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by hagbard_c 803 days ago
That's the Win key ad auction delay, they're just getting you used to it. Every time you press that key an auction is held for your eyes, to be sold to the highest bidder.

Normally something like this should be ended with a </sarcasm> tag but I'm fairly sure this is soon to be - if not already - more fact than fiction.

The solution? Ditch Windows. The pot is boiling, the frog has long since passed so bury it and move to greener pastures (no, not those used in the XP background). There is a Linux waiting for you, somewhere - take your pick and run with it.