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A Modern Version of the “Swedish Tight Pants Theory”

12/15/2004

For me, having just recently written about some of the unintended consequences of computer production, this story was just one more example of unintended consequences-like the study that recently found that 100 percent of tested computers contained brominated flame retardants, bioaccumulative neurotoxins.

Will laptops now get redesigned so that less heat g'es down? Maybe. It's always, to me, been a design flaw to vent heat downwards anyway, because you can burn up a laptop by using it on upholstered surface. (I know. I've done it!)

Maybe we need to make our own protective devices for long airline flights: "May I have some extra ice, please?" Actually, I bet that by April there will be advertisements in the airlines' in-flight shopping catalogues for some kind of "male lap protective device."

I wonder if anyone's patented that, yet?


About the author: Terry Calhoun is Director of Communications and Publications for the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). You can contact him through CT's IT Trends forum by clicking here. View more articles by Terry Calhoun.

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