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Briefcase Console
A notebook computer (Read the full article)
| "that is quite possibly hte ugliest laptop computer that i have ever seen...but over the years it has made quite a recovery...much <3 pe@ce out my homeslices" (boris 6/6/2005 6:38:18 AM ) |
| "thats a weird @$$ laptop" ( 2/7/2006 11:35:05 AM ) |
| "I've submitted a thorough prediction of a "briefcase computer" written by James P. Hogan four years earlier (1977) in "Inherit the Stars."
The scene describes a businessman making an in-flight, two-way video call over the global network using the computer. He then uses electronic ID cards to authenticate himself and authorize an electronic transaction." (S. Jones 7/18/2007 9:25:57 PM ) |
| "Good find; I've added it to the index. See briefcase computer." ( 7/19/2007 6:13:24 AM ) |
| "Hehe, I'm reading this on a laptop comp that weighs less than my cat (10-12 lbs depending on whether or not she's in her pet carrier at the time). :)
" (Moondragon 5/15/2009 1:46:35 AM ) |
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