Re: Monitor Damage by Programming (was Stupid programming errors)

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From: Mitch Wagner
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 1990 02:55

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In article <1990Sep12....@tandem.com> ji...@tandem.com (Jim Lyon) writes:

#The year was 1984.  The machine was one of the original Compaq portables
#(now frequently called "luggable" -- expect one arm to get substantially
#longer than the other if you ever have to carry one across O'Hare airport).

It is a marvelous feature still used in portable computers today. When you 
pack 'em up in your apartment, they're feather-light, but by the time you
get them into your car, drive them to JFK airport, park, walk to your plane,
fly them across country for five hours, drag them across San Francisco 
Airport, get them to the rental car, and take them up to your hotel room --
by the time you've done all that, they weigh as much as a refrigerator
which could feed a family of eight!

Where does the extra mass come from?

-- 
                                                        -- Mitch Wagner

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From: wagner@utoday.UUCP (Mitch Wagner)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Monitor Damage by Programming (was Stupid programming errors)
Keywords: First-Hand Experience
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Date: 16 Sep 90 02:55:53 GMT
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