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Wierdest computer habits/misconceptions

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There are many wierd habits or misconceptions people have do you know of any?

the weirdest one i have seen so far is that closing down you internet browser will stop a hacker :|
and the normal click the button till it works thing
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I'm happy to have possibly inspired this topic :D And if I didn't, don't tell me :evil:

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I yell at my computer. It doesn't help, but it's fun. :lol:
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uhhh. as soon as i open a firefox page i immediately click gmail. thats my first instinct. :lol:
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I tend to scroll up the page before I click back.
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i tend to not use the "back to the top" button no matter how long the thing is :|

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i type in 'please hurry up' if the logging in takes too long
and talk nicely to the computer :D
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Whenever something freezes, I usually just pull the plug.
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doctor wrote:i type in 'please hurry up' if the logging in takes too long
and talk nicely to the computer :D
Thats odd.....I yell at mine
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Post by AlphaTauri »

Yay! Apparently, I'm not alone...

Also, if a laptop doesn't have a mouse, I tend to use the up/down arrows instead of the scrolling thingy on the side of the screen. Does anyone else do that?
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