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Broken PowerBook Keyboard
Well at least I thought so. I was sitting here working
away. Writing code like no bodies business. And all of a
sudden my keyboard stop responding. After a little further
inspection I find that its not entirely stoped but the few keys that do
work dont do what they are supposed to.
This is not a good time…. I am knee deep fighting to finish someone elses project, and my powerbook wont let me type.
Now picture me just on the edge of hysteria when I notice a
trend. the 7 8 9 keys work, the 0 is a / though. All
i am getting is number and arithmetic operators…. That seems
odd. 1 2 3 dont work. but j k l output those number.
Wait a minute….those keys have those letters on them too. What does that mean? Oh, I guess thats what NUM LOCK does!
Can you believe it. I actaully spent 10 minutes in
pre-hyper-freak-out-mode before I noticed the stupid little light that
tells me num lock is on.
I share this story just in case someone needed a laugh after a hard
mon…tuesday back at work. And maybe to spare someone the panic
i just enjoyed.
31 May 2005 Simeon

Uh-huh. I’ve done the same thing many times. I think it’s funniest when it happens to somebody else!
ditto that; It’s much funnier being on the other side of the fence.
Makes you wish the num lock light was better displayed like the caps lock light.
Hey! You never told me that happened to you! So much for sharing everything.