27-08-2003 01:19									#1
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Yes, this is stolen from Slashdot.

	27-08-2003 01:28									#2
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Man, I hit the button for this thread like a pig outta hell... And you've taken all the fun away .

Anyways, scroll lock. I have no idea WTF it's for.

	27-08-2003 01:30									#3
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I run Linux and can't get either windows keys to work. I big fat penguin looks so much better than a square divided into four anyway.

	27-08-2003 01:33									#4
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quote: Originally posted by MattH Man, I hit the button for this thread like a pig outta hell... And you've taken all the fun away . Anyways, scroll lock. I have no idea WTF it's for.

What is this "fun" you speak of? I am not entirely familiar with the concept.:P

	27-08-2003 01:34									#5
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I'm a Scroll Lock voter.

	27-08-2003 01:36									#6
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Scroll Lock, and that key next to the right windows key (context menu).

	27-08-2003 01:37									#7
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Gotta be the context menu key. I have NEVER used that button, ever.

	27-08-2003 01:39									#8
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Sweet. I just realised that the keyboard I'm using has all the edit commands (cut, paste, find etc.) on a sidebar...

	27-08-2003 01:39									#9
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The rightmost Windows key has never been used before...I do know what the scroll lock and all the other random ones do and I have used them sparingly...I don't think I have ever used the `¬¦ though for anything either. And I use the numerical keypad quite regularly when I am entering large amounts of numerical data...

	27-08-2003 01:39									#10
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I use the context menu all the time. When games (ESPECIALLY Rainbow 6 3) start in a window for whatever reason (maybe I clicked on the desktop), they often sieze controll and make a big fuss when you try to right click.

	27-08-2003 01:49									#11
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Context menu key. I don't know what it is or if my keyboard even has one

	27-08-2003 01:51									#12
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Easy! scroll-lock!

	27-08-2003 01:53									#13
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I voted for insert because not only is it useless 99% of the time, it often eats up text, and is totally aggravating. It's actually COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE.

	27-08-2003 01:57									#14
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I'm voting for the bottom half of Print Screen/SysRq. I've never been able to find out what SysRq stands for, what it's supposed to do, or how it might be persuaded to do it.

	27-08-2003 01:57									#15
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* = voted (rushed to judgment)

* Pause/Break -- never used it to any effect -- and I've tried.
Scroll Lock -- know it in theory, but doen't use.
I'm networked via NT, so PrintScrn doesn't work.
* Never found a use for the ` ` (tilde, back apostrophe?)

Have no idea what these alleged "context menu" and "Windows" keys might be...

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	27-08-2003 02:00									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Andrew1999 I'm voting for the bottom half of Print Screen/SysRq. I've never been able to find out what SysRq stands for, what it's supposed to do, or how it might be persuaded to do it.

System request, its a legacy from the bad 'ole days

	27-08-2003 02:02									#17
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elijah, you have something configured wrong. My brother and I both set the windows key to be detected as a modifier key named super.

Prt Scr, Scroll Lock, and Pause/Break are the least used keys for me.

	27-08-2003 02:11									#18
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Now I have used PrtScr...very useful for the desktop threads

	27-08-2003 02:17									#19
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For those of you that voted for the tilde key... this thing ~... have none of you ever played a first person shooter? That key opens the console in nearly all FPS games these day.

	27-08-2003 02:18									#20
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Pause/Break because I have yet to find a situation in which it actually does something.

Insert is actually malicious. It's really easy to hit it when hitting delete (and sometimes backspace), and then you screw up what you were typing.

I didn't vote for "|", but I HATE it on those keyboards where it's next to the right shift. Too easy to hit instead of the shift. DIE DIE DIE!

	27-08-2003 02:19									#21
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quote: Originally posted by BustaMike Gotta be the context menu key. I have NEVER used that button, ever.

you mean alt? You've NEVER ctrl-alt-deleted, or alt-tabbed? EVER?

heathen

	27-08-2003 02:29									#22
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quote: Originally posted by BustaMike For those of you that voted for the tilde key... this thing ~... have none of you ever played a first person shooter? That key opens the console in nearly all FPS games these day.

You're right, I never thought about that...

	27-08-2003 02:30									#23
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I can't remember ever using the insert key. I also don't use the winbows key.

	27-08-2003 02:31									#24
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The only key I've never used is Scroll Lock. I know uses for every other key, but Scroll Lock is an elusive beast whose purpose remains unknown.

	27-08-2003 02:33									#25
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I didn't vote for any of the character keys (number pad, tilda, etc) because those are actually used when writing something. I hate having to go the the insert symbol thingy.

	27-08-2003 02:38									#26
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quote: Originally posted by monolith94 I voted for insert because not only is it useless 99% of the time, it often eats up text, and is totally aggravating. It's actually COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE.

Exactly.

That and Scroll Lock gets my vote.

	27-08-2003 02:40									#27
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quote: Originally posted by BustaMike For those of you that voted for the tilde key... this thing ~... have none of you ever played a first person shooter? That key opens the console in nearly all FPS games these day.

correct

	27-08-2003 02:42									#28
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Insert, believe it or not, is useful a few times. The most prominent example is I turn it on while I'm playing The Corporate Machine so I can quickly edit my price.

(Scroll Lock, however, has no purpose. It just takes up plastic and electricity.)

	27-08-2003 02:48									#29
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scroll lock and print screen are soooo MS-DOS

	27-08-2003 02:50									#30
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Print screen is pretty useful. I can take screenies without having to need any third party program--hell yeah!