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[rwwllms]

Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 2:23 pm CT
CtrlAltDel Inventor Retires
Reported by: David Laprad

David Bradley spent five minutes writing the computer code that has bailed out PC users for decades. The result was one of the most well-known key combinations around: CtrlAltDelete. It forces stubborn computers to restart when they'll no longer follow other commands. Bradley - now 55 - is retiring Friday after more than 28 years with IBM. Bradley joined the company in 1975 as an engineer and was one of 12 people who worked to create the IBM PC in 1980. The engineers knew they had to design a simple way to restart the computer should it fail. Bradley wrote the code to make it work. He now works at IBM's facility in Research Triangle Park. Bradley - whose name was once mentioned as a clue in the final round of Jeopardy - will continue teaching at N.C. State University after retirement. Read more on Yahoo! News.

[rwwllms]

Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 2:23 pm CT
CtrlAltDel Inventor Retires
Reported by: David Laprad

David Bradley spent five minutes writing the computer code that has bailed out PC users for decades. The result was one of the most well-known key combinations around: CtrlAltDelete. It forces stubborn computers to restart when they'll no longer follow other commands. Bradley - now 55 - is retiring Friday after more than 28 years with IBM. Bradley joined the company in 1975 as an engineer and was one of 12 people who worked to create the IBM PC in 1980. The engineers knew they had to design a simple way to restart the computer should it fail. Bradley wrote the code to make it work. He now works at IBM's facility in Research Triangle Park. Bradley - whose name was once mentioned as a clue in the final round of Jeopardy - will continue teaching at N.C. State University after retirement. Read more on Yahoo! News.

[trucker2000]

No wonder Microslop is doing their best to move away from an ibm base.

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[CK9]

very sloppy joke there, trucker ';,,;'

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[XyZspineZyX]

Gee...in Windows 2K it does a lot more than shut down the computer! Plus there is always the reset button if you can find it.

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See I've already waited too long
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[Homer6]

I've a dandy reset button. Course, if all else fails, turn off the power strip.

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[XyZspineZyX]

In my case that would involve unplugging the battery back up...but I also have the off button option.

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See I've already waited too long
And all my hope is gone

[rwwllms]

I posted this on the POR forum also and this is what Geist had to say:


MDS_Geist wrote:
- He actually had a very funny quote a few years ago.
- He was sitting on a panel with Bill Gates and said
- that while "he may have invented it
- [control-alt-delete sequence], Bill made it famous."
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- Gates did not laugh.