RicardoLuigi... Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 And I came across this thread called "schoolhouse rock", and it was from late July of last year. Basically, it was a complaint thread about all the stupid little grammatical things in the English language. Anyway, we ended up talking about the commas and periods for money amounts, like if I said I had a thousand bucks, I'd type it $1,000.00, while in like France or something, it would be $1.000,00, which I find to be very odd. Sooo...I thought maybe we could continue a thread like that, but really the reason I opened this up was to ask... In England, is there a key on the keyboard for pounds instead of dollars?
Thrik Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Er, of course there's a pound on our keyboards -- a euro, too. Shift+3 for £, AltGr+4 for €.
DrMcCoy Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 ...Hmm, on German keyboards, the € is on AltGr+E... And there isn't a pound, Shift+3 is § (but in vim, I can easily write a £ with "Strg+K P d")...
SteveBB Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 On my Belgian keyboard there's an € (Alt Gr+e), £ (shift+"µ"-key), $ (seperate key for it which also has: Alt Gr + key: ], shift+key *). And we don't write . or , in 1,000.00 or 1.000,00 we just write either 1000,00 or 1 000,00. It used to be obligatory but now it's not allowed anymore
DrMcCoy Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 ...I just noticed, I can also produce a £ by Shift+AltGr+3... I'm feeling like I'm using EMACS... :/
Alien426 Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 ...I just noticed, by pressing Alt+3 you change to a printer friendly version of the board. Be sure to try other Alt+digit combinations.
DrMcCoy Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 ...Yeah, you could try Alt+F4, for example... Strg+Q is insteresting, as well...
Alien426 Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Man, this sucks. I tried Alt+F4 but Firefox crashed. That does it. I'm going back to IE. At least Microsoft products always work.
Kjølen Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 rofl @ Alt+M Alt+2 searches for new posts. Alt+5 goes to FAQs. Meh, I'm bored already.
DrMcCoy Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 ...Hmm, Alt+[1-9] also switches the to tab [1-9] in my Firefox...
Joshi Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Really? it's Ctrl(1-9) to change tabs with me. Alt(1-9) seem to do stuff with LF. Oh, just a question, Das, what exactly is the alternative character for your 3 key (assuming it's not the pound sign like on a British Keyboard)
RicardoLuigi... Posted August 5, 2005 Author Posted August 5, 2005 It's the pound sign like pound on your telephone...the "number" symbol...a.k.a. this: # I dunno if this is the same on all keyboards, but, w/the SHIFT key, here are what the numbers make: 1= ! 2= @ 3= # 4= $ 5= % 6= ^ 7= & 8= * 9= ( 0= )
Alien426 Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 In the future this discussion might be obsolete. The Optimus keyboard looks promising. Anyways: 1 = ! (same) 2 = " 3 = § 4 = $ (same) 5 = % (same) 6 = & 7 = / 8 = ( 9 = ) 0 = = Or direct peepers here.
Joshi Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 British Keyboard 1=! 2=" 3=£ 4=$ 5=% 6=^ 7=& 8=* 9=( 0=)
Huz Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 My, this is a thrilling discussion. Random fact: Z and Y are swapped on European (non-English) keyboards. Exciting or what?
Thrik Posted August 5, 2005 Posted August 5, 2005 You wish you could come up with equally exciting discussions, Huz. ;
Kjølen Posted August 6, 2005 Posted August 6, 2005 Everyone, hit Crtl+Alt+Del as many times as you can, really fast. It's like, the coolest! <__< That button on the front of your computer tower does some cool things if you hold it down for 5 seconds.
DrMcCoy Posted August 6, 2005 Posted August 6, 2005 Everyone, hit Crtl+Alt+Del as many times as you can, really fast. It's like, the coolest! Nothing happens. That button on the front of your computer tower does some cool things if you hold it down for 5 seconds. ...Pff, as if thCONNECTION RESET BY PEER
Joshi Posted August 6, 2005 Posted August 6, 2005 Nothing happens. Possibley because you're weird and use Linux ("Linux is like Canada, it's a nice alternative, but you can't switch.") But no, I seriously don't want to start that debate now.
Kjølen Posted August 6, 2005 Posted August 6, 2005 Nothing happens. Oh, yes, that's right, newer versions of Windows don't do that. <_< ...Pff, as if thCONNECTION RESET BY PEER You can't use IRC error messages on an online forum.
DrMcCoy Posted August 7, 2005 Posted August 7, 2005 Oh, yes, that's right, newer versions of Windows don't do that. <_< ...Hmm, nope, newer versions of Windows would say "Twice as much happens"... You can't use IRC error messages on an online forum. Ok, I will use a hopefully more approConnection closed by foreign host.
Joshi Posted August 7, 2005 Posted August 7, 2005 ...Hmm, nope, newer versions of Windows would say "Twice as much happens"... Newest version of Windows so far being XP, mine simply opens up the task manager.
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