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XavierP 10-22-2006 10:51 AM

Today Is
 
INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY

WHICH MEANS AN AMNESTY FOR ALL OF YOU WHO CAN'T QUITE POST IN A MIX OF UPPER AND LOWER CASE LETTERS OR DO PUNCTUATION

AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THE DAY ENDS AND YOURE ALL FAIR GAME

ENJOY YOURSELF ON THIS MOST AUSPICIOUS OF DAYS








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vharishankar 10-22-2006 10:59 AM

doesthismeanicanalsotypeonlylowercaseandavoidusingpunctuationmarksspacesandstufflikethat

jschiwal 10-22-2006 11:39 AM

НЕТ! ДЕНЬ ЗАГЛАВНЫХ БУКОВ!

WE MAY NEED TO GET USED TO THIS IF THE RIAA'S DMCA LAWSUIT MAKES THE SHIFT KEY ILLEGAL!
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/10/8/201119/758

XavierP 10-22-2006 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harishankar
doesthismeanicanalsotypeonlylowercaseandavoidusingpunctuationmarksspacesandstufflikethat

YOU CAN ONLY USE LOWER CASE LETTERS IF YOU LEAVE THE CAPS LOCK ON AND USE THE SHIFT KEY TO GENERATE THEM

ITS THE LAW IM AFRAID

introuble 10-22-2006 12:55 PM

OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVAr ! ! !

frob23 10-22-2006 02:43 PM

Arg, I don't have a functional caps lock key anymore. I got sick of never using it so I made it an Escape key... for when I'm in vi. Or sometimes I map it to another key like mod3 and use it to control window operations from the keyboard.

.Xmodmap
Code:

clear lock
keycode 0x42 = Escape

{frob23 presses furiously at his caps lock key but nothing happens.}

zetabill 10-22-2006 02:46 PM

tHIS IS FANTASTIC tHERE'S NOTHING MORE LIBERATING THAN ALLOWING YOURSELF TO IGNORE THE MOST ANNOYING led ON THE KEYBOARD.................. THE cAPSlOCK KEY





i FEEL LIKE i'M 15 AGAIN WITH MY 28.8kBPS wINmODEM ON MY DAD'S AOL ACCOUNT SNEAKING INTERNET TIME IN CHAT ROOMS WHEN I SHOULD BE DONING MY HOMWRK......LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!11111111

hOW ABOUT AN a/s/l CHECK WHILE WER'E AT IT....

wHEN CAN WE CELEBRAIT OUR 13375933K SKILLZ?????????????????????????????????//






sERIOUSLY THO............ tHIS IS DISCRMINATON....... ......THERES NOTHIN ABT THE 31337 wHo cAN sPK A VERNACULAR bAStARdIZed VARIATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUIDGE WITH COMPLEET DISREGARD FOR CENTURIES OF PROPER GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT....... BELIVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111


<SERIOUS>
iF WERE CELEBRATING THE SUPERHUMAN ABILITY TO IGNORE THE CAPSLOCK KEY THEN WE MIGHT AS WELL INCLUDE THE EQUALLY ASTOUDING ABILITY TO IGNORE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SPELLING AND GRAMMAR CHECKS iT WOULD JUST MAKE THE "HOLIDAY" MORE INTERESTING
</SERIOUS>


EDIT: I FEEL DIRTY I ACTUALLY EDITTED TO REMOVE PROPER PUNCTUATION AND MADE THE POST MORE RIDICULOUS :)

Hitboxx 10-22-2006 02:51 PM

WHY ARE ONLY 26 ALPHABETS AVAILABLE ???:scratch:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z....

I NEED MORE TO CAPSLOCK :confused:

jschiwal 10-22-2006 06:36 PM

Suddenly, I'm nostolgic for my old VIC20!:confused:

truthfatal 10-23-2006 01:41 AM

The amnesty is over in my time zone.

Thank "Bob!"

XavierP 10-23-2006 06:03 AM

We now return you to your scheduled programming.


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