Deleting the Alternate Control
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@asuffield said:
I'm guessing that you have a keyboard from a country where acute accents are part of the language.
UK keyboard. For reasons unknown they thought we'd never want to type 'deja vu' correctly.
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@shadowman said:
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
@shadowman said:
So she was having trouble logging into her windows desktop, and mistook that for logging into your website? That's all I can figure, if she was using ctrl-alt-del to log in, and thengetting locked out. As far as "deleting the alternate control," dyslexic, perhaps?
-2 points for explaining the obvious.
-2 points for quoting the whole OP.
Hahahahahahaha. You always have the wittiest things to say.
How many points do I lose for doing this?
@mrclennon said:
I am the Project Coordinator for a website. One of our clients was having trouble logging in, because she said she had entered the wrong password too many times. Our site doesn't implement a lockout policy like this, so I wasn't sure what to tell her. I asked her to walk me through what she was doing, step by step.
Client: "I delete the alternate control, enter my password, then press enter. Then it tells me that my account is locked out."
Me: "What was that first step again?"
Client: "Which one?"
Me: "What exactly are you deleting? I don't understand."
Client: "I press the delete key, then the alternate key, then the control key."@H|B said:
can imagine her deleting Windows, which in some keyboards is just between Control and Alternate.
@EricDV said:
I always set my alternate delete control before I step away from the computer. Feel more safe that way.
@mrclennon said:
To shadowman... Yes, she was trying to log into a separate machine which we had to set up for her - specifically to use our website. Why? Because that's what she was used to when it was a desktop application, and she didn't want to (or wasn't capable of) learning something new. In fact, we had to create a shortcut on the desktop which would execute a VBScript which would open the browser and automatically log her into the website.
Any time there is any sort of technical problem, we get a call from her. Windows just crashed? We get a call. Internet's down? Yep, we get a call. We just run a website, but to her we are the embodiment of all things technical.@rox_midge said:
That sequence of keystrokes (delete, alt, ctrl) won't even trigger the SAS: you've got to press delete last in order for it to work. Delete -> Alt -> Ctrl would just be interpreted as a delete keystroke followed by the beginning of a chord that never finishes.Edit: personally, I always alternate my controlled deletions before I get up, or I open a window to "L".
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OMG HOW DO I EARN POINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE!?@medialint said:
Yep.Alt>Ctrl>Del - fine
Ctrl>Alt>Del - fine
Del>Ctrl>Alt - no
Del>Alt>Ctrl - no
Alt>Del>Ctrl - no
Ctrl>Del>Alt - no
Ctrl-Ctrl-Alt-Del works for me.
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@Otterdam said:
Ahh, I'm jealous of your keymap... all I get is áéíóú¦€!
Sigh... You're lucky — I got nothing at all!
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@asuffield said:
Strange that Windows treats it as another alt here. Stranger still that it dislikes multiple control keys.
Multiple control keys work here. I can use ctrl-alt, ctrl-altgr, ctrl-altgr-ctrl etc, any combination of the 4 keys as long as there's at least 1 ctrl and 1 alt. The Logitech driver might be doing some mess inbetween though.
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@MasterPlanSoftware said:
@shadowman said:
But you're obviously looking for that kind of reaction
See... that is where your part comes in. If you really thought I was looking for a bad reaction, then why would you have given me one?
If you realize quoting the OP is pointless and looks stupid your reply easily could have been:
"Whoops. Oh well." Or anything similar.
Or you simply could have ignored my post and just made a mental note for yourself.
But obviously you were the one looking for an argument, since you are the one who decided to post a stupid reply out of anger.
Translation:
Even though I'm blantantly wrong, take a mental note and reply to me so that I can feel like a big boy.
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@Lingerance said:
@shadowman said:
I'm free to hit the quote button whenever I would like, and also happy to keep or erase whatever part of that quote I see fit. The purpose of the argument is to to tell you in no uncertain terms to leave me alone and quit concentrating on my quoting habits.
I could also develop the habit of posting ten random links in each post I make for SEO purposes, or posting large uncropped images every time I want to make a point, or just make random nonsensical posts. The point is, quoting a post entirely is annoying, and people were asked to stop, sometimes politely, sometimes not. MPS isn't the only one bothered by this.This is where someone needs to come in and say "Too fucking bad. Get over it."
OOhhh oohhh ooooops <~~~Just for MasterAsshatPlan
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@shadowman said:
@Lingerance said:
could also develop the habit of posting ten random links in each post I make for SEO purposes, or posting large uncropped images every time I want to make a point, or just make random nonsensical posts. The point is, quoting a post entirely is annoying, and people were asked to stop, sometimes politely, sometimes not. MPS isn't the only one bothered by this.
I'm sorry that it bothers you. It bothers me when people make rude comments about my posts, so I usually ask them to stop, sometimes politely, sometimes not.
I've posted a lot on usenet, where in many groups the norm is to quote all or some of whatever post you're replying to, and I suppose it's not really necessary on web forums. Normally I quote all or some of the post I'm replying to just to give context to the reply. I find it hard to beleive that you and MPS find it that difficult to just ignore the quoting if it bothers you. It appears to me more like somebody is going out of their way to try to correct other people in order to give himself a boost.
Yep! And Usenet was around a lot longer before these web forums (long live the Meowers! ;) ). It's always been proper etiquette to quote the person you're replying to. MasterAsshat and the pink haired gay dude are obviously n00bs.
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The critical difference is that Usenet is similar to e-mail in that any particular post is completely disconnected from its threaded context. On a web forum, that is not the case.
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Ok... what's worse. 3-4 posts containing fully quoted posts, adding maybe 1-2 extra PageDown keypresses, or the immature berading that causes these stupid flame wars to suck up 80% of the forum content? And yes, this is a rhetorical question.
We all know now that some people are annoyed by large "quoters". Simply put... suck it up. It's better than the annoying thread trolling/preaching.
goes to pray that this is the end of this nonsense
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@GalacticCowboy said:
The critical difference is that Usenet is similar to e-mail in that any particular post is completely disconnected from its threaded context. On a web forum, that is not the case.
Pfffft. My Forte Agent grouped them for me. Long live the glorious crossposts! And a shout out to alt.fan.karl-malden.nose and alt.usenet.kooks!
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@Otterdam said:
For reasons unknown they thought we'd never want to type 'deja vu' correctly.
I have mine set up for the dead keys, so I can reach most accented characters that way (äãâàåāă plus anything else those will sit on)
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@mrclennon said:
I am the Project Coordinator for a website. One of our clients was having trouble logging in, because she said she had entered the wrong password too many times. Our site doesn't implement a lockout policy like this, so I wasn't sure what to tell her. I asked her to walk me through what she was doing, step by step.
Client: "I delete the alternate control, enter my password, then press enter. Then it tells me that my account is locked out."
Me: "What was that first step again?"
Client: "Which one?"
Me: "What exactly are you deleting? I don't understand."
Client: "I press the delete key, then the alternate key, then the control key."
Added to FORTUNE
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@MasterPlanSoftware said:
Just as insightful as every one of your posts in this thread.@Faxmachinen said:
Damnit, I can't see these threads anymore for all the MasterPlanSoftware.
Thanks for your insightful post.
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MPS reminds me of a professor I had in college. We had an assignment to modify a 100-page program by adding some functionality. I managed to do it in only a few lines on page 54. For some reason the professor wanted us to turn in our work in printed form, on paper. So I just printed the page with my changes in black, and the untouched code in gray.
At first, I felt stupid handing in just one page when everyone else handed in 100 pages. But then the prof yelled at the rest of the class for an hour for being so stupid to re-print the entire program that he obviously already had.
I think I was the only one to get an A.
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@superjer said:
MPS reminds me of a professor <PointlessStory/>
@merreborn said:
Just as insightful as every one of your posts in this thread.
And yet you are the ones keeping this crap alive. Get over yourselves.
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I thought it was a nice story. It even has some WTFs in it!
The best thing about MPS is he always replies if you mention his name or anything related to what he said. Sometimes twice in a row!
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@belgariontheking said:
@Qwerty said:
DEL-CTRL-A-ALT-ALT-F-DEL is now my preferred method of logging on.
I tried that, and I'm having trouble stretching my right hand out that far. Try hitting the right alt and both deletes at once. Maybe I just have small hands.
Use the nose, Luke!
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@MasterPlanSoftware said:
@drinkingbird said:
Constantly jumping in and berating people for a practice which you have no authority to control is rude and offensive.
No one was berated. Thanks for your contribution.
What, those "-2 points" comments were in fact germane to the topic? Looked like a zero-content post for the purpose of berating someone to me.
Here, I have a new avatar for you:
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@drinkingbird said:
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
You are acting as if I made a rude and offensive post about your quoting. I thought it was pretty mild really.
Constantly jumping in and berating people for a practice which you have no authority to control is rude and offensive.
Is there a specific policy about this, or did you just take it upon yourself to make up rules and harass people?
I'll go with option B for $10000 please, Bob!
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@Lysis said:
@GalacticCowboy said:
The critical difference is that Usenet is similar to e-mail in that any particular post is completely disconnected from its threaded context. On a web forum, that is not the case.
Pfffft. My Forte Agent grouped them for me. Long live the glorious crossposts! And a shout out to alt.fan.karl-malden.nose and alt.usenet.kooks!
Meow!
