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keikij · 2009-07-25 04:15:56

Do you have any little ticks youn learned while using your computer? The post them here! Make sure you post how to do it and what operating system you did it on.

How to go into text-only mode
OS: Most linux distrobutions (Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, gentoo, etc.)
How to do it: When you use the key combo Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, the X windows manager will shut down and you will go to a text only command prompt. You can start up X again by typing the command "startx" or logging in as root and typing in the command "init 5". Thos will start the X windows manager again.

djm111 · 2009-07-25 06:29:43

I linked a folder to a system command, so whenever someone tried to open it it shut the computer down. Youcould only open it in a very specific way.

Blade-Edge · 2009-07-25 09:56:03

I have a secret
*psst* lean in closer
no closer
closerrr!
ok here it is:
*loudest voice possible*
DON'T POUR WATER ON YOUR KEYBOARD

there that's my tip

BWOG · 2009-07-25 10:04:40

Blade-Edge wrote:
I have a secret
*psst* lean in closer
no closer
closerrr!
ok here it is:
*loudest voice possible*
DON'T POUR WATER ON YOUR KEYBOARD

there that's my tip

Yeah... My brother accedintly spilled not that much water on his keyboard, and then whenever you typed it would type in something like 5tyfh or 2dfs and sometimes it would type in the date and the UTC time hmm

Blade-Edge · 2009-07-25 10:20:53

soda's even worse
I had these old keyboards I was gonna throw away cuz i got a new one so I tested one half with soda and the other with water
it stoppd working but iunno which one did it

oh and last week I spilled a sunny side up egg onto my keyboard
luckily its like this
_____
/ ------- \
_| |_

so even if it spilled in, it wouldnt directly affect my keyboard
it was [removed] to clean it all out, especially when I waited 3 hours and it dried

Last edited by Paddle2See (2011-05-18 21:18:02)

joeisawesome · 2009-07-25 10:28:12

yum... did you still eat it?

Blade-Edge · 2009-07-25 10:46:29

no, eating rotten eggs is bad
it can give you hepatitus

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