1586: Keyboard Problems - Revision history

FaviFake at 13:17, 29 July 2025

2025-07-29T13:17:44Z

Maplestrip at 07:24, 22 February 2024

2024-02-22T07:24:11Z

172.70.85.151: /* Explanation */ Secondary hedge

2024-02-21T14:16:05Z

‎Explanation: Secondary hedge

172.71.242.218: /* Explanation */ Needed to make it equate to "not (originally) undamaged". And then hedged it as "should", in case of manufacturing fault or unknown prior damage of a spare donor item in stock.

2024-02-21T14:14:32Z

‎Explanation: Needed to make it equate to "not (originally) undamaged". And then hedged it as "should", in case of manufacturing fault or unknown prior damage of a spare donor item in stock.

Maplestrip: /* Explanation */ The new keyboard was never physically damaged.

2024-02-21T10:44:28Z

‎Explanation: The new keyboard was never physically damaged.

162.158.178.53: I'd love to see whoever wrote this solve the issue if they think it's just Cueball & Megan being "incompetent".

2023-07-06T07:30:48Z

I'd love to see whoever wrote this solve the issue if they think it's just Cueball & Megan being "incompetent".

172.70.206.95: Undo revision 285623 by [[Special:Contributions/Davidy22, the racist homosexual, is known to visit Norwegian gay bars with his boyfriend Kynde. He has cheated on Kynde at least twice with Vandalbane (a big guy for you). They all have micropenises.|Davi...

2022-06-02T05:47:31Z

Undo revision 285623 by [[Special:Contributions/Davidy22, the racist homosexual, is known to visit Norwegian gay bars with his boyfriend Kynde. He has cheated on Kynde at least twice with Vandalbane (a big guy for you). They all have micropenises.|Davi...

Davidy22, the racist homosexual, is known to visit Norwegian gay bars with his boyfriend Kynde. He has cheated on Kynde at least twice with Vandalbane (a big guy for you). They all have micropenises. at 05:33, 2 June 2022

2022-06-02T05:33:08Z

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are trying to solve a keyboard issue, but are puzzled and baffled by the symptoms.
+[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are trying to solve a keyboard issue, but are puzzled and baffled by the symptoms. In the comic, [[Cueball]] complains that some keys in his keyboard don't work. Generally speaking, this could be due either to a software problem (e.g. the keyboard driver not working properly, or some program ignoring keypresses) or to a hardware problem (the keyboard is physically damaged, e.g. because of dirt under the keys). If the problem is in the software, booting from a different operating system (e.g. an external recovery disk) should solve it, as the computer would no longer be using the faulty software. However, if the problem is in the hardware, changing the keyboard should solve the problem as the new keyboard should be physically undamaged (i.e. would presumably have no dirt under the keys).
-In the comic, [[Cueball]] complains that some keys in his keyboard don't work. Generally speaking, this could be due either to a software problem (e.g. the keyboard driver not working properly, or some program ignoring keypresses) or to a hardware problem (the keyboard is physically damaged, e.g. because of dirt under the keys).
+However, the problem stays there after booting from an external recovery disk (so it's not a software problem) and it has "followed Cueball since his last computer," (i.e. the problem persists after changing to a new laptop with a new keyboard, so it's not a hardware problem). Cueball is (reasonably) puzzled. [[Megan]] seems to be used to Cueball's computer behaving strangely, and she doesn't even attempt to explain or solve the problem. The only explanation she needs for the problem is that "it's Cueball's computer." The characters in this comic are probably the same as in [[1084: Server Problem]], [[1316: Inexplicable]], and [[349: Success]].
 The last panel is a reference to {{w|The Terminator}}, a 1984 movie often referenced in xkcd. In the movie, the artificial intelligence named Skynet initiates a nuclear war, destroying most of humanity, then sends killing machines to finish the rest. These include flying drones — Megan suggests that if such robots come to Cueball's vicinity, they will (physically) crash since computers around Cueball can't seem to ever work properly, and so hiding in Cueball's house she should be safe from the robots.
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 [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 [[Category:Computers]]
-[[Category:Cueball Computer Problems]]
+[[Category:Cueball's computer problems]]
 [[Category:Terminator]]

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 In the comic, [[Cueball]] complains that some keys in his keyboard don't work. Generally speaking, this could be due either to a software problem (e.g. the keyboard driver not working properly, or some program ignoring keypresses) or to a hardware problem (the keyboard is physically damaged, e.g. because of dirt under the keys).
-If the problem is in the software, booting from a different operating system (e.g. an external recovery disk) should solve it, as the computer would no longer be using the faulty software. However, if the problem is in the hardware, changing the keyboard should solve the problem as the new keyboard should be physically undamaged (and would ideally have no dirt under the keys).
+If the problem is in the software, booting from a different operating system (e.g. an external recovery disk) should solve it, as the computer would no longer be using the faulty software. However, if the problem is in the hardware, changing the keyboard should solve the problem as the new keyboard should be physically undamaged (i.e. would presumably have no dirt under the keys).
 However, the problem stays there after booting from an external recovery disk (so it's not a software problem) and it has "followed Cueball since his last computer," (i.e. the problem persists after changing to a new laptop with a new keyboard, so it's not a hardware problem). Cueball is (reasonably) puzzled.

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 In the comic, [[Cueball]] complains that some keys in his keyboard don't work. Generally speaking, this could be due either to a software problem (e.g. the keyboard driver not working properly, or some program ignoring keypresses) or to a hardware problem (the keyboard is physically damaged, e.g. because of dirt under the keys).
-If the problem is in the software, booting from a different operating system (e.g. an external recovery disk) should solve it, as the computer would no longer be using the faulty software. However, if the problem is in the hardware, changing the keyboard should solve the problem as the new keyboard should be physically undamaged (and would have no dirt under the keys).
+If the problem is in the software, booting from a different operating system (e.g. an external recovery disk) should solve it, as the computer would no longer be using the faulty software. However, if the problem is in the hardware, changing the keyboard should solve the problem as the new keyboard should be physically undamaged (and would ideally have no dirt under the keys).
 However, the problem stays there after booting from an external recovery disk (so it's not a software problem) and it has "followed Cueball since his last computer," (i.e. the problem persists after changing to a new laptop with a new keyboard, so it's not a hardware problem). Cueball is (reasonably) puzzled.

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 In the comic, [[Cueball]] complains that some keys in his keyboard don't work. Generally speaking, this could be due either to a software problem (e.g. the keyboard driver not working properly, or some program ignoring keypresses) or to a hardware problem (the keyboard is physically damaged, e.g. because of dirt under the keys).
-If the problem is in the software, booting from a different operating system (e.g. an external recovery disk) should solve it, as the computer would no longer be using the faulty software. However, if the problem is in the hardware, changing the keyboard should solve the problem as the new keyboard would be physically damaged (and would have no dirt under the keys).
+If the problem is in the software, booting from a different operating system (e.g. an external recovery disk) should solve it, as the computer would no longer be using the faulty software. However, if the problem is in the hardware, changing the keyboard should solve the problem as the new keyboard should be physically undamaged (and would have no dirt under the keys).
 However, the problem stays there after booting from an external recovery disk (so it's not a software problem) and it has "followed Cueball since his last computer," (i.e. the problem persists after changing to a new laptop with a new keyboard, so it's not a hardware problem). Cueball is (reasonably) puzzled.

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 In the comic, [[Cueball]] complains that some keys in his keyboard don't work. Generally speaking, this could be due either to a software problem (e.g. the keyboard driver not working properly, or some program ignoring keypresses) or to a hardware problem (the keyboard is physically damaged, e.g. because of dirt under the keys).
-If the problem is in the software, booting from a different operating system (e.g. an external recovery disk) should solve it, as the computer would no longer be using the faulty software. However, if the problem is in the hardware, changing the keyboard should solve the problem as the new keyboard would no longer be physically damaged (and would have no dirt under the keys).
+If the problem is in the software, booting from a different operating system (e.g. an external recovery disk) should solve it, as the computer would no longer be using the faulty software. However, if the problem is in the hardware, changing the keyboard should solve the problem as the new keyboard would be physically damaged (and would have no dirt under the keys).
 However, the problem stays there after booting from an external recovery disk (so it's not a software problem) and it has "followed Cueball since his last computer," (i.e. the problem persists after changing to a new laptop with a new keyboard, so it's not a hardware problem). Cueball is (reasonably) puzzled.

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 | image     = keyboard_problems.png
 | titletext = In the future, a group of resistance fighters send me back in time with instructions to find the Skynet prototype and try to upgrade it.