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Solid_Sonic 10/03/25 3:48:03 PM #1:	We have to settle for asterisk and forward slash. These seem like characters that should appear frequently enough to justify keeping them somewhere on the keyboard. --- Remember: it's time for games to cost $100. ...WAIT, I WASN'T READY!! <cite>Solid_Sonic posted [p:986615626] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>We have to settle for asterisk and forward slash.These seem like characters that should appear frequently enough to justify keeping them somewhere on the keyboard.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnsteadyOwl 10/03/25 3:51:55 PM #2:	Because we need a scroll lock key for reasons. --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." <cite>UnsteadyOwl posted [p:986615672] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Because we need a scroll lock key for reasons.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid_Sonic 10/03/25 3:54:11 PM #3:	UnsteadyOwl posted... Because we need a scroll lock key for reasons. Pause/Break is more useless on modern keyboards... --- Remember: it's time for games to cost $100. ...WAIT, I WASN'T READY!! <cite>Solid_Sonic posted [p:986615696] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>UnsteadyOwl posted... </cite><quote>Because we need a scroll lock key for reasons.</quote>Pause/Break is more useless on modern keyboards...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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bfslick50 10/03/25 4:00:36 PM #5:	/ is superior, it's like writing a fraction --- "Something's wrong! Murder isn't working and that's all we're good at." ~Futurama <cite>bfslick50 posted [p:986615772] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>/ is superior, it's like writing a fraction</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid_Sonic 10/03/25 4:00:37 PM #6:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Well how'd you get the dot? --- Remember: it's time for games to cost $100. ...WAIT, I WASN'T READY!! <cite>Solid_Sonic posted [p:986615773] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> Well how'd you get the dot?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AndyReklaw 10/03/25 4:04:14 PM #8:	Does anyone use the symbol after elementary school? --- This user is awesome!: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/user/gamefaqs-user?account=12351915135 <cite>AndyReklaw posted [p:986615804] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Does anyone use the symbol after elementary school?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid_Sonic 10/03/25 4:04:58 PM #9:	AndyReklaw posted... Does anyone use the symbol after elementary school? Admittedly I haven't, really. I don't even see the multiplication symbol much either (a lot of the time it's just a number placed next to a parenthesis). --- Remember: it's time for games to cost $100. ...WAIT, I WASN'T READY!! <cite>Solid_Sonic posted [p:986615814] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>AndyReklaw posted... </cite><quote>Does anyone use the symbol after elementary school?</quote>Admittedly I haven't, really. I don't even see the multiplication symbol much either (a lot of the time it's just a number placed next to a parenthesis).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 10/03/25 4:49:22 PM #10:	Solid_Sonic posted... Pause/Break is more useless on modern keyboards... tell me you're not a computer programmer --- April 15, 2024: The Day the Internet Died <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:986616257] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Solid_Sonic posted... </cite><quote>Pause/Break is more useless on modern keyboards...</quote>tell me you're not a computer programmer</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
maling2000ayam 10/03/25 5:47:25 PM #11:	x : --- your right <cite>maling2000ayam posted [p:986616805] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>x:</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Thermador446 10/03/25 5:54:12 PM #12:	Cuz Microsoft excel makes the rules --- "While you were wasting your time castrating a priceless antique, I was systematically feeding babies to hungry mutated puppies!" -The Monarch <cite>Thermador446 posted [p:986616886] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Cuz Microsoft excel makes the rules</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PiOverlord 10/03/25 5:55:09 PM #13:	To me / is the div symbol and tbh, for multiplication, I'm more likely to write it as 3(2). --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 37, 500th posts: 35; PiO ATTN: 6 RotM wins 1, LETTEN MY ARROW FLYEN TRUE <cite>PiOverlord posted [p:986616894] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>To me / is the div symbol and tbh, for multiplication, I'm more likely to write it as 3(2).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
King_Rial 10/03/25 5:57:15 PM #14:	My keyboard has them. --- I use Google... A lot.... >______> <cite>King_Rial posted [p:986616924] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>My keyboard has them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GeminiDeus 10/03/25 6:31:11 PM #15:	Why don't we have a key? --- Without truth, there is nothing. <cite>GeminiDeus posted [p:986617213] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Why don't we have a key?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordFarquad1312 10/03/25 6:33:35 PM #16:	Anyone unironically using should be reported as an underage user. --- El sexo sucio y el planeta limpio. "If you are tired of fear from links... Let Kirby's Nightmare protect you." <cite>LordFarquad1312 posted [p:986617239] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Anyone unironically using should be reported as an underage user.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A5modeu5 10/03/25 6:47:56 PM #17:	Alt+0247 Alt+0215 --- --- http://backloggery.com/a5modeu5/sig.gif <cite>A5modeu5 posted [p:986617350] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Alt+0247Alt+0215</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarshMellow 10/03/25 6:52:11 PM #18:	<cite>MarshMellow posted [p:986617378] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 10/03/25 10:24:12 PM #19:	. _ . --- April 15, 2024: The Day the Internet Died <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:986619187] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>._.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metal_Gear_Raxis 10/03/25 10:37:38 PM #20:	AndyReklaw posted... Does anyone use the symbol after elementary school? Huh, you're right. Why do they teach it that way, then? --- Time is a funny thing, you know? I guess in the big picture of my life, you were only a blip. But oftentimes, those "blips" make the biggest impacts. <cite>Metal_Gear_Raxis posted [p:986619280] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>AndyReklaw posted... </cite><quote>Does anyone use the symbol after elementary school?</quote>Huh, you're right. Why do they teach it that way, then?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AndyReklaw 10/03/25 10:41:51 PM #21:	Metal_Gear_Raxis posted... Huh, you're right. Why do they teach it that way, then? I googled, wondering the same thing. And I guess the idea is to help kids learn the idea first with an easily recognizable symbol and then do away with it once they've got the concept down. --- This user is awesome!: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/user/gamefaqs-user?account=12351915135 <cite>AndyReklaw posted [p:986619310] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Metal_Gear_Raxis posted... </cite><quote>Huh, you're right. Why do they teach it that way, then?</quote>I googled, wondering the same thing. And I guess the idea is to help kids learn the idea first with an easily recognizable symbol and then do away with it once they've got the concept down. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GeminiDeus 10/03/25 10:48:34 PM #22:	AndyReklaw posted... I googled, wondering the same thing. And I guess the idea is to help kids learn the idea first with an easily recognizable symbol and then do away with it once they've got the concept down. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5809e6e7.png --- Without truth, there is nothing. <cite>GeminiDeus posted [p:986619357] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>AndyReklaw posted... </cite><quote>I googled, wondering the same thing. And I guess the idea is to help kids learn the idea first with an easily recognizable symbol and then do away with it once they've got the concept down.</quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5809e6e7.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lordgold666 10/04/25 7:43:27 AM #23:	Thermador446 posted... Cuz Microsoft excel makes the rules --- "May the Father of Understanding guide you." <cite>Lordgold666 posted [p:986621640] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Thermador446 posted... </cite><quote>Cuz Microsoft excel makes the rules</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HudGard 10/04/25 9:33:25 AM #24:	When I was in school for division we actually used that little box thing instead. Looks like the square root box but without the checkmark bit? Might have just been a format for calculating and not a symbol though. Looked like this I think. ) --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>HudGard posted [p:986622133] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>When I was in school for division we actually used that little box thing instead. Looks like the square root box but without the checkmark bit? Might have just been a format for calculating and not a symbol though.Looked like this I think. )</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrResetti 10/04/25 9:51:17 AM #25:	<cite>MrResetti posted [p:986622234] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HokagoTeaTime 10/04/25 9:52:49 AM #26:	'-' isn't even a proper minus sign let's integrate TeX into everything so we can stop suffering all this ugly math --- the Earl Strickland of most other things https://mahochan.neocities.org/channel <cite>HokagoTeaTime posted [p:986622242] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>'-' isn't even a proper minus signlet's integrate TeX into everything so we can stop suffering all this ugly math</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
loafy013 10/04/25 10:02:51 AM #27:	AndyReklaw posted... I googled, wondering the same thing. And I guess the idea is to help kids learn the idea first with an easily recognizable symbol and then do away with it once they've got the concept down. Getting rid of it and just using a / is what seems to lean into all sorts of ambiguous math problems. 12 4 + 2. Most people will answer 5. But 12 / 4 +2 and they will give you 2 because they see it written as 12 / (4+2). --- The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes. That's fact. Everything else, is theory. <cite>loafy013 posted [p:986622313] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>AndyReklaw posted... </cite><quote>I googled, wondering the same thing. And I guess the idea is to help kids learn the idea first with an easily recognizable symbol and then do away with it once they've got the concept down.</quote>Getting rid of it and just using a / is what seems to lean into all sorts of ambiguous math problems.12 4 + 2. Most people will answer 5.But 12 / 4 +2 and they will give you 2 because they see it written as 12 / (4+2).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FL81 10/04/25 1:28:25 PM #28:	Have you tried pressing the key or the key --- https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif https://i.imgur.com/8mWCvA4.gif <cite>FL81 posted [p:986623876] in How come k... [t:81050096]...</cite> <quote>Have you tried pressing the key or the key</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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