[LINK] hidden stuff on Macs

[Ivan Trundle]

The elegant simplicity (and engineering savings) of NOT having a useful
power on/off switch is all well and good, but why is it that most modern
appliance designers seem to assume that there is a suitable powerpoint
in reach? (My dishwasher is as bad as my fridge: neither is easy to turn
off. Don't get me started on the hotplates, either.)

iT


>>> Karl Schaffarczyk <karl at karl.net.au> - 19/2/04 10:23 AM >>>
>At 10:51 AM 18/02/04 +1100, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>>Three-fingered salutes on Windows boxes are common enough, but on
Macs
>>it is command-control-power key.
>
>I had my PC for several years and didn't realise that the 4 second 
>hold down trick works on this machine, too, not just Macs.  This was 
>particularly important when my machine was screwing up in a 
>'freeze/reboot' problem a few months ago.  A friend who came to help 
>showed me the 4 sec OFF trick and I was sooooo happy.  Ctlr/Alt/Del 
>and the warm reboot button were both out of action, so the full OFF 
>was my only option and I had been using the wall switch.


Hehe,
I had to push and hold down one of the buttons on the front of my 
Asko dishwasher - it seemed to be broken, and turnining it off at the 
wall didn't fix it.

Holding down the 'start' button on my dishwasher for about four 
seconds did the trick - lights blinked in a pretty pattern for a 
while, and since then it has worked flawlessly.

hmm.. i have to press the start button on my dishwasher - does this 
mean it runs windows?

Regards
Karl
=8)