LAPtop vs LABtop...which is it?

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When I am travelling and am happy to have my labtop computer. I pull it out of my suitcase and rest it on my lap while I work...
 

Tiamat

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Labtop is the black colored slab you find in Chemestry Labs.
At least thats the closest thing i could think of that would possibly be a Labtop
 

dnuggett

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Originally posted by: Mwilding
When I am travelling and am happy to have my labtop computer. I pull it out of my suitcase and rest it on my lap while I work...

:cookie:
 

dullard

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Originally posted by: Tiamat
Labtop is the black colored slab you find in Chemestry Labs.
At least thats the closest thing i could think of that would possibly be a Labtop
Those things are damn hard to cut. A carbide table saw was glowing orange after getting half an inch into it. We needed diamond tipped saw to get through the stuff and even then we had to go quite slow.

Oh wait, we were talking about something else. It is a laptop as you put it on top of your lap. Very few people have a lab in which to put the notebook on and even then you can put a desktop on your lab counter top.
 

Eli

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I used to say labtop. It made sense at the time; a portable computer that you can bring into the lab with you.

But it's laptop.
 

dnuggett

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I used to say labtop. It made sense at the time; a portable computer that you can bring into the lab with you.


Never, never, never admit that to anyone else. In fact delete it right away before more of us can laugh at you.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: dnuggett
I used to say labtop. It made sense at the time; a portable computer that you can bring into the lab with you.


Never, never, never admit that to anyone else. In fact delete it right away before more of us can laugh at you.
:p

It was when I was like 12, before I got into computers.
 

xXped0thugXx

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Originally posted by: tweakmm
Each night I go to bed thinking that there is no way that I will hear of more stupid people than I did that day, and every day following by 4 P.M. I am proven wrong.

haha , me too, people are just plain stupid, there is no way around it.
 
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dnuggett

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: dnuggett
I used to say labtop. It made sense at the time; a portable computer that you can bring into the lab with you.


Never, never, never admit that to anyone else. In fact delete it right away before more of us can laugh at you.
:p

It was when I was like 12, before I got into computers.


Ok, it that case I'm only smiling the laughing was a little out of line.
 

AFB

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
<George Carlin> Some people are really fvckin' stupid. </George Carlin>

- M4H

Always close XML tags with the exact thing you started with. Thank you :)
 

Beller0ph1

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Sure, it's labtop. If you have a cold. I mean, it can't even be a typo....the "p" and the "b" aren't anywhere near each other.