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echo: aust_avtech
to: Jasen Betts
from: Bob Lawrence
date: 2004-03-21 10:34:02
subject: Locking Windows

BL>> Do you believe you have to type TWO commands to exit?

JB>> ?? ^x^c gets me out

BL> Count them... one, two. ^c ^x

JB> It's not radically more difficult to type than alt-f4 for
JB> example.

 Maybe your keyboard is different from mine, but I can type Alt-F4 with
just two keys. ^-c ^-x takes four.

BL> It could have been worse... he might have insisted on upper
BL> case.

JB> I don't think so - there's no distinct ascii representation for
JB> shifted control characters. :-)

 Oh, duh.

 Here's an irony test for you. Do you find POSH NOSH funny?

Regards,
Bob

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