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0 pointscrazygringo3mo ago0 comments

That's more charitable. Alt is still short for Alternate though, not Alter.

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I thought "Alt" in the title is meant in the sense of "stop", as in "halt", but on second thoughts maybe that only works in French (where h is always silent)?

viccis3mo ago

It's clearly meant to be part of the Ctrl-Alt-Del key sequence that interrupts Windows computers to bring up the task manager.

crazygringoOP3mo ago

But doesn't Ctrl+Alt+Del bring up the screen to switch users or sign out? "Task Manager" is one item in the list of options you get, but it's not the main one or anything, in fact it's the last:

https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/hzx6btMYEqZJfSAL3WVxXuW3-jw=/1...

aaronmdjones3mo ago

The author may just be showing their age a bit. That's what Ctrl+Alt+Del does on modern versions of Windows, but from Windows 95 to Windows XP (inclusive) it directly launched the Task Manager.

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NekkoDroid3mo ago

Would have made more sense to say Ctrl+Shift+Esc since that just directly brings up the task manager. All in all I would say it is a slightly weird title, but I assume enough people get what they want to say with it.

YeGoblynQueenne3mo ago

Yes, but I thought they were making a colourful pune or play on words.

zoky3mo ago

I mean, technically it’s short for alter on the way to being short for alternate

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YeGoblynQueenne3mo ago

I thought "Alt" in the title is meant in the sense of "stop", as in "halt", but on second thoughts maybe that only works in French (where h is always silent)?

viccis3mo ago

It's clearly meant to be part of the Ctrl-Alt-Del key sequence that interrupts Windows computers to bring up the task manager.

crazygringoOP3mo ago

But doesn't Ctrl+Alt+Del bring up the screen to switch users or sign out? "Task Manager" is one item in the list of options you get, but it's not the main one or anything, in fact it's the last:

https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/hzx6btMYEqZJfSAL3WVxXuW3-jw=/1...

aaronmdjones3mo ago

The author may just be showing their age a bit. That's what Ctrl+Alt+Del does on modern versions of Windows, but from Windows 95 to Windows XP (inclusive) it directly launched the Task Manager.

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NekkoDroid3mo ago

YeGoblynQueenne3mo ago

Yes, but I thought they were making a colourful pune or play on words.

zoky3mo ago

I mean, technically it’s short for alter on the way to being short for alternate

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse