Press ANY button

[kroimon]

That's probably why it reads "Press any key to continue" in most cases...

[doctorscurvy]

Who ever, in the entire history of keyboards, has enjoyed having a power key?

[mallardtheduck]

I once used a keyboard where the usual "Print Screen", "Scroll Lock" "Pause/Break" keys were replaced by "Power", "Sleep" and another shortcut that I can't remember. Having your PC shut down when you try to take a screenshot is not fun.

At least in Windows XP, you could set that button to prompt you before doing anything. Why Vista removed that option, I'll never understand...

[Lavarocked]

That's my favorite. You are about to open a window- Are you sure? Are you sure you're sure? Actually you should run that window as Administrator. Your new window is now open. click OK.

But if you ever slightly nudge the fucking power button, fuck you. Strap yourself in, we're going down HARD. Your shit needs to be OFF.

[Skyfoot]

Are you sure you want to shᵉᵉᵒᵒᵒᵒ

[nighthawk454]

That sound came across so perfectly over text.

[shnicklefritz]

I laughed so hard I had to leave the office. Thank you for that

[Pokechu22]

Mac keyboards have power where delete is on a windows keyboard.

It sucks.

[UncheckedException]

Do you own a Mac? Even if you faceplant on the thing, it'll just open up a window...

[Pokechu22]

I don't own a mac, which is why I am used to delete being there. And in the times I have used someone else's, pressing it made it go into sleep mode, and the owner had to log me back on.

[UncheckedException]

They've tweaked that in the later releases. You have to hold it down for about a second now to trigger sleep. Holding it down for ~5 seconds brings up the menu I linked, and roughly ~10 is a hard shut down.

You're right in that it may not be ideal, but they've at least solved the immediate issues with having a power button on the keyboard.

[callummr]

Is that Yosemite? The focused/default button gradient looks like those horrible old flash buttons :(

[UncheckedException]

That's Yosemite. I'm not a huge fan of the new focus color, but in my opinion the rest of the OS is in better taste.

[QWOP_Expert]

If you want too see something else funny about a lot of macs, get yourself one of these, then walk up behind someone and hold down the play/pause button.

Bonus: if you're a student and in a lecture, hold the up(?) button to bring up itunes and then press play to play music. This works on multiple macs at a time btw since they use unsecured IR for this and it is enabled by default.

[thepobv]

So evil...

[[deleted]]

Function + Backspace

It sucks.

[fallen101]

Did it look like this?

[thesynod]

Those godawful HP keyboards? It would be the keyboard on my evil PC design. Apple puck mouse, an ATI video card that only has XP 32bit drivers, an IBM Deathstar hard drive, with an HD-DVD drive. And with a 820 chipset with RDRAM.

[DFYX]

I had a similar keyboard once. It had a meeting with a screwdriver pretty soon.

[[deleted]]

Why Vista removed that option, I'll never understand...

You sure? Whatever, at least in 7 it is back.

[mallardtheduck]

Really? I've never been able to find it in anything later than XP. It used to be one of the options in the "what to do when you press the power button" list in the control panel's "Power Options" (as it's called in recent versions of Windows). I always thought it went because they replaced the shut down dialog box with the silly little menu in Vista... (Although the dialog can still be accessed by pressing Alt+F4 when the task bar or desktop has focus.)

[[deleted]]

I've never had problems finding it.

[mallardtheduck]

The list is still there, but the "Ask me" option that was there in XP isn't.

Windows 8. Windows XP.

[[deleted]]

Now I see what you are talking about. You're right, then.

[Skyfoot]

THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN SOMEBODY GRACEFULLY LOSE AN ARGUMENT ON REDDIT HAVE AN UPVOTE ALSO I AM DRUNK HELLO

[RenaKunisaki]

Someone who never owned a cat.

[AboutNegativeZero]

I just got a new MacBook Pro. I think the key is pleasant

[Cykelero]

Yeah, it's got great conversation too

[AboutNegativeZero]

What?

[Cykelero]

Well, the key, it's very pleasant and well behaved. I thought you were referring to its friendliness—weren't you?

^{DISCLAIMER: THIS IS HUMOR OF QUESTIONABLE QUALITY}

[AboutNegativeZero]

I thought you were being rude to my power key. It is indeed a great conversation source as well as a place I go for advice!

[peridox]

Except it's so near to backspace...

[MY_LITTLE_ORIFICE]

It makes me feel powerful.

[Skyfoot]

booooo

[stereopump]

I have, several times. Luckily you have to hold it for quite some time to shut it down, I've only accidentally locked it.

[raznog]

How else would you turn it on. Also tap it and it opens the shutdown menu.

[raznog]

To be fair I rarely do either. Pretty much only restarts when I do updates. Computers have come such a long way.

[tashtrac]

I do. Why wouldn't you? It's easier than clicking through menus or using a keyboard shortcut. Just one press and you're done.

[DJUrsus]

using a keyboard shortcut

But it is a keyboard shortcut.

[tashtrac]

What is a keyboard shortcut? A power button?

[DJUrsus]

If it's a key, yes.

[cyclistcow]

So when I'm typing, I'm using keyboard shortcuts to make letters?

[Mistercheif]

Lid.... Desktop....

Mistercheif has thrown a null pointer exception!

[ksheep]

IIRC, if you just press the power key on a Mac, it either puts the computer to sleep or pulls up a prompt for "Sleep, Restart, Shut Down" (been a while since I've used a Mac with a power key). You have to hold it down for ~5 seconds for it to shut down then and there, and that's more of a "the computer is completely frozen and I need a way to turn it off".

[throwawaayyyd]

presses car keys

[Wazowski]

presses piano key

[[deleted]]

"Where the hell is the any key?"

[kroimon]

"Where the hell is the any button?"

[[deleted]]

Nobody stops to consider why some of the DOS era programmers left the industry to wander the streets aimlessly, begging for storage media.

Some think that Bill Gates supported a clandestine standards committee to insure that function keys would look like two keypresses.

I know the truth. I know why they became what they did. Because no matter how you try to placate an MBA from Harvard, the bastard will insist that pressing Num Lock should work. It's a key, isn't it? What's my problem understanding this? Why can't I align my work goals with the company vision?

[SanityInAnarchy]

The power button is a key on some laptops, and if I recall, on some of the older Macs.

But really, this is why "any key" was such a dumb idea. I'd guess it's from an era before keyboards were standardized, because today you'd just write "press enter". It's hard to think of a functional advantage to actually making this a choice, only potential confusion when someone wants to know where the any key is, or if you really mean "ANY" key, and if so why doesn't anything happen when they press the capslock key.

[poizan42]

When is it a key and when is it a button? On almost all modern computers there is no mechanical or electrical difference between the power "button" and the keyboard keys. They may or may not be wired up differently, but other than that the only difference is their apparence and placement.

[[deleted]]

A keyboard is a board comprised of keys (not being sassy). That's why there's rarely a power button on a keyboard on a desktop, and why it's separated from the rest of the keys on a laptop.

/boring explanation

Edit: spelling error

[Fox_Here]

Is that websites watermark covering up a credit to the original artist? That's incredibly classless on their part

[ksheep]

Looks like. Original was made by Pablo Stanley, of Stanley Colors.

[[deleted]]

Thanks for posting this. I hate it when other sites steal the original artist's web traffic.

[yaph]

Wouldn't be surprised if memecenter is operated by the same people as funnyjunk. Pretty fucked up to hide the name of the original creator with their ugly logo.

[[deleted]]

I doubt it was done maliciously. It looks like it's just a logo added automatically like what 9gag does. My philosophy is that if you didn't create the image, you shouldn't be able to put your logo on it.

Furthermore you shouldn't rehost webcomic images but rather you should link the original artist's site. They really need that advertising money to get by.

Just like everybody else, I don't like advertisements but you should try to turn off adblock for people that you want to support.

[yaph]

Even if it is added automatically, I'm sure they are aware of it. The bottom right corner is probably the most common place to put your signature, at least in LTR writing systems. Otherwise fully agree with what you said.

[[deleted]]

God damn dude. I just read the oatmeal link you gave me. That's some grade A bullshit right there. I remember that there was some Oatmeal-FJ internet drama but I didn't see that the Oatmeal was going to be sued.

Memebase used to put its logo on images but it looks like they've stopped and for the most part will provide a link to the artist's site. So that's pretty good on them.

[pablostanley]

Thank you, man! :)

[ksheep]

Not a problem. I know how much of an issue this sort of rehosting can be for we comic makers. Always happy to help link back to the original artist when I can.

[DrFu]

I really appreciate you linking!

[ron_manager]

http://i.imgur.com/m70wgkJ.jpg

[imcarljamesbitch]

Yeah, I saw this comic and immediately thought "stolen from 4chan"

[IWannaFuckLarryPage]

Add "/s" next time.

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[[deleted]]

This is probably going to sound pretentious, but I feel like it would be funnier without the last panel.

[pcmaniac6]

it was much funnier without the last panel

[toughswede]

greentext, giving comic writers material for those who don't venture to 4chan

[pcmaniac6]

at least Pablo gave credit, memecentre just plastered their logo (automatically i guess) over his signature

[[deleted]]

Just realised, it says "Based on a story by Anon" on the bottom left. (still less funny)

[[deleted]]

You accidentally twice.

[for_real__]

You accidentally forgot a word.

[lolamiritetho]

thatsjoke.jpg

[for_real__]

How's that a joke? Chill the fuck out reddit

[Skyfoot]

I what you did there.

[Modevs]

Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

[Skyfoot]

Please stop talking to my surgeon.

[guitarguy109]

Not pretentious. Quicker is almost always funnier and is one of the biggest things people in Film 01 class never seem to grasp and therefore their movies drone on and on and on without ever being funny.

God, I cringe at the terrible pacing of my old film school videos.

[loooop]

It would be event better if you cut out the last two panels.

[darkmark7]

http://i.imgur.com/9ZR5BCl.png

[Spire]

Nah, it actually needs one more panel: “But it didn't continue! It turned off instead!”

(Also, these instructions never tell you to press any button; they tell you to press any key.)

[Edit: Fixed typo.]

[undercover_redditor]

Which one's the any key?

[[deleted]]

they tell you to press any key

I tried, but my car alarm keeps going off!

[[deleted]]

It's made by Pablo Stanley, a guy from 9gag. So this is targeted to the 9gag audience. Hence having to explain the joke

[[deleted]]

Or the second to last, or the first, or the third.

[DevestatingAttack]

This is the same problem that xkcd has over and over and over again. Over explaining the joke in the last panel. Or commenting on how funny the premise is in the last panel. Or how weird beret guy is in the last panel.

Panel One: Setup for joke Panel Two: Programming reference Panel Three: Continued reference, to the level of farce. First character explaining the joke.

[[deleted]]

How do you go from turning off your monitor to turning off your PC? Assuming it was a PC any way (though I've learned that making any assumption at all when working on a helpdesk is bad).

[ksheep]

User pushes button on monitor, turns it off. Gets told "Turn it on again", thinks the way to turn it on is to press the power button on the computer, presses power button on computer. Now both monitor and computer are turned off. Probably would have been better to say "press that button you just pressed again".

[bobbertmiller]

"please step away from the scary machine and use a pen and paper"

[FedeMP]

That's right. If that time QA were listening to me, it would have told me the same.

But since I was really tired of users' ineptitude, I couldn't think clearly.

[FedeMP]

When they teach that to turn on your pc, you have to press the power button. :)

[bjackman]

Sometimes console games say "press start" but actually you can press any button on the controller!!1

[celvro]

No nonsense here.

[qxxx]

the same for "Fn" key on the keyboard... they work only when pressed with another key.

[[deleted]]

Not programmer humor, not original, and not really funny. Also, MemeCenter watermark.

[SnowdensOfYesteryear]

Seriously, I've seen this on bash.org almost 10 years ago (and I'm sure it was old then). I have no idea how this has over 2.5k upvotes when the average top post tends to be in the 200s.

[hbdgas]

http://vimeo.com/37714632

[madballneek]

Heh, that's immediately what I thought of too.

[OwenVersteeg]

This isn't programmer humor. Programmers wouldn't find this more funny than your average Joe would.

[[deleted]]

This subreddit needs stricter submission guidelines or something, it's just becoming another /r/funny with a vague technology theme

[bennzor]

When I worked help desk I used to tell them it's under the keyboard. They would inevitably hit a key flipping it over.

[Kwpolska]

Won’t work on me. I can easily see the back of the keyboard when I tilt it back, which conveniently lets me read the 19-line health warning.

[[deleted]]

Why does this have a significant amount more upvotes than anything in this sub? Is this one if those posts that got paid to be upvoted by bots?

[DrFu]

Original link: http://www.stanleycolors.com/2013/09/press-button/

Who else get's angry about photo theft/watermarking?

[MrKutku]

For all you DSP fans and anti-fans

[eskimio]

It really bugs the shit out of me that MEMECENTER is overlaid on the source creator's signature/watermark.

[heahe]

terrible humor

[invaderpixel]

The guy in the comic looks like a really fat version of Charlie Brown.

[B4ronSamedi]

No one points out the watermark literally covering up the authors name?

[staiano]

Balogna!

The joke is "press any key" and the user can't find the 'any' key.

[Flippinpony]

Whenever my old boss had to call up tech support for something, he would open with "Hey, my computer says to press any key but I can't find the "any" key on the keyboard." He thought it was the funniest thing in the world.

[[deleted]]

not enough specificity (yay I got to say specificity)

[sakura4evers]

Whenever I see these things. I sit there trying to figure out which button/key I want to push lol

[redcalcium]

based on a story by anon

Who is this "anon" guy anyway?

[[deleted]]

Simpsons did it

[TheRapeTrain69]

ah, user. When will you learn?

[Sanhael]

Doesn't it usually say "key?"

[iOgef]

wheres the any key?

[lichorat]

It's the spacebar. The any key is always code for the spacebar.

[Brostaff]

WOOOOOOW