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"Laptop for kids?" "Kids" my hind leg...

Tom Brosz — 9/30/2005 5:17:30 AM (archived)

I know a first-class tool for pro-freedom subversion when I see one. If only they could be connected through satellites.

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MIT's cheap clockwork laptop - Daniel - 9/30/2005 4:43:27 AM
- A cheap superportable computer is what everyone wants anyway - SDF - 9/30/2005 11:27:21 AM
  - re: A cheap superportable computer is what everyone wants anyway - Doug Ellison - 10/4/2005 10:03:55 AM
    - I was using Canadian dollars - SDF - 10/4/2005 1:03:20 PM
      - re:there are still bargins, even in C$ :) - Doug Ellison - 10/5/2005 7:48:16 AM
- "Laptop for kids?" "Kids" my hind leg... - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 5:17:30 AM
  - ix-nay on the eedom-fray (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2005 4:12:56 PM
- pic - Daniel - 9/30/2005 4:45:59 AM

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