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Tech questions that don't need an entire thread

Sat February 25, 2017 6:56 pm

My laptop recently refused to recognize wifi networks, even in my own living room. A restart did the trick. Why does restarting something often solve a problem?

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Sat February 25, 2017 7:28 pm

Shouldn't this have been posted in a pre-existing thread?

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Sat February 25, 2017 7:30 pm

I'm not sure. Can you point me to the right place?

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Sat February 25, 2017 7:35 pm

I think it's because of the RAM

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Sat February 25, 2017 7:37 pm

What the hell is that awful thing when you're typing in a word processor and you accidentally hit some button and it starts typing over what was previously written instead of pushing what was previously written ahead? All these years of computering and I still have no idea what I press to cause it, or what I press to make it stop. Or why that would ever be useful in the first place.

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Sat February 25, 2017 7:38 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:What the hell is that awful thing when you're typing in a word processor and you accidentally hit some button and it starts typing over what was previously written instead of pushing what was previously written ahead? All these years of computering and I still have no idea what I press to cause it, or what I press to make it stop. Or why that would ever be useful in the first place.

I know this one! Here: http://www.kadansky.com/files/newslette ... 04_25.html

Re: Tech questions that don't need an entire thread

Sat February 25, 2017 7:42 pm

theplatypus wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:What the hell is that awful thing when you're typing in a word processor and you accidentally hit some button and it starts typing over what was previously written instead of pushing what was previously written ahead? All these years of computering and I still have no idea what I press to cause it, or what I press to make it stop. Or why that would ever be useful in the first place.

I know this one! Here: http://www.kadansky.com/files/newslette ... 04_25.html

The insert button! The fucking insert button! At long last, I know the answer!

Re: Tech questions that don't need an entire thread

Sat February 25, 2017 7:43 pm

This has happened to me in Excel before, except when I hit enter after populating a cell with data, it minimizes the current sheet and opens up a new sheet.

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Sat February 25, 2017 8:17 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:What the hell is that awful thing when you're typing in a word processor and you accidentally hit some button and it starts typing over what was previously written instead of pushing what was previously written ahead? All these years of computering and I still have no idea what I press to cause it, or what I press to make it stop. Or why that would ever be useful in the first place.

I know this one! Here: http://www.kadansky.com/files/newslette ... 04_25.html

The insert button! The fucking insert button! At long last, I know the answer!

I learned this in a middle school computer class.

Re: Tech questions that don't need an entire thread

Sat February 25, 2017 8:34 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:What the hell is that awful thing when you're typing in a word processor and you accidentally hit some button and it starts typing over what was previously written instead of pushing what was previously written ahead? All these years of computering and I still have no idea what I press to cause it, or what I press to make it stop. Or why that would ever be useful in the first place.

I know this one! Here: http://www.kadansky.com/files/newslette ... 04_25.html

The insert button! The fucking insert button! At long last, I know the answer!

I learned this in a middle school computer class.

good for you

Re: Tech questions that don't need an entire thread

Sat February 25, 2017 8:47 pm

Pete's really become an insufferable tech snob lately, hasn't he?

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Sat February 25, 2017 8:49 pm

I think it's because of the RAM

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Sat February 25, 2017 8:52 pm

That joke has legs, Jorge.

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Sat February 25, 2017 9:33 pm

washing machine wrote:Pete's really become an insufferable tech snob lately, hasn't he?

You've been a real dick to me lately.

Re: Tech questions that don't need an entire thread

Sat February 25, 2017 9:36 pm

Pete

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Sat February 25, 2017 9:40 pm

:comp:

Re: Tech questions that don't need an entire thread

Sat February 25, 2017 9:45 pm

Let's just forget this ever happened.

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Sat February 25, 2017 10:54 pm

washing machine wrote:I'm not sure. Can you point me to the right place?

:arrow:

Re: Tech questions that don't need an entire thread

Sat March 04, 2017 2:26 am

Question for those of you with heavy fingers; how often do you accidentally tap the "powered by phpBB" link when you're boarding on your handheld device?

Re: Tech questions that don't need an entire thread

Sat March 04, 2017 2:28 am

Almost never.
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