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Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by neilv »

albumen wrote: post #95
andrewshadura wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is 02202? A postal code?

He wrote 02022. It's the year in a Long Now [0]context, avoiding the Y10K problem that's just around the corner. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_of_the_Long_Now

It's only a Y10K problem if people assume that a year that happens to be 4 digits is existing in a system that doesn't permit years of 5 or more digits.

But as soon as you put a leading 0, (besides confusing people) you seem to be telling people to definitely use arbitrary fixed lengths for years and analogous purposes. Even though they weren't necessarily doing that before.

Sincerely,

    "neilv                           "

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by teagoat »

deadbabe wrote: post #96
CBLT wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> regular backpacks look nothing like a laptop bag You're missing some context here — this is in San Fransisco.

I always wonder why no one invented hoodies or jacket with some kind of built in laptop pocket in the back.

Some of scottevest's can apparently fit a laptop in the pocket: https://www.reddit.com/r/onebag/comments/6w2p0o/scottevest_o...

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by hamdingers »

waltbosz wrote: post #21

Reminds me of the uglified camera to deter theft. https://web.archive.org/web/20090521084503/https://blog.jimm...

A common strategy among bicycle messengers too. A high end bike wrapped in electrical tape with a crap paint job doesn't look to appealing and will be a struggle to sell.

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by xp84 »

kragen wrote: post #68
IanCal wrote: post #18

> For me, the ultimate laptop bag is one that looks nothing like a laptop bag; it should look like nothing special at all. That sounds like almost any regular backpack then. They can also be pretty weather proof, don't need to be carried in one hand, aren't open topped showing what's inside easily, and padded. Any simple and cheap backpack would solve this exact problem but better surely, unless your desire is to be…

When I lived in San Francisco, backpacks were marginalized as being associated with being too poor to own a car. High-school students might carry a backpack, college students might carry a backpack, people on the bus might carry a backpack, but mostly not professionals who drove to work. Maybe that's changed, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zwWpqsI_3s purports to be from 02022, and in its first minute, I cou…

Maybe it's just startup life, but living in SF during the 2010s decade, I didn't know many people who drove to work. Who wants to sit in traffic and then pay like $300 a month in parking fees when you can sit in traffic on MUNI vehicles for much less, while doing something useful?

Even people who lived in the farther-out suburbs usually drove to BART.

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by guyromm »

the ultimate laptop bag is an inflatable orange swimming tow float bag: 1. it looks nothing like a laptop bag 2. it will protect your laptop from water, even completely submerged. 3. it will protect your laptop from falling when side pockets are inflated. 4. you can take your laptop to the beach and not worry about it getting stolen. 5. you can use it as a pillow when hiking or at the beach. 6. much cheaper than a laptop bag.

mine's a Decathlon OWS 500, but i guess that it's as good as any.

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by ntonozzi »

guyromm wrote: post #105

the ultimate laptop bag is an inflatable orange swimming tow float bag: 1. it looks nothing like a laptop bag 2. it will protect your laptop from water, even completely submerged. 3. it will protect your laptop from falling when side pockets are inflated. 4. you can take your laptop to the beach and not worry about it getting stolen. 5. you can use it as a pillow when hiking or at the beach. 6. much cheaper than a la…

Plus, you're not any more ostentatious than any other triathlete at the beach.

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by Fricken »

andy99 wrote: post #22

I used to take the Montreal metro to work just carrying my laptop. Someone I kmow from a big European city was very surprised and said nobody would do that there, it would make you a target for theft. Here I wouldn't think twice about it.

I live in Edmonton, a friend of mine from London was astonished that I'd leave my bag by my chair unattended when using the bathroom at a pub. I don't even think about it, my stuff has never been nicked.

Re: Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?

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Post by nenenejej »

themadturk wrote: post #91
kragen wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I lived in San Francisco, backpacks were marginalized as being associated with being too poor to own a car. High-school students might carry a backpack, college students might carry a backpack, people on the bus might carry a backpack, but mostly not professionals who drove to work. Maybe that's changed, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zwWpqsI_3s purports to be from 02022, and in its first minute, I cou…

I'm in the suburban Seattle area, and many, many adult professionals carry a backpack...even when they commute a few miles by car and walk 100 feet into their offices.

By car? Where they all parking?
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