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Bill Gates: Control-Alt-Delete was a mistake
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| 9/26/13
| Doug Gross
Posted on 09/26/2013 3:34:53 PM PDT by shego
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To: cynwoody
i used to program on mainframe. too damn funny.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:26:09 PM PDT
by
Donnafrflorida
(Thru HIM all things are possible.)
To: Lancey Howard
I use the escape key in visual basic/showcase queries to get out when the search is bad/endless and I want to stop it. I use it if I am getting out of a full size video screen to get back to a smaller screen. It isn’t a dead key for everyone.
To: cynwoody
I will never forget the time a two-year old in his mother's arms reached out and pushed the Red Button on an IBM mainframe. I used to be a night-shift operations supervisor. I had a new operator trainee ask me "What does that button do?". I told him "It makes the phone ring."
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:30:07 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: Donnafrflorida
Yeah. Fortunately, he couldn’t reach the Emergency Pull button a foot or two above.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:30:59 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: shego
Ctrl-Alt-Del was just fine. I never had a problem with it.
If I were Bill Gates, I’d be more worried about Windows 8.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:34:23 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: shego
One button on the keyboard to reboot the computer every time somebody presses it by accident?
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:34:23 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(NEVER the RED one...)
To: Bullish
i used to program on a typewriter type machine aka no monitor.
l * = list current line of program
l * 23 = list current line thru next 23
c * progm/program = change current line word from progm to program
essentially you almost had to know to program by heart.
wow. memories.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:34:32 PM PDT
by
Donnafrflorida
(Thru HIM all things are possible.)
To: knarf
Survivors shouldn’t be buried.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:37:57 PM PDT
by
donmeaker
(Youth is wasted on the young.)
To: jeffc
isnt he the guy who said wed never need more than 640k of RAM?
I love those Apollo program documentaries that say the onboard computing power in the landers was less than what's now in a pocket calculator.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:37:59 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
To: Donnafrflorida
I had to code in 0s and 1s, and sometimes we didn’t even have the 1s.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:39:21 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Donnafrflorida
I started with punch cards and thought that was pretty bad. Then we went to perforated tape. I’m glad that technology died quickly.
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Don’t forget Ctrl D for the spreadsheets!
To: shego
Blame someone else, Bill. That’s the way to go.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:41:29 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: BfloGuy
yup. still have those machines.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:43:42 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
LOL. Oh yeah, and there are still useful 3 button commands in Windows (Word): Ctl-Sft-C to copy formatting and Ctl-Sft-V to paste formatting.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:44:32 PM PDT
by
piytar
(The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
To: AndrewB
![](http://bleedoil.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/chode.gif)
it was there before dedicated arrow keys were put on the keyboard and the number keys had to do double duty
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:45:38 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Orangedog
I actually grew to like Windows 8. As the matter of fact I just got Surface RT 32GB
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:45:47 PM PDT
by
doomtrooper99
(Mr Truman, you did not finish the job)
To: doomtrooper99
I’m glad 8 is working out for you. I’ll wait until Windows 9 (Apology For Ballmer’s Ego Edition) comes out.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:52:52 PM PDT
by
Orangedog
(An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
To: donmeaker
I’m slapping my head ... that was the point of the joke .... comparing the survivor thing to the cont/alt/del post that started this in the first place
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:53:24 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Bullish
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:53:44 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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