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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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 Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
| darkjedidave wrote: |
| On a number of keyboards in Korea, English keyboards suffer from "Konglish" where the letters are incorrect. A common error is where the "Any" key is misspelled as "Alt". Next time, try the "Alt" key and it should work. |
There are 2 times it is most common that I get the pop-up that says to push any key. One is when I turn on the computer. Well, as in the "clip" about turn it off and back on, when I do this it works. So, no real problem there. It just means it will take a little extra time to get my computer working because I have to do three steps. 1. Turn on computer, 2. Turn it off, and 3. Turn it back on again.
The other time it happens is when I am in the middle of doing something (e.g., reading something, doing email, posting on a message board, using word processing). What happens is it freezes and, once again, I have to turn it off and back on again. And, that being the first time it has been turned off after I got it working, up comes the pop-up that says push any key. So I have to turn it back off and then on again. Not only does that take too much time, but if I am doing email, all is lost and I have to start my work over again. And when I am posting on a message board (I am a member of several, not just Dave's) and then my computer freezes and the pop-up says push any key, and I can't because I do not have an any key key, and when I turn off the computer it posts my message although it is not yet ready to send.
It froze again a few hours ago when I was in the middle of writing an email to my congressperson about how to get a notarized copy of my keyboard with an [b]apostle and the push any key popped up. I did as you said an pushed the "ALT" key. It crashed and then I had to go through that on and off and back on again thing. Well, at least it has never frozen and sent an unfinished message when I am posting at Dave's. I think the reason for this is |
...is...well...I'm not sure which apostle you will get, but having an employee of Christ working for you might be part of the reason. |
Because I checked the spelling in the first post in which I had used that word, I cut and pasted it to this message to be on the safe side. And, as you can see the computer had the push any key pop up, and so I was not finished and it still sent my post. However, maybe this is a sign that I will no longer have the any key problem and will not need to buy an any key key. I was going to go to a different computer store today and wanted to see if |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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I have listened many times to this; however, it is quite difficult for me to understand. At one point it sounds as if the guy says, "Have you tried sticking it up your "R"? Maybe in his dialect "stick up" would be in my dialect "stick on". And maybe he means sticking the "any key key" on the "R" key. I could just write very small on a piece of paper "ANY KEY" and then glue stick that to the "R" key. My concern is would I still be able to use the "R" key for the letter "R"? This is all so confusing.
Also, after I started having this problem I have become very sick with the worst lung infection in my life. Maybe the problem with my computer is a virus, and I have caught the virus from my computer.
Thanks,
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
I have listened many times to this; however, it is quite difficult for me to understand. At one point it sounds as if the guy says, "Have you tried sticking it up your "R"? Maybe in his dialect "stick up" would be in my dialect "stick on". And maybe he means sticking the "any key key" on the "R" key. I could just write very small on a piece of paper "ANY KEY" and then glue stick that to the "R" key. My concern is would I still be able to use the "R" key for the letter "R"? This is all so confusing.
Also, after I started having this problem I have become very sick with the worst lung infection in my life. Maybe the problem with my computer is a virus, and I have caught the virus from my computer.
Thanks,
Chicken |
UPDATE: I went ahead and did what I had posted in this message. That is to say, I glue sticked a small piece of paper that said "Any Key" on the "R" key. When I need to push the "any key" key, I push the "R" key and it works. And, when I need the letter "R" I push that same key and it works as an "R". So, this problem is now over.  |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:42 am Post subject: |
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| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
| Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
I have listened many times to this; however, it is quite difficult for me to understand. At one point it sounds as if the guy says, "Have you tried sticking it up your "R"? Maybe in his dialect "stick up" would be in my dialect "stick on". And maybe he means sticking the "any key key" on the "R" key. I could just write very small on a piece of paper "ANY KEY" and then glue stick that to the "R" key. My concern is would I still be able to use the "R" key for the letter "R"? This is all so confusing.
Also, after I started having this problem I have become very sick with the worst lung infection in my life. Maybe the problem with my computer is a virus, and I have caught the virus from my computer.
Thanks,
Chicken |
UPDATE: I went ahead and did what I had posted in this message. That is to say, I glue sticked a small piece of paper that said "Any Key" on the "R" key. When I need to push the "any key" key, I push the "R" key and it works. And, when I need the letter "R" I push that same key and it works as an "R". So, this problem is now over. |
Damn...chickens can be wicked smart.
When I was in elementary school, I played tick tack toe with a chicken this one time at a local fair and got my ass kicked.
Hats off to the chicken.  |
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littlelisa
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:09 am Post subject: |
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| This was funny when I was in high school. I'm pretty sure it must have been in one of those emails with the subject line, "FWD: Fwd: FWD: Funny!!!!!1!!!1!" |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| littlelisa wrote: |
| This was funny when I was in high school. I'm pretty sure it must have been in one of those emails with the subject line, "FWD: Fwd: FWD: Funny!!!!!1!!!1!" |
You kids who grew up with all of this technology are very lucky. I did not do my first email until almost a year after I had received my PhD.  |
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