why - { Ctrl Alt Del } ?
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
Alt
| Del |
Why? | Ctrl |
Ctrl provides the power to decide what/who is 'Alt' and What/Who is 'Del' -eted.
The masses are left to ask why?
My source: Peter Kurilecz - RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
A Fresh Start: Ctrl + Alt + Delete - Neatoramahttp://m.neatorama.com/2014/08/01/A-Fresh-Start-Ctrl-Alt-Delete/#!buNWwY
One of the programmers’ pet peeves was that whenever the computer encountered a coding glitch, they had to manually restart the entire system. Turning the machine back on automatically initiated a series of memory tests, which stole valuable time. “Some days, you’d be rebooting every five minutes as you searched for the problem,” Bradley says. The tedious tests made the coders want to pull their hair out.
So Bradley created a keyboard shortcut that triggered a system reset without the memory tests. He never dreamed that the simple fix would make him a programming hero, someone who’d someday be hounded to autograph keyboards at conferences. And he didn’t foresee the command becoming such an integral part of the user experience.