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The problem, I find, with these modern 7-inch laptops is that it's actually quite difficult to place them comfortably on your lap. I suppose they're dubbed 'netbooks' to extinguish any lap-based expectations.
I like to place my machine on one knee, but this does lead to stability issues while attempting
to type. It should be possible, using an internal moving weight, gyroscopes or the workings of a segway to create a self balancing laptop that sits sturdily even on one leg.
A cheaper solution would be having poles sticking out with weights on the ends.
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I will read your idea when you've fixed the split
infinitive. |
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Apologies, I hope that fixes it. Sadly English isn't entirely my first language. |
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[21Q], with a tablet, I would not be able to touch type at all. This invention need not be a permanent modification -- imagine a tiny self balancing table that your device sits on (and possibly powers via USB). |
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I also just realised (apologies once more) that this laptop I am typing on and complaining about actually has a 10 inch screen. |
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A practical solution [bigsleep] but not exactly what one would describe as 'style'... |
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Who would want to quasist a laptop? |
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They should come with a thigh-strap harness, like fighter
pilots used to have for their logbooks (is that correct
terminology? I can't believe I don't know that. What kind of
obsessive history geek doesn't know that?*). |
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*don't get all excited, Borg, it was a rhetorical question. |
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It's called a "kneeboard", and they're still very widely used by GA
pilots. Military flight suits often have a similar feature integrated
into the garment, again on the upper surface of the right thigh
just above the knee. |
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A log book is a document in which a pilot records their flight
hours and details of flights. |
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"Obsessive history geek" … hmm … we shall take that as
flattery… |
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Is the cooking-your-flesh thing actually true? Surely it would get extremely painful well before any actual cooking occurred? |
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//Is the cooking-your-flesh thing actually true?// A
15" aluminum monobody laptop with two 3 GHz
cores, both crunching numbers at at 100% of
available CPU cycles, on bare thighs, merely causes
pain, but no actual burns. Apple laptops are said to
be among the hotter ones, but perhaps there are
modded, overclocked ones which will actually cook
flesh. |
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