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1. crazyg+X7[view] [source] 2026-02-03 16:23:24
>>ptorro+(OP)
I don't think they know what Ctrl+Alt+Delete means.

They want to restart it? They want to go to the screen where you can switch users or sign out?

Do they think it's just a fancier way of saying delete?

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2. viccis+gw[view] [source] 2026-02-03 17:59:27
>>crazyg+X7
It has been used as an idiom to mean stopping or restarting something (the former in this case) for decades: https://wordspy.com/words/ctrl-alt-delete/

I think it's because most people associate Ctrl-Alt-Del with the process of terminating a process, so they use the key sequence itself to refer to the act of terminating something.

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3. crazyg+In1[view] [source] 2026-02-03 21:53:03
>>viccis+gw
It means restart. It has never meant stop. Even the link you provide says:

> n. A metaphoric mechanism with which one can reset, restart, or rethink something.

That's what's confusing. The headline makes no sense because it's not about restarting.

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4. viccis+rb4[view] [source] 2026-02-04 17:23:41
>>crazyg+In1
The first example:

>It's time to hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete on the computerized Bowl Championship Series. Or should we now call it the Bowl Split-Championship Series?

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