangements?

Yes.  It is called Dvorak and it contradicts the mental instability of the the typewriter genius.  How? By place the most commonly used keys on the home row.  GENIUS!  Except, we have been typing so long on the QWERTY arrangement and it is what is taught in schools that Dvorak has not proven to be faster.  This is because you must learn a new arrangement.  It has been tested and even someone who knows the Dvorak well is no faster than someone who know QWERTY equally well.

What does this mean...nothing.  But I am WAY too lazy to learn Dvorak.  Even the name sucks.