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neilka 24,025 posts
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PazJohnMitch 17,276 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThat powered Lipton Tea tastes nothing like tea. -
neilka wrote:
They get in the way when I'm feeding the ducks
gremmi
have you been interfering with pigeons again -
BryanAKADJ 284 posts
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Registered 9 years agoPayPal has "Spending Limits"
If I could get stuff without using PayPal, I would, its not my fault I live in the middle of no-where.
Its easier for me to get stuff online and pay (With PayPal) for 30$ shipping rather than a 400$ one way plane trip to the city for it.
Damn it. I just want a Wii-U for my birthday is all. -
boo 13,901 posts
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Registered 18 years agoToday I learned that you can't trust anybody. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoYesterday i learned that, despite being in IT for over ten years and using PCs even longer, pressing the windows key + Pause|Break brings up the system properties.
SO MANY MOUSE CLICKS SAVED! -
jellyhead 24,356 posts
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Registered 18 years ago@boo hmmmm, i'm not sure whether to believe you or not. -
nickthegun wrote:
Yesterday i learned that, despite being in IT for over ten years and using PCs even longer, pressing the windows key + Pause|Break brings up the system properties.
SO MANY MOUSE CLICKS SAVED!
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nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Wacko_AK 212 posts
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Registered 14 years agoYesterday i learned that, despite being in IT for over ten years and using PCs even longer, pressing the windows key + Pause|Break brings up the system properties.
Not if you have function lock on...
SO MANY MOUSE CLICKS SAVED! -
Salaman 24,162 posts
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Registered 17 years agoRedSparrows wrote:
That is so handy but I'm sure I'll have forgotten by the next time I need it. :-/
nickthegun wrote:
Yesterday i learned that, despite being in IT for over ten years and using PCs even longer, pressing the windows key + Pause|Break brings up the system properties.
SO MANY MOUSE CLICKS SAVED! -
Salaman 24,162 posts
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Registered 17 years agoConcrete wrote:
Sorry, what now? Simpsons is shown in English with Dutch subtitels in Belgium and The Netherlands. So anything they say regularly should be recongised. Can't say 'yoink' rings a bell though so maybe you're right?
Today I learned that 'yoink' is not a Simpsons reference in Dutch. -
Fab4 8,924 posts
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Registered 15 years agoToday I learned that 'Twix Whites' are absolutely bloody lovely. -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSalaman wrote:
Today everyone in my IT department learnt this...
RedSparrows wrote:
That is so handy but I'm sure I'll have forgotten by the next time I need it. :-/
nickthegun wrote:
Yesterday i learned that, despite being in IT for over ten years and using PCs even longer, pressing the windows key + Pause|Break brings up the system properties.
SO MANY MOUSE CLICKS SAVED!
Now none of us, most of whom have been working in IT for many years, knew you could do that.
Not as useful as Windows-L but handy all the same.
Edited by Whizzo at 15:08:02 30-11-2012 -
Rusty_M 7,172 posts
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Registered 14 years agoToday I learned that female tortoises can store sperm inside their bodies for up to three years until they are ready to make baby tortoises.
If they have multiple batches stored, they use the oldest first.
I also learned that you can get special gloves for shooting. The trigger finger has a gap allowing the finger to be removed for shooting, and put back inside the glove so that it doesn't go numb between shots. -
MattBlack 3 posts
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Registered 9 years agoHow many cat were dropped off the building to gain the results.
We know at least three, one from each height.
So to prove its not random, how many more? -
FutileResistor 1,243 posts
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Registered 12 years agoRusty_M wrote:
Today I leearned that tortoises use FIFO inventory management for stored sperm.
Today I learned that female tortoises can store sperm inside their bodies for up to three years until they are ready to make baby tortoises.
If they have multiple batches stored, they use the oldest first.
I also learned that you can get special gloves for shooting. The trigger finger has a gap allowing the finger to be removed for shooting, and put back inside the glove so that it doesn't go numb between shots.
Very sensible as one would expect of tortoises. -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWhizzo wrote:
Windows logo key - Open or close the Start menu.
Salaman wrote:
Today everyone in my IT department learnt this...
RedSparrows wrote:
That is so handy but I'm sure I'll have forgotten by the next time I need it. :-/
nickthegun wrote:
Yesterday i learned that, despite being in IT for over ten years and using PCs even longer, pressing the windows key + Pause|Break brings up the system properties.
SO MANY MOUSE CLICKS SAVED!
Now none of us, most of whom have been working in IT for many years, knew you could do that.
Not as useful as Windows-L but handy all the same.
Windows logo key +Pause - Display the System Properties dialog box.
Windows logo key +D - Display the desktop.
Windows logo key +M - Minimize all windows.
Windows logo key +Shift+M - Restore minimized windows to the desktop.
Windows logo key +E - Open Computer.
Windows logo key +F - Search for a file or folder.
Ctrl+Windows logo key +F - Search for computers (if you're on a network).
Windows logo key +L - Lock your computer or switch users.
Windows logo key +R - Open the Run dialog box.
Windows logo key +T - Cycle through programs on the taskbar.
Windows logo key +number - Start the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. If the program is already running, switch to that program.
Shift+Windows logo key +number - Start a new instance of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Ctrl+Windows logo key +number - Switch to the last active window of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Alt+Windows logo key +number - Open the Jump List for the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Windows logo key +Tab - Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D.
Ctrl+Windows logo key +Tab - Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D.
Ctrl+Windows logo key +B - Switch to the program that displayed a message in the notification area.
Windows logo key +Spacebar - Preview the desktop.
Windows logo key +Up Arrow - Maximize the window.
Windows logo key +Left Arrow - Maximize the window to the left side of the screen.
Windows logo key +Right Arrow - Maximize the window to the right side of the screen.
Windows logo key +Down Arrow - Minimize the window.
Windows logo key +Home - Minimize all but the active window.
Windows logo key +Shift+Up Arrow - Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the screen.
Windows logo key +Shift+Left Arrow or Right Arrow - Move a window from one monitor to another.
Windows logo key +P - Choose a presentation display mode.
Windows logo key +G - Cycle through gadgets.
Windows logo key +U - Open Ease of Access Center.
Windows logo key +X - Open Windows Mobility Center
/Here endeth the lesson -
FogHeart 1,270 posts
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Registered 14 years ago- Crocodile tastes like delicious chicken, but if that chicken was bigger than you, had to be beaten in a fight before it could be killed, and you can taste its resentment at being eaten. And that resentment tastes very good indeed.
- Kangaroo is like lamb, but lamb that's thought really deeply about how it wants to taste like and has decided that if it's going to be eaten it may as well taste as interesting and exotic as possible.
- Don't ever have bison steak. For the rest of your days you will look at beef steaks and know that no matter how delicious they will taste, they are not as delicious as bison steaks, so eating them will make you sad.
Edited by FogHeart at 01:15:14 12-12-2012 -
disusedgenius 10,677 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI'd put Zebra above kangaroo, for what it's worth. And whale above pretty much everything (though I've not had Bison).
Edited by disusedgenius at 01:18:20 12-12-2012 -
Nanocrystal 2,575 posts
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Registered 12 years agoMy cat likes peas. -
FogHeart 1,270 posts
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Registered 14 years ago- Today, for just a second, it was 12:12:12 on 12/12/12. -
DaM 17,729 posts
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Registered 20 years agoWindows keyboard shortcuts don't work on Linux .gif)
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Rusty_M 7,172 posts
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Registered 14 years agoFogHeart wrote:
When you see a bison steak, do you now think "Mmmmm Bison"?
- Crocodile tastes like delicious chicken, but if that chicken was bigger than you, had to be beaten in a fight before it could be killed, and you can taste its resentment at being eaten. And that resentment tastes very good indeed.
- Kangaroo is like lamb, but lamb that's thought really deeply about how it wants to taste like and has decided that if it's going to be eaten it may as well taste as interesting and exotic as possible.
- Don't ever have bison steak. For the rest of your days you will look at beef steaks and know that no matter how delicious they will taste, they are not as delicious as bison steaks, so eating them will make you sad.
Edited by Rusty_M at 17:32:21 12-12-2012 -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDaM wrote:
=D
Windows keyboard shortcuts don't work on Linux
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Sponz 702 posts
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Registered 17 years agoHere's another one for my fellow IT numpties, which I always use in multi-screen situations.
Scenario: You have an application open and its window has somehow moved way off of screen and a user is moaning that they cant see it, yet the app is there on the Task Bar.
Solution: Hit ALT+SPACE+M (individually not together) then hold any one of the cursor keys for a few seconds. Then, switch to the mouse and drag the mouse pointer to the main viewing area. The windowed app will be magically stuck to the mouse pointer until you left click.
Also, in Windows 7, hold down left shift before right clicking an app on the toolbar to see the traditional Windows menu. -
Windows key Up key is also handy. -
nickthegun wrote:
Blimey you're right
Yesterday i learned that, despite being in IT for over ten years and using PCs even longer, pressing the windows key + Pause|Break brings up the system properties.
SO MANY MOUSE CLICKS SAVED! Will come in handy
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