[wellylug] Boxen

Pizbit pizbit at neko.net.nz
Fri Jul 30 16:24:45 NZST 2004


Call it *mine*.

Michael Dittmer wrote:
> What are we to call it?
> 
> A notebook = someone complains
> A laptop = someone complains
> Portable = someone complains
> Ultra Portable = someone complains
> 
> What to do? What to do?
> 
> Damned if you do and Damned if you don't!!!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
> [mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Chris Hodgetts
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 3:10 PM
> To: WellyLug
> Subject: [wellylug] Boxen
> 
> if I recall, my laptop box was flat a oblongie... if that is a word :)
> 
> On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 15:06, jumbophut wrote:
> 
>>On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:53:46 +1200, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
>>
>>>I find it disturbing ..
>>>
>>>I have a laptop, and people still refer to it as a "BOX", well I am
>>>sorry  ... it's not a box, it's more of a flat, oblingie type thing...
>>>
>>>to me a BOX is square and please correct me if I am wrong, there havent
>>>been that many Square cases made for computers....
>>>
>>
>>I believe laptops come in boxes.  Wouldn't those boxes be laptop-shaped?
> 
> :-)
> 
>>-- 
>>Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!,
> 
> /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')
> 
> 
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