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dudeguy45
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What are some useless, strange or outrageous buttons on your keyboard, phone or other device?

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EmperorPalpatine
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@Joe96
The 'insert' button: when you type behind a text, like using the left arrow to go back and type stuff, the insert key will allow you either to simply 'ush' the following text forward. If you press it again, you will type over that following text.
The 'PrntScr' button: "Print Screen", will open that print page or automatically print whatever is on the page you're viewing, depending on your printer options setup.


As for me, the only button on my keyboard that I'm unsure about is the 'SysRq' button, it dosen't seem to do anything.

Sheppard007
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indie55
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the button on the remote that takes the cd out... you have to go get the cd anyway so why bother???

This is almost like how on my laptop there is a keyboard button for ejecting discs (that actually requires two button presses) about an inch from the actual drive that has a button on it anyways.
idontsuckthatmuch
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On my keyboard, I've always wondered what the

James212
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The "enter button" lets you enter things

idontsuckthatmuch
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On my keyboard, I've always wondered what the


Shoot, I fail. >_>

What I meant to say was:

On my keyboard, I've always wondered what the forward slash (\\) is used for compared to the back slash (/). Same thing with the character above the forward slash (|). It looks like a lowercase "l" or a capital "I", but I'm stumped on what it's supposed to mean.
jets99
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@ghostofmatrix

that would be really cool but u would have be a mod or admin to have it be of any use cuz normal users cant ban others D:

Cranium80
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scroll lock. I have never in all my travels needed, or known anyone, who has ever pressed that key.

idontsuckthatmuch
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Those are mostly used for programming and stuff. I know backslashes can be used for file addresses (ex "\\\\\\\\dell-pc\\\\shared\\\\&quot, and I think the 'forward slash' is also used in programming, though I've not come across it much.


Ah, well, you learn something new every day, don'tcha?

Thanks.
dair5
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there's a device where you flip a switch and a little thing comes out to flip it back.

dair5
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4

I found the link and hope it works.

PlasmaMan
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@TackyCrazyTNT well I use the F5 button alot. It refreshes the webpage you're on so instead of searching for the refresh button I hit F5.

supposedlySweet
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I really don't know what the 'Scroll Lock' button does. I'm guessing it's something mouse-related, but I'm really not sure. I should look it up sometime.

chitown
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On my cell phone there is a button that you click to get random things on texts, like a cup of coffee.

supposedlySweet
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On my cell phone there is a button that you click to get random things on texts, like a cup of coffee

Wow. That is really bizarre.
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