FAQ At the etch and sketch support desk

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Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has all of these funny little lines all over the screen.
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I turn my Etch-A-Sketch off?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: What’s the shortcut for Undo?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I create a New Document window?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I set the background and foreground to the same colour?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: What is the proper procedure for rebooting my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I delete a document on my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I save my Etch-A-Sketch document?
A: Don’t shake it.

If you have any further queries, please feel free to contact the IT department.

[Hollow]

You can also very carefully open up the back and remove the powder to save a document.

[GoldenSphynx]

On the news once, I remember seeing a whole Michael Jordan collage made by an artist. It was so detailed and looked as if he had drwn it by hand. BTW, does anyone know how they work exactly?

[VisualAgnosia]

Magnets

[GoldenSphynx]

Anything perhaps more detailed?

[Aquila Blue]

lol, that reminds me of a dilbert cartoon, where they give the pointy haired boss an etch a sketch and tell him its a computer.

[dlinkwit27]

http://members.aol.com/laguna555/art.html

http://www.michaelmcnevin.com/sketch.htm

http://wanderline.com/stage072902.htm http://www.gvetchedintime.com/Person...utpersonal.htm

[s0be]

well, I believe the dust sticks to the plastic screen by static electricity. Then your 'little nobby things' goes around and sort of rubs the stuff off. I could be way out of my element here, since I havn't used an etch-a-sketch since about 1988

s0be

[dlinkwit27]

This is how it works

there are even nifty picutres!

[Aquila Blue]

Originally posted by dlinkwit27
This is how it works

there are even nifty picutres!

that's cool! now I finally know all the details thanks for the link

[dlinkwit27]

no problemo. I figure i've been here two years, might as wel start contributing. hehe

[psychoticguyver]

now only if that was pure aluminum

[dlinkwit27]

then what?

[psychoticguyver]

mix pure aluminium w/ i think copper or iron or something low down in the reactivity series, add fire aaaaaaaaaaand BOOM!!!!

[dlinkwit27]

ooooooooo! I see! That could be bad! lol!

Originally posted by Aquila Blue
lol, that reminds me of a dilbert cartoon, where they give the pointy haired boss an etch a sketch and tell him its a computer.

LMAO last one for tonight.... I know this bloke ..Didn't know much of 'putres but Knew that Piccy's could be stored on them. anyway he ask's a mate if he could get it up on the old 'puter. [this is bak in the days of the 386's]. So my mate say s YEAH! No problem. 'k ..so my mate says lean over and hold the picture ove rthe screen while I scan it [ chap was standing at the other side(front of the desk)]..so he holds the picture he drew over and my mate flicked the screen on and off a few times....were all watching this of course....... "IS that it he says"...YeahYeah says my mate ....you should have seen him when we let on about a week later [after many excuses as to why his picture couldn't be accessed] ...he never talked to any of us for month's after....
don't know what happened to him but I know he isn't with the company I was with at the time anymore ...something about a dis agreement with the same guy...who was allways playing these jk's on him.....I can see his point noow but at the time we took the piss for wk's ....


btw etch a sketch to save don't shake ..classic..I'm saving this for future reference ...hilarious

Originally posted by psychoticguyver
mix pure aluminium w/ i think copper or iron or something low down in the reactivity series, add fire aaaaaaaaaaand BOOM!!!!

try Ferrite of iron with magnesium and aliminium very big BOOM as wegot told of for doing in our chem. lab at school...and then there was the time Croos-eyed George[well thats what we called him] was messing with the acid....we got banned after that no sorry it was the time when we turned the gas burner into a flame thrower that was soo well it was about experimenting ..
sorry offtopic