Toaster based input
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You all seemed to enjoy my last StackOverflow post. (Until you started complaining that StackOverflow was cool before it went mainstream or something like that.) So I thought I'd share another one I just found.
This time it's from superuser, so you have no reason to complain about SO this time.
I've inherited an old PC from my girlfriend's dad and when setting up the printer I got a bit of a surprise:
Two questions spring to mind here:
- Why does Windows think my wireless keyboard is a toaster?
- Why does Windows even have an icon for a toaster in the devices menu?
Here's the top answer:
Reason 1
Because Microsoft made a toaster driver sample. In the sample there is the line <DeviceIconFile>Toaster.ico</DeviceIconFile> and there is a chance that your keyboard manufacturer took that sample.Reason 2
Look at the back of the keyboard for some place to insert a slice of bread…
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Suddenly I want to know where I can buy a USB toaster. Preferably one not relying on the USB power to do the toasting.
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Why would you even need to connect it to the computer? Just make the toaster a computer!
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Does anyone want any toast?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec
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This feels oddly familiar...
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Just make the toaster a computer!
Other way round might be easier: hold your slice of bread in front of the cooling air outlet, then set the PC to do something like rendering a CGI movie.
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I haven't had major†problems using Discourse search.
Then again, I don't use it all that much.The key here is that I searched for "toast driven", because I knew I had posted that in response.
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This feels oddly familiar...
Well a least it isn't 1000 posts deep within a topic anymore.
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Okay so I know you're all dying to know how Fabrikam's toaster keyboard works.
You punch holes in slices of toast and insert them into the toaster. The toaster them uses them to determine whether the bits are set or not. The toaster keyboard supports 24 bits per slice. (bps)
It's an enterprise solution for upcoming businesses.
It's guaranteed to give your company synergy thingys.
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Paginated input!
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It isn't after dark around here, I don't see anything on mighty toaster wings...
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It isn't after dark around here, I don't see anything on mighty toaster wings...
$convolutedReferenceCount ++;
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn569312(v=vs.85).aspx
"WdfChildListAddOrUpdateChildDescriptionAsPresent"
You know your function names are long when they wrap on their description page...