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Offline Arlo

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Re: windows key
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2012, 12:29:43 PM »
The most likely derivation of the word troll can be found in the phrase "trolling for newbies", popularized in the early 1990s in the Usenet group, alt.folklore.urban (AFU).[12][13] Commonly, what is meant is a relatively gentle inside joke by veteran users, presenting questions or topics that had been so overdone that only a new user would respond to them earnestly. For example, a veteran of the group might make a post on the common misconception that glass flows over time. Long-time readers would both recognize the poster's name and know that the topic had been discussed a lot, but new subscribers to the group would not realize, and would thus respond. These types of trolls served as a practice to identify group insiders. This definition of trolling, considerably narrower than the modern understanding of the term, was considered a positive contribution.[12][14] One of the most notorious AFU trollers, Snopes,[12] went on to create his eponymous urban folklore website.

By the late 1990s, alt.folklore.urban had such heavy traffic and participation that trolling of this sort was frowned upon. Others expanded the term to include the practice of playing a seriously misinformed or deluded user, even in newsgroups where one was not a regular; these were often attempts at humor rather than provocation. In such contexts, the noun troll usually referred to an act of trolling, rather than to the author.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

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Re: windows key
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2012, 12:32:55 PM »
aimed at Grizz: That is an utter troll. So you DO know what it means, and you are exercising it rather than actually discussing something. Your comments are too absurd to be honest.

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Re: windows key
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2012, 01:42:56 PM »
there's a slider above your keyboard on the top left corner.  move it to the right and ti disables the windows key  :banana:.  but for sure you dont want to disable the windows key as if there's any problem you will have to pull the plug to get out of aces high when it crashes  :bhead.


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Re: windows key
« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2012, 06:50:24 PM »
So you guys haven't reprogrammed your windows key to make your frig dispence a cold beer when you press it?? My wife still dosen't know that only her old XP PC causes a hamster to dance around on the screen to the hamster dance song when she presses the windows key accidentaly.

You guys need to get more creative or drink more beer or both.
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Re: windows key
« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2012, 07:36:01 PM »
So you guys haven't reprogrammed your windows key to make your frig dispence a cold beer when you press it?? My wife still dosen't know that only her old XP PC causes a hamster to dance around on the screen to the hamster dance song when she presses the windows key accidentaly.

You guys need to get more creative or drink more beer or both.

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Re: windows key
« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2012, 08:19:47 PM »
Use a pair of pliers and extract the cancerous key(s).

Not everyone can afford a pair of pliers, Krusty, so Grizz is right. Disable it.
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Re: windows key
« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2012, 08:27:49 PM »
For the plier impaired, here is the registry fix.  

Only try if you know what you're doing or don't give a rat's arse that you'll screw up your computer if you don't know what you're doing.

To disable the Windows logo key

•Add the following registry keys to your run-time image.
You can use regedit or create a component that adds these values.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ Keyboard Layout

Name: "Scancode Map"

Type: REG_BINARY (Binary Value)

Value Data: "00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00"

- Or -

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Name: "NoWinKeys"

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value Data: 0 to disable restriction, or 1 to enable restriction


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Re: windows key
« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2012, 08:35:59 PM »
How could you not be trolling?  If you weren't trolling then that would mean you actually think the windows key is of comparable importance to the enter key, which might be the most idiotic thing I have heard in 2012 thus far.  I know you are a smart guy though, so I commend you for hooking me with a delightful troll that I could not resist.  Well done well done.  :rock

Not everyone can afford a pair of pliers, Krusty, so Grizz is right. Disable it.

when are you 2 looooooooooozzzzzzzzerrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzz coming back to the fold??????????


The most likely derivation of the word troll can be found in the phrase "trolling for newbies", popularized in the early 1990s in the Usenet group, alt.folklore.urban (AFU).[12][13] Commonly, what is meant is a relatively gentle inside joke by veteran users, presenting questions or topics that had been so overdone that only a new user would respond to them earnestly. For example, a veteran of the group might make a post on the common misconception that glass flows over time. Long-time readers would both recognize the poster's name and know that the topic had been discussed a lot, but new subscribers to the group would not realize, and would thus respond. These types of trolls served as a practice to identify group insiders. This definition of trolling, considerably narrower than the modern understanding of the term, was considered a positive contribution.[12][14] One of the most notorious AFU trollers, Snopes,[12] went on to create his eponymous urban folklore website.

By the late 1990s, alt.folklore.urban had such heavy traffic and participation that trolling of this sort was frowned upon. Others expanded the term to include the practice of playing a seriously misinformed or deluded user, even in newsgroups where one was not a regular; these were often attempts at humor rather than provocation. In such contexts, the noun troll usually referred to an act of trolling, rather than to the author.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

anyone who would take the time to find and post the definition of "troll" in a thread if by definition A TROLL!!!!!!!!

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Re: windows key
« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2012, 09:54:04 PM »
the power key next to f-12 makes me swear sometimes.

edit: lol at you guys hijacking your own thread.
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Re: windows key
« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2012, 10:04:54 PM »
when are you 2 looooooooooozzzzzzzzerrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzz coming back to the fold??????????


anyone who would take the time to find and post the definition of "troll" in a thread if by definition A TROLL!!!!!!!!

 :rofl :rofl :rofl :aok

Show me where in the definition it says that.  :D

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Re: windows key
« Reply #25 on: March 08, 2012, 01:20:17 AM »
but for sure you dont want to disable the windows key as if there's any problem you will have to pull the plug to get out of aces high when it crashes  :bhead.


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This is what I actually use the windows key for.




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Re: windows key
« Reply #26 on: March 08, 2012, 02:37:23 AM »
I just ripped my Windows key out. It's a pretty useless key.

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Re: windows key
« Reply #27 on: March 08, 2012, 07:17:59 AM »
Show me where in the definition it says that.  :D

its in the fine print!

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Re: windows key
« Reply #28 on: March 08, 2012, 08:49:14 AM »


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Re: windows key
« Reply #29 on: March 08, 2012, 10:56:55 AM »
I blindly throw my support behind the haters of the windows key.