When i hold a button letters don't type continuously, symbols pop out. How do i change this?

When i type, and hold a button, letters dont type continuously (ony appear once) and some other weird symbols pop out on the screen... how do i change it back? Thanks.

Apple calls this Character Picker and it's new with Lion:
Character picker
Accessing accented characters in OS X Lion is a breeze. Just hold down the letter and a dialog appears listing all alternative and accented characters.
To force key-repeat back:
Open Terminal.app and enter the following command:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
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