{"id":4368,"date":"2003-09-16T14:22:29","date_gmt":"2003-09-16T21:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2003-09-16T14:22:29","modified_gmt":"2003-09-16T21:22:29","slug":"the_three_finge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/16\/the_three_finge.html","title":{"rendered":"The Three-Fingered Salute"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, who invented [Ctrl-Alt-Delete] to reboot (or, these newfangled days, call up the Task List for) a computer? Dave Bradley<\/a>, who seems to have created a cottage industry in giving speeches about the invention (as well as other Olde Days in the PC Biz topics).<\/p>\n

(More on the story here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

(via GeekPress<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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