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I mourn the loss of the Reset button on recent computers. Not only should we bug the manufacturers to bring it back, we should encourage the development of a Reset button for people: A tasteful beige or taupe button would fit right in the "third eye" spot in the forehead, and would trigger a small implant
that stops a futile brain process (such as an is-so-is-not argument, a why-don't-you-yes-but conversation, or a spiel based on somebody else's ideology). All memory of the preceding three minutes' verbalization would be wiped out, of course, as the Resetee (?) would fall asleep for a split second and then reboot. Imagine the subsequent innovations in rhetoric, manners, politics, and the martial arts...
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I can't think of any big advantages of the human reset button but i do hate it when computers don't have them... so you get half a croissant... |
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This would be especially good, cause when your parents/wife is mad at you you can push their reset button while they sleep. Oh, and I agree about computers having the button, it's annoying to have to get up and unplug it every time my PC freezes and the on/off button won't work. |
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Unfortunately, the forces of evolution will conspire to produce people with beige or taupe foreheads, so you won't be able to SEE the reset button. Tricky geezer, that Darwin... |
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Ooh, ooh! Can I get a fancy-lookin', glossy, molded, vibrant orange, see-through plastic forehead? |
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There are some PCs--mine is one--with no reset but with an override powerdown built into the on/off switch. NeverDie and RobertKidney, have you tried pushing in the on/off button and holding it for about 10 seconds? Oh, you have and it didn't work? Never mind then. |
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I think someone pressed my reset button on Saturday, sometime after the England/Germany football match and the consumption of several vodkas. |
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Who needs a reset button when you have the short-term memory removing facility of marijuana, dude? It works perfectly well in causing you to forget the last... em... what was I saying... right... who needs a reset button when... uh... what was the question again? Oh, yeah... etc. |
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[salud, unabubba] re: resetting the occasional newbie: I'm afraid you'd only get the same posting again, or [POP-foosh] the same posting again or [POP-foosh] the same...[SPLINK-unplug]
[MonTemplar]: If we do see such Darwinian evolution in cyborgs, maybe we'd also see them sprout decoy features like the "eyes" on moth wings -- say, moles that look just like Reset buttons while the real one blends in with skin tone (whatever that is)...
[Guy Fox]: Oh. Yeah. I forgot that for some reason. |
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My guess is that it would be like trying to get a PC to access a floppy drive with no disk in it. Might restore his interest in preliminary activities, however... |
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This already exists. It's called hitting them over the head really hard with something heavy and hard, giving them a concussion. |
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[absterge] - Drunken roommates would find a large orange button on your forehead an infinite source of humor, as you will never remember that they are pulling the same trick on you again, and again, and again... |
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In addition, If you accidentally smack yourself on the forehead (a habit that will have a hard time dying) just before a final exam or other important task, you're screwed. This also applies to driving the car, doing the laundry, cooking, etc... |
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