Hatrack River Forum: What the freaking heck?!?!

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Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

I was playing on the nintendo emulator linked to from one of the other threads, and some combination of the Ctrl and Alt keys made the screen of my laptop turn completely on its side. I keep trying to punch the keys again trying to undo it, but it's not working.

Whence These Flowers?!?!?!?

My computer can't function in its present state. Does someone know how to fix it? [Frown]

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Use the arrow keys. ctrl-alt and a side arrow will turn it to that side, down will turn it upside down, and up will turn it rightside up. [Smile]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Take your laptop to bed with you and type while lying on your side.

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

*repeat post*

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

Ah. I was punching the arrow keys as well as Ctrl and Alt. Thanks for saving the day. [Smile]

In other news, I'm trying to pick a scene for my acting class. I was told to do something form Oleana by David Mamet. I'm reading through the play now. Anyone familiar with it?

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Incidentally, it doesn't work with all video cards, but I find it worth it to try whenever I come across an unattended computer. . . makes a great prank. [Smile]

As long as you can hang around and fix it when they come back and freak out.

Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :

Bleh. Doesn't work on mine. [Frown]

Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :

I recall seeing something like that in the control panel for Nvidia. nView desktop blah blah. Didn't know there were shortcuts though.

Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

So, why the devil would anyone put in such a feature? It doesn't seem very useful.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

I dunno about useful, but it's a lot of fun. [Smile]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
So, why the devil would anyone put in such a feature? It doesn't seem very useful.

quote:
makes a great prank

Pay attention!

Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

Well, there are monitors that rotate, including Tablet PCs. Those would definitely need a feature like that.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

I hope my laptop does that. I like to lie down and be online, but I can't read sideways.