OK you guys (TOT)

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:03:07 +0100, "Clark" wrote:

,snip.
This is
a group for Digital TV and continual off topic posts are not very clever.

Personally I like this forum because it has a wide range of
contributors with knowledge of many topics that probably don't fit
well elsewhere. Bill, and other, always clearly mark any non
digital-tv topics (TOT) so you always have a choice as to whether or
not to read them. I have actually learned quite a lot from TOT
topics. There is also quite a lot of humour which is often missing
elsewhere. Keep the TOT postings coming as far as I am concerned.
This forum would be a less inmteresting place without them.

Roderick Stewart wrote on 24/04/2007 08:37:21:

SCROLL LOCK. The mystery key. *Nobody* knows what Scroll Lock does, or
ever did, if anything. Best regard the scroll lock key as an ornament.

Rod.

I love using Scroll Lock in spread sheets
Turps

On Apr 24, 1:59 am, "Michael Chare"

The keyboard on the original IBM PC was an abortion.

Who was the bloke from IBM who said once; "I may well have invented
Ctl-Alt-Del, but it was Microsoft that made it really popular"

In message , Gripper
writes

"Bill Wright" wrote

But what's SYS RQ?

I could tell you that, but then I'd have to kill you. So suffice it to say

FOR GOD'S SAKE MAN DON'T *EVER* PRESS SYS RQ *EVER* ... OK?


hth



You've got me really worried now. My SysRq is on the same key as Prnt
Scrn. Prnt Scrn is written at the top of the key, then there is a
dividing line, and SysRq is written below it. As I often use Prnt Scrn,
for years I have simply been whacking the key in the usual way. What
have I done? Will there be any long-term repercussions? Am I in for 7
years of bad luck? Is there anything I can do to rectify the situation?
Ian.
--

In article , Clark
writes

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
I know some of you lot understand about computers, so here's a question. I
OFF TOPIC RUBBISH REMOVED
Bill

Repeat after me - What is common sense? What is Google? Try asking that
and it will save the senseless off topic posts from your keyboard. This is
a group for Digital TV and continual off topic posts are not very clever.




Arseholes!..

There .. you've made me swear now!...
--
Tony Sayer

What have I done? Will there be any long-term repercussions? Am I in for 7
years of bad luck? Is there anything I can do to rectify the situation?

Frankly, mate, it ain't looking good. It's time to put your affairs in
order, and I wouldn't start a thick book if I were you.

Anon

Clark wrote:
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
I know some of you lot understand about computers, so here's a
question. I OFF TOPIC RUBBISH REMOVED Bill

Repeat after me - What is common sense? What is Google? Try asking
that and it will save the senseless off topic posts from your
keyboard. This is a group for Digital TV and continual off topic
posts are not very clever.

**** off you moaning *******!

"Steve Thackery" wrote in message

They are all 'legacy' keys from the old days. Apparently they haven't
removed them because it would break backward compatibility (although
personally I wish they would, and sod the backward compatibility).

PRT SCR I understand: it puts the screen into a mysterious place from
which I can copy it.

In the old days it literally sent the screen contents (we're still
talking about character-based terminals, here) to the printer. Now
it copies the screen contents as a graphic to the clipboard, which
you can then paste elsewhere. They call this a 'screenshot'.

Here's a slightly useful trick: ALT + PRT SCR copies just the active
window to the clipboard. (PRT SCR on its own copies the whole screen)

I've never tried it, but it would be really useful if 'Print Screen' copied
the BIOS setup screen to the printer. Obviously this would only work with a
bog standard parallel printer with its own default font that prints ASCII
characters sent to it. Save jotting down all the settings when you're about
to change the CMOS battery.

I've got a parallel printer in the cupboard, but I've never tried using it
in this way.

--
Max Demian

"harrogate3" wrote in message
...
Why don't you just go away and play with yourself?

Bill contributes much to this NG and is always willing to help, so the
occasional demonstration of the onset of screaming senility indicated
by way OT questions is widely tolerated. What is more, ask such a
question on a PC NG and you will get well flamed, but there are many
intelligent and equally helpful people on here who will help with good
grace and humour.

Did I get that right Bill?

Yes Woody, thank you very much. You have got it exactly right. I'd rather
ask friends than strangers. I know it's off topic, but I also know that
there are people on here who will answer my idiot computer questions in a
way that I can understand. I don't think that an occasional off-topic
request for info is such a crime under those circumstances.

And as you say, it's actually due largely to the onset of screaming
senility, which I can't help. In fact grumbling at me about it is a form of
discriminating against the disabled, so that young man should be deeply
ashamed of himself. Oh, excuse me, must go and change my incontinence pants
right away.

Bill

"Steve Thackery" wrote in message
...
What's INS?

This toggles insert/overwrite mode in most word processors. In insert
mode, text you type 'pushes' any text in front if it along. This is the
most common mode. In overwrite mode, text you type overwrites the
existing text. Completely useless - I don't know of anyone who uses it.
Normally, if you don't want some text, you select it and delete it, and
*then* start typing.

Thanks for all that Steve. The bit above is especially interesting. I
suppose it's like OVR in Word, which mysteriously turns itself on from time
to time in my experience. I have a problem with Outlook Express in that
sometimes it does this overwriting trick spontaneously. Sometimes it will
stop if I press Insert but sometimes it just won't, so I have to copy my
work, close the program, open it again, and paste.

Bill