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What's A 'Scroll Lock' And Why Is It On My Keyboard?

Posted by timothy on from the mysteries-of-the-ancients dept.

Jeff Bauer writes "Today's article in The Straight Dope explains all the weird keys that come with standard PC keyboards. Now if someone could just explain what the 'Alt Graph' key does on my Sun keyboard, enlightement would be at hand ..."

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  1. phew! by infonick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i can now sleep calmly at night :D

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  2. Re:Fark by Jubii · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Yet another link that Fark [fark.com] ran first, and Slashdot copied...

    Yeah... but did they slashdot the web server when they ran it.... heh? That's what I thought!
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  3. Re:Losing the Insert key by Talez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What kind of geek are you?? You're supposed to be spilling beer...

    I don't drink. I come from a family of alcaholics and I don't like the idea of becoming one.

  4. Re:Losing the Insert key by xanadu-xtroot.com · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OT:

    Then your mind is in the right place. Don't touch it. Ever. I got out of detox about two months ago...

    P.S.
    I know you know it was only a joke and all, but seriously, stay away from it. Please.

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  5. Re:but by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Pi.

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