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Apr 16, 2008, 02:08 AM
 
I had a good LOL at this....



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Apr 16, 2008, 02:43 AM
 
Originally Posted by gradient View Post
I had a good LOL at this....

1. Your computer's power cord must be connected and plugged in to a working power source.
That step is meant to apply to laptops, which work quite well when not connected to the wall via their power cord.
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Apr 16, 2008, 07:41 AM
 
Originally Posted by gradient View Post
I had a good LOL at this....

They have something called a laptop computer, you may have heard of it. It allows you to use one without it being plugged in.
     
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Apr 16, 2008, 07:57 AM
 
Is the one keyboard at a time instruction targeted at Rick Wakeman? I hear he has two, or sometimes three, keyboards attached to his mac that he can type on simultaneously.
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Apr 16, 2008, 08:01 AM
 
I guess you don't usually plug a keyboard into a laptop, but there may be a reason to.
I hate this stick.
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Apr 16, 2008, 08:03 AM
 
Originally Posted by design219 View Post
I guess you don't usually plug a keyboard into a laptop, but there may be a reason to.
I hate this stick.
I do, my laptop is connected to a monitor and keyboard and operates with the lid closed.
     
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Apr 16, 2008, 08:19 AM
 
I use my MacBook closed with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse at work.
     
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Apr 16, 2008, 08:36 AM
 
Originally Posted by Andrew Stephens View Post
Is the one keyboard at a time instruction targeted at Rick Wakeman? I hear he has two, or sometimes three, keyboards attached to his mac that he can type on simultaneously.
;-)
All of us do. Not all of us use them for incessant 120-word-per-minute noodling, though.
     
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Apr 16, 2008, 08:50 AM
 
Originally Posted by MacosNerd View Post
I do, my laptop is connected to a monitor and keyboard and operates with the lid closed.
Same here.

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Apr 16, 2008, 11:04 AM
 
Originally Posted by MacosNerd View Post
They have something called a laptop computer, you may have heard of it. It allows you to use one without it being plugged in.
Jeez, condescend much?

In fairness, it hadn't occurred to me that a laptop user would be updating their aluminum keyboard and actually happen to have their battery run out in the middle of what is literally a three second update.

Considering that the vast majority of aluminum keyboard users are using desktops, it is still fairly hilarious wording to me.
     
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Apr 16, 2008, 01:04 PM
 




Hey, don't ask me who this is for

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Apr 16, 2008, 01:09 PM
 
Awesomely lame

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Apr 16, 2008, 01:09 PM
 
oh no!
     
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Apr 16, 2008, 01:18 PM
 
What is that one pixel doing popping out of the bottom left of the blue smiley's face?
     
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Apr 16, 2008, 01:20 PM
 
You'd have to ask the artist who originally created them.
     
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Apr 16, 2008, 01:20 PM
 
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Apr 16, 2008, 01:22 PM
 
Looks like he's taking it in the eye on the big version. Ouch.
     
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Apr 17, 2008, 12:09 AM
 
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Apr 17, 2008, 12:14 AM
 
Actually the first line is really condescending and elitist. Duh?!11//?1
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