The Origins of Control-Alt-Delete - Neatorama

Ever wonder why PC users can issue the three-finger salute to reboot the computer?

IBM programmer David Bradley explains the origin of the computer command Control-Alt-Delete, in this interview (complete with a zinger to Bill Gates) as featured on CubicleBot: Link [embedded YouTube]

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Torn ear lobe in 5, 4, 3, 2, ...

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handy if you want her to come along...

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No no no, it has to go from THE NOSTRIL to the Ear. Duh!

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There was a time when half the strippers in The OC had a chain between their two nipple rings. That time would have been 1999.

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Look what that has done to her jaw. She's going to get TMJ!

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Add a saddle and blinders and you might have something here.

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I can just imagine the damage when she goes dancing in that getup.

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So? Some of my girlfriends back in the days of hardcore punk in the late '70's and early '80's with the safetypins through the ears and cheeks and all that stuff did exactly the same thing. And even then not many people really looked up.

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good way to get your ears torn off

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good way to get your ears torn up

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