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What's In Your Laptop Bag? 268

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the cool-toys-i-must-possess dept.
Mudzy writes "TheTechZone is running a cool human interest story showing what their chief editor has inside his laptop bag. Some of the stuff in there could really make a geek salivate - like a mobile VoIP adapter and the world's smallest wireless router."
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What's In Your Laptop Bag?

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  • Uh (Score:4, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:38PM (#13472308)
    A laptop
    • i use my laptop bag to store all of my drug stuff in i currently have a quarter bag of mushrooms the psyadelic kind, a scale, a pot pipe, 3 lighters, a few empty baggies that had weed in them at one point, sissors, and a nail for cleaning the pipe

    • Inventory (Score:5, Funny)

      by Fred_A ( 10934 ) <fred@ f r e dshome.org> on Saturday September 03, 2005 @07:57PM (#13473652) Homepage
      You are at SlashDot.
      You currently have :
      - A laptop bag

      What do you want to do ?
      > look laptop bag
      Your laptop bag contains the following items:
      An iBook laptop in a neoprene sleeve
      An iBook power supply
      A mouse with a retractable USB cable
      A motion alarm with a retractable cable
      A Canon G3 Camera
      A miniature tripod
      An iRiver H320 with earphones
      An iMP550 remote for the iRiver
      An ultimate Boot CD
      A Debian CD
      A PalmIIIx
      Sunglasses
      A piece of microfibre thing for cleaning stuff
      A bluetooth earpiece
      Business cards
      An (empty) metal cigarette case
      A 20 minute white Cyalume stick (new)
      Two moleskine notebooks
      The latest issue of Misc magazine
      A copy of Le Monde Diplomatique
      A USB cable
      A few old (but edible) candies
      A small orientable mirror at the end of a telescopic wand
      Two ballpens
      A very wide white water based marker
      A pocket microscope
      A flashlight
      A tie microphone for the iRiver
      Lots of bits of papers (including signatures from a key signing reunion)
      Tiny post-its to be used as bookmarks
      A disposable lighter
      The manual for your watch

      What do you want to do?
      > Post contents of laptop bag to SlashDot

      You have been eaten by a large grue.
      Your score is 3 out of a possible 32650.
      Play again (Y/N)

      • Re:Inventory (Score:4, Funny)

        by way2trivial ( 601132 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @10:08PM (#13474116) Homepage Journal
        Mine has a crappy toshiba laptop, a lot of the stuff above,
        and a three-pack box of condoms, that now contains two..

        Ask me which bag I'm prouder to tote around..

      • Dude,

        Thats no laptop bag, that sounds a lot like a chicks handbag, or should i say it?

        A manbag!

      • Inside my Brenthaven bag are:

        Protective padded sleeve
        Silica gel desiccator bags
        Powerbook G4
        Power supply for laptop
        DVI to DB-15 adapter
        8' ethernet cable
        Modem cable
        S-VHS to Composite video adapter
        Retractable mini two button + scroll wheel mouse
        iPod 2nd Generation in case
        Firewire cable for iPod
        Bang & Olufsen A8 earphones and case
        512MB Sandisk Titanium Cruzer
        Charger for Treo 180
        USB cable for the Treo 180
        Leatherman Wave and holder
        Case for my glasses and microfiber cleaning cloth
        A few Pepto

  • Do you really want to know? (Score:3, Funny)

    by RAMMS+EIN ( 578166 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:38PM (#13472311) Homepage Journal
    ``What's In Your Laptop Bag?''

    Are you sure you want to know?
    • Of course I do. Why do you think I asked?

      • Re:Why, yes, I do. (Score:5, Insightful)

        by Cylix ( 55374 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @05:45PM (#13473070) Homepage Journal
        At any point in time I carry a vast number of items in my laptop bag. In no order of real importance or stature I do confess the list is hefty. Bear with me in that this convulted mess came about through various adventures none of which are even remotely interesting to even a passerby.

        The first item I collected on an adventure to the common storage area. In this places all manner of triffles are scuttled away and hidden from their various masters in an attempt to make humanity that much more bearable. I confess the initial temptation was too great to stave and in my weakness I did partake of the lowly white collar plunder. In that dark hour I chose to borrow, for only a short time, a pen capable of writing in the darkest of inks. Unfortunately, the list does not stop there and I was still yet unable to fight the deviant hunger in my belly and ultimately chose to once again borrow a stack of Post-It-Notes. Tucked away safely they would live out their lives in my prescious bag.

        I digress, the nightmare I thought it was over, but later on a new adventure found me. To the eating room I did follow a cohort of mine. Much to the amusement of the dwellers I found a insatiable collection of candies and sweets enclosed in an electronic closet of sorts. It asked for various metals and things, but a small series of buttons was all my pockets could produce. I shouted quite softly, "Damn you pocket... you starving beast... give me your gold or I'll fill you with those horrid keys!" Surely, I felt them tremble against my flesh, but to no avail as even furious anger could not solve the problem. In secret, I did use my buttons for trade and after some time the machine did yield to me. (Quite an awkward battle, but I do care to say I was the victor) Hence forth, my laptop bag was now filled with a sweet smelling package of plastic wrapped crackers.

        The next day found me once again as it has always done despite my efforts and I awoke with adventure resting quietly in my bed. I cried to myself and whispered to her, "Out you harlet, begone from my world and leave me to my rotting flesh!" She would have none of it and sent me on my way. Sitting a top my desk was the newly printed scribbles I fathomed just the night before. These words of wisdom would need or rather yearned to be heard in the morning meeting of waking stars. Quickly, I packed the days order labeled "Office Supplies" into my bag. With that I marched quickly away and hid for a time on the chariot of mass transportation to work.

        I arrived at my desk moments later and let out a sigh of relief as I knew no adventure dare follow me to this cubicle of sanctity. Just then my task master computer whirred to life and produced an array of colors and text. Hypnotized, I stood locked in battle with my foe the monitor. Tis true, the better part of the day I spent in fierce competition. I did not sway, I did not fuss, but in the end the blasted rigging was today's victor. I dare not stray to far, but in vengeful agony I took those words it spewed and onto a cdr I laid them to rest. A grave I did prepare that morning and it was true bliss as it was laid upon a pocket in my laptop bag. "Your secrets, will be safe with me," I spoke sorely, but with a light over tone of reverence.

        With that me and prescious flew to lunch with arms of wax wings and propulsion of far greater power then any air vessel. We ate in solitude this day and talked non-chalantly for a time. Still, my own whimisical musings could not help to cope with idle hands. Soft, brown, delicious paper napkins did find their way to me. I peered to my left and peered to my right. Not a soul watched as I gave them to my prescious. A grin swepted across my face as I left the bell's of taco. Once again, on this day I reclaimed my right as the victor and for that fortune I did thank the lord.

        Returning to the office I could think of nothing but slumber. I wanted no further part of this adventure. Completely exhausted I was once again returned to the prison of youth. My cubicle dwelling did call t

  • my laptop bag: (Score:4, Funny)

    by grasshoppa ( 657393 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:38PM (#13472313) Homepage
    Half eaten pbj, paperwork from the last useless convention i was sent to, and condoms. :)

  • Shameful (Score:5, Insightful)

    by XorNand ( 517466 ) * on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:39PM (#13472317)
    TheTechZone is running a cool human interest story...
    lol... this story is neither about humans nor is it interesting. It's just another round of advertising PR thinly disguised as actual news. Editors/writers of tech sites get goodies for free all the time from manufacturers. Part of the unspoken (or occasionally, written) deal is that they showcase these gadgets from time-to-time.

    The real news would be if someone could tell us all how much Slashdot is racking in from this arrangement. Come on OSDN, how stupid do you think your audience is?

    • Re:Shameful (Score:5, Funny)

      by hackstraw ( 262471 ) * on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:47PM (#13472371)
      It's just another round of advertising PR thinly disguised as actual news.

      You'r so cynical. Why would Mudzy do such a thing?

      Mudzy is The Tech Zone Forums moderator and resident network specialist. He maintains The Tech Zone's LAN to keep it running at tip top shape. When not moderating the Forums, Mudzy also does hardware reviews. Mudzy runs a Celeron 366 at 550Mhz using Windows ME. You can email Mudzy at mudzy@thetechzone.com

      From http://thetechzone.com/about_us.htm [thetechzone.com]

      BTW, the site is slashdotted on a Saturday afternoon of a holiday weekend. Hilarious.

      • You'r so cynical.

        And you're just naive. You're honestly trying to tell me that this article isn't just an advertisement for cool tech gadgets? So it's just a co-incidence that each item has multiple links to vendors who advertise on the tech zone?

        I don't have any problem with the whole concept of doing that, but let's get real here.

  • Wow (Score:5, Funny)

    by Umbral Blot ( 737704 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:39PM (#13472320) Homepage
    Wow thats so awesome, I wonder what he keeps in his glove box? In fact I see the potential for a who series of articles in which we can examine every container he posseses individually. We could even examine the lap top bags of other employees, the possibilities are endless.

  • What's in MY laptop bag? (Score:3, Funny)

    by DingerX ( 847589 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:43PM (#13472344) Journal
    1) Black Comb
    2) 33 CYP
    3) 50 Euros
    4) some old cat 5 cable
    5) a stack of ATM receipts.
    6) Passport
    7) Expired Visa
    8) Italian Codice Fiscale
    9) "Alien Registration Certificate"
    10) 3 expired boarding passes
    11) carbon copy of a baggage irregularity claim
    12) a couple of bizarre connectors.
    13) nasty photocopies of latin philosophical texts
    14) Year-old Compaq Presario R3000 with 3.00 P4M (Keeps you warm on a cold winter night), Radeon 9600, 60 Gig HDD, and 1 gig of ram. 15) Big-ass power brick. 16) 120 gig HDD in a 3.5 " enclosure (failing, slowly) 17) another big-ass power brick. 18) 4-year-old Nikon E995. 19) Years of future back pain.

    • Re:What's in MY laptop bag? (Score:5, Funny)

      by Ohreally_factor ( 593551 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:57PM (#13472429) Journal
      (20) Emergency tampon. Oh, wait! That's your iPod Shuffle. Never mind.
    • 120 gig HDD in a 3.5 " enclosure (failing, slowly)

      You may already know this: if so, I apologise for the implied insult. Since external HDD enclosures rarely have full SMART support, it is difficult to know if they are really failing or just need a bit of TLC. I make a habit of connecting any HDDs I use in external boxes to a regular IDE/SATA interface every couple of months (or any time there are apparent problems) to check on the drive's health and carry out any remedial actions required.

      Does anyone k

      • true enough. It could just be XP screwing with me, and I earnestly hope it is. But half the time I turn it on (connected or not), it just sits there, and I hear that joyful sound of the heads physically resetting themselves, over and over again, I think I don't need to build a desktop system (I could probably get one at work, if I didn't mind Win 95 on a 486 platform) to get the SMART notice.

        Oh, and to the guy who asked: that was what was in my laptop bag at that moment. Well, almost. The brick and laptop
    • Kitchen sink. No really, I have a ton of stuff in there.

      1) 7ft cat 6 jumper
      2) garmin GPS3+
      3) garmin data/power cable
      4) two sharpie pens
      5) antacid
      6) serial to usb adapter
      7) firewire 6-to-6 cable
      8) cat5 crimper
      9) 25pk RJ45 ends (I need to get a wire cutter too)
      10) trackball
      11) usb a-to-b 3ft cable
      12) firewire 6-to-4 6ft cable
      13) phono mini 6ft patch cable
      14) wifi access point detector (the cheap variety)
      15) two spare high density floppies
      16) cardbus to compactflash adapter
      17) checkbook
      18) usb floppy drive
      1

  • Mobile VoIP adapter? Bah! (Score:4, Funny)

    by slavemowgli ( 585321 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:43PM (#13472345) Homepage
    A mobile VoIP adapter? Humbug, that's nothing compared to my mobile IPoV adapter [pcsystemestengel.de]!

  • What he doesn't have (Score:4, Funny)

    by mparaz ( 31980 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:44PM (#13472352) Homepage
    More CPU and memory server. Disk space for the logs. Bandwidth. Spare cash to pay for his overage.
  • 1) Laptop
    2) Power Cord
    3) 2 Pens, 1 Pencil, and occasionally a legal pad. Nothing beats pen & paper.

    • Re:mine (Score:3, Informative)

      by bladesjester ( 774793 )
      mine:
      two neoprene bags. One holds the laptop and the wireless card. The other holds the power cord, retractable cat5 and phone cables, mouse, and a few other odds and ends.

      top it off with a couple of pens and pencils and, like you, occasionally a pad of paper.

      I learned my lesson after being caught in a shelter in the local park for several hours while I waited for the rain to die down.

    • Re:mine (Score:4, Funny)

      by buckymatters ( 885912 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @04:04PM (#13472466)
      I'm not sure about pen, but scissors beats paper.
    • Apple 17" PowerBook G4
    • Apple PowerBook Charger
    • Unversity textbooks
    • Pens and pencils from Cross [cross.com]
  • 1. Dell Latitude D600
    2. Sony PSP with Logitech Hard Case
    3. TN200 USB GPS
    4. 1GB USB Stick
    5. PCMCIA Card Adapter with 4 GB Microdrive
    6. 3 Knoppix CD's
    7. Zyxel USB 802.11G Adapter and AP
    8. USB 2.0 Hub
    9. A 160W 12V to 115V power adapter with airline seat power connector
    10. A Linksys WPC11 802.11B card (works with Airsnort)
    11. Assorted power adapters for all that stuff

  • One Swedish-made...umm.... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Zemplar ( 764598 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @03:58PM (#13472430) Journal
    ...that's not my bag baby. Honestly.
  • -Two laptops (Dell Latitude D600 running Mac OS X x86 and a D610 running XP Pro)
    - A 200GB LaCie external Firewire hard drive
    - One of each kind of USB and Firewire cable
    - Multitools
    - Network testers
    - Cheap wireless access point
    - Watch
    - Pens
    - Paper
    - Handi-Snacks (pilfered a PTA closet for those)
    - Coinage
    - 256MB USB key

    And that's about it.
    • I was thinking of putting OSX on my ThinkPad. I don't suppose that OSx86 supports wireless cards? How about hibernate and sleep?

  • Naught. (Score:2, Informative)

    by PopeOptimusPrime ( 875888 )
    I'm too poor to buy a laptop, let alone a case for it.

  • My laptop bag. (Score:2, Informative)

    by FCAdcock ( 531678 )
    1. Hellbox ( nearly dead compaq presario 1200z)
    2. power and ethernet cables for hellbox
    3. pens, paper, and a lighter.
    4. Japanise dictionary.
    5. Colt 1911 .45 with spare clip
    6. playing cards
    7. latest copy of Tattoo and 2600
    8. other useless crap
  • It's scary nobody confessed having a pack of condom in his/her bag.

    So either their lying, or even worse, it's true.

    How will we get the next generation.

    Male Hacker Unite! (preferably with Hackeresses or other female intelectuals, unless of course your tastes differ, in wich case you are excused :-))

  • True Story (Score:4, Interesting)

    by crache ( 654516 ) <josh@ c r a c h e.org> on Saturday September 03, 2005 @04:04PM (#13472467) Homepage
    I was in highschool a few years ago when I met on of the most respected men in my life. He came to the school in the form of a "nice" Bofh. Living in a small town I was the only person I knew at school that used linux, until that year when I met my two geek friends. The one I'm talking of in this story though had been a consultant, computer tech, special agent in the military for drug enforcement and a soldier. This is the type of guy that has many stories, and all so good you could sit and listen to him for hours even if you didn't know him. We hit it off and since then have kept in touch although he and the school parted ways, in a not so friendly way.

    My sister had been wanting a laptop for a few years, and my dad can be cheap when he wants to be, which is most of the time. He had an employee working for his tree and lawn business who was willing to sell an imac to him for 50$. So he bought the laptop and gave it to my sister for $DEC25(christmas, yule, etc)

    A few days after christmas, my sister comes to me with a check she found in the laptop bag for about 150$. "Don't you know this guy?". It was indeed signed by my tech friend, and I asked if I could have it.

    I figured this was reasonable, since my fathers employee also did work for my friend on the side, and once he had him clean out a computer shop in town when they moved the business. Everything he thought was junk he left at the shop.

    So next time I saw my friend I showed him the check and asks in a very serious tone where I had gotten it from. I told him about the laptop bag and how my father had boughten it off from the mutual employee.

    To finish the story, the laptop was stolen!

    It was a happy ending though, my sister got to keep the laptop and the guy still works for my friend.

    Moral: you never know what you're gonna find in a used *bag
    *laptop, purse, tool, etc.
    • Hrmm.

      I was in highschool a few years ago when I met on of the most respected men in my life. He came to the school in the form of a "nice" Bofh. Living in a small town I was the only person I knew at school that used linux, until that year when I met my two geek friends. The one I'm talking of in this story though had been a consultant, computer tech, special agent in the military for drug enforcement and a soldier. This is the type of guy that has many stories, and all so good you could sit and listen t
      • homophobic aren't you? We don't know in what forgotten, jock infested, out of the loop, dialupped, shitty town this guy lives in so anyone sharing his own interests naturally tends to become a buddy... maybe even be over enthusiastic about it, especially in late adolescence where any thing, attitude, hobby becomes a personality statement you'd like to see acknowledged rather than sneered at. Ok, not everyone happens to be called "leet" by Angelina Jolie so he got a buddy to restore the "I'm not a neurotic o
        • Im not assuming the GP is a man, you are. In what sense does commenting on his language make me homophobic? Im simple pointing out what it seems to be -- more than just friends. I have plenty of gay friends, and they would likely agree with my comments about the GP. You inferred that because I was asking that I was making some judgement. Think again.
      • Either you have a crush on this guy, or he molested you. Which is it?

        Never mind all that -- since when is an iMac a laptop? ;)

    • Re:True Story (Score:2, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      boooooring
  • Back in the dim, misty days of 1991, I got a job in the Washington DC area, which was going to require me to move there from Austin on quick notice. Since it was going to be a month before I could fly back and load up the rest of my stuff on a truck, I bought two Targus nylon bags: one for my Mac Plus, and one for my Imagewriter II. I thought the Imagewriter II bag was going to be a one-time use so I could fit it relatively compactly in my car for the drive up. In fact, the Imagewriter II bag turned out to

  • This is another great example of why we should be able to moderate articles! Really, it is quite beyond me why we should take any interest in the freebies that this tech editor has been presented with by publicity-seeking manufacturers.

  • My laptop.

  • Coral Cache of Article (Score:4, Informative)

    by lucifuge31337 ( 529072 ) <daryl@nOSPAm.introspect.net> on Saturday September 03, 2005 @04:17PM (#13472535) Homepage
    Coral cache linticle for the lazy:
    http://www.thetechzone.com.nyud.net:8090/?m=show&i d=349 [nyud.net]

    AC for the non-karwhoring.
    • How useful is it when only pages 1,3,and 6 come up in an 8 page article? The rest come up Error: 500 Internal Server Error .And that's when Coral cache it working well. I loath it for /. articles because it never works. I know your trying to be helpful but it end up being annoying for the person trying to follow your link.

      Btw holy fucking paid advertisement batman. Every page is about 15% content and 85% ads. What a shitty shitty website. I'll never go there ever again.
      • Btw holy fucking paid advertisement batman. Every page is about 15% content and 85% ads. What a shitty shitty website. I'll never go there ever again.

        I must agree with you. It's one of those rare web sites that is so shitty I put a 127.0.0.1 entry for it in my /etc/hosts file so there was no danger of me accidentally wasting my time waiting for it to load the next time they pull off a Slashdot shill job.

  • 1. My laptop, an old Sony that has had its model number rub off in the three and a half years I've owned it. It's dual booted to Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux.
    2. Power cables for the lappy.
    3. A Knoppix disc (always have one with me).
    4. An Ubuntu Live disc (ditto)
    5. An Ubuntu install disc (just in case)
    6. An old copy of The Daily Cougar (it's just in there).

  • Their editor needs to contribute some of his bag to their servers, since they're obviously not up to a /.ing as they are.

  • What do you mean, laptop 'bag'? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by david.given ( 6740 ) <dg@cowlark.com> on Saturday September 03, 2005 @04:32PM (#13472624) Homepage Journal
    A while ago, my brother, who's an archaeologist, had to take his new, expensive Toshiba T1200 around various places in the middle east. He considered buying a laptop bag, but realised that carrying a bag with a 'STEAL ME NOW' sign on it probably wasn't such a good thing in the seedier quarters of Cairo.

    What he eventually ended up with was a bible case. It was cheap, provided excellent protection, was just the right size (this was an A4-sized notebook), and above all else --- who wants to steal a bible?

  • Laptop, Second laptop, APC power strip, paperwork, USB dongles (2x wireless mice, 802.11G, flash drive), book, a case of about 150 CDs, power supply for wireless router (that's in the backpack, don't get me started on it's contents), lucky charms, keys, spare change, writing utensils, inflatable head pillow for airplane flights.
  • 1) Laptop (obviously) with wireless built-in.
    2) Backup Mouse (I miss the trackpoint of my old IBM but not enough to use my trackpad that insists on seeing a light tap as a mouse click) with PS/2, USB and even serial adaptors.
    3) Two 2m patch cables with adaptors to join them together and join w/crossover.
    4) Various (unused) international modem adaptors (including one that looks like some sort of medical device)
    5) USB Flash drive (with my SSH Key)
    6) 10 CD-R's for burning various CD's/backups
    7) Knoppix CD
  • Content of my laptop bag:

    1. Mouse (at least right now, not a permanent resident)
    2. Cross-over CAT cable.
    3. Mouse pad
    4. Mini-VGA->SVHS/RCA-converter
    5. A piece of micro fiber cloth to clean the screen

    What I don't have in my bag:

    6. My iBook (It's sitting in my lap as I'm just typing on it)
    7. The powerbrick (in the wall!)

  • Gah... (Score:5, Funny)

    by secolactico ( 519805 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @04:53PM (#13472778) Journal
    Since everyone is doing it, I'll list mine too:

    1. IBM Thinkpad. Couple of years old. No power brick (I'm too lazy to unplug it)
    2. Membership card for a long dead video club
    3. Spare car keys. I lock myself out of my car every couple of weeks or so.
    4. Bloody knife I forgot to dump the last hit.
    5. One .45 caliber automatic with 2 boxes of ammunition
    6. Four days concentrated emergency rations
    7. One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
    8. One miniature combination russian phrase book and bible
    7. One hundred dollars in rubles
    8. One hundred dollars in gold
    9. Nine packs of chewing gum
    10. One issue of prophylactics
    11. Three lipsticks
    12. Three pair of nylon stockings.

    I'm prepared for pretty much everything.

    • Re:Gah... (Score:2, Funny)

      by shepmaster ( 319234 )
      Or at least a pretty good weekend in Vegas...
    • 7. One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
      I'm prepared for pretty much everything.

      Almost. You forgot the cyanide pill...
    • Aside from my laptop accessories, Every velcro-sealed compartment on my laptop contains shurikens or throwing knives. With the shurikens, I need some practice, but with knives, I'm accurately and deadly from a distance.

      It's only naturally a security measure when you walk through bad neighborhoods on your way to work, and carry more than a few thousand dollars of equipment on you. I've chased off a would-be mugger before he limped away through this method.

      It makes it hard to get through airport security, t

    • Re:Gah... (Score:3, Funny)

      by llamaluvr ( 575102 )
      Is that you, Solid Snake?
  • Laptop, Dell Latitude D610
    Mini-Maglite and Sheath
    Gerber Multitool and Sheath
    Logitech Wireless Laptop Mouse
    DVD drive for laptop
    Extra PCMCIA Wireless Adapter
  • playstation portable, headphones, pain killers and a jacket. I probably fit the stalker profile right about now
  • I have several very important things:
    1) My Doom3 disk
    2) Several printouts of the London Times daily Su Doku puzzles
    3) A jar of Kalamata olives
    4) 2 Wifi cards. The Dlink G card I use myself, and the $10 B card that I loan to others at the pub in exchange for a beer.
  • Apple iBook G4 12"
    Apple Wireless Mouse
    Apple VGA and Video adapter for iBook
    SmartDisk FireLite 40GB Backup drive
    6pin-6pin FireWire cable for the FireLite, and a 6pin to iPod adapter for my iPod
    Retactable Modem and Ethernet cables
    Kensington FlexLight
    Nikon Coolpix camera & cable
  • Hmm...what do have in there...

    1. Notebook, kind of crummy 4-year old Toshiba P3 that still miraculously works.
    2. AC adapter
    3. CAT5 cable
    4. Phone cable for modem (never used)
    5. Bag of replacement tips for notebook's trackpoint-type pointing device (nice thought on their part, but never needed)
    6. WiFi card
    7. USB sound pod, which I need because I gouged out the built-in headphone jack so the internal speakers don't cut out when headphones are plugged in (why do I have this if I'm not carrying any headphones or
  • 1. Presario R3275US: P43.0Ghz, 1Gig Ram, 7200RPM 60 gig HD, crappy Radeon 9200 (sigh).
    2. 80GB 2.5" in USB enclosure
    3. Creative Audigy 2ZS PCMCIA Card
    4. Ipaq 4300
    5. Spare battery for same.
    6. Ipaq Cradle
    7. Ipaq Bluetooth GPS
    8. Sandisk 1GB WMA player
    9. USB Cable for that.
    10. Three of those USB 2.0 cables with the square end.
    11. Cell phone charger.
    12. Spare cell phone battery.
    13. Audio cables.
    14. Power cables for a couple things.
    15. A/V cables to hook up a DVD player.
    16. My dick is bigger than yours. :-)

    Whee!
  • Who needs a bag? I just grab my 4 year old iBook and go. Why would I need to carry around any other crap other than rarely pocketing the power adapter if I'm going to be using it a lot before I get home.

      - RustyTaco
  • I have a Laptop Bag of Holding. And inside, I have a car. And inside of that, I have a Powerbook.

  • Many don't seem that useful (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Rakishi ( 759894 ) on Saturday September 03, 2005 @11:02PM (#13474293)
    So this is basically a giant ad, so I'll try and mostly ignore the brands chosen.

    Let's see what I think of his "suggestions":

    Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Gaming Notebook
    That's not a laptop, that's a small desktop. Not something I'd ever want to lug around, which given some of the other items seems to be the goal for this system. For those wondering, I know that I don't want to carry such a beast around from experience as last summer I got the joy of having to a drag a 10lb 300mhz beast to work every other day on the NYC subway (I said screw it at some point and just left it at work, this year I bought a 3.5 laptop and no longer mind carrying it around). I mean I'm not so addicted to games as to be unable to live without being able to play the latest ones for more than a few hours.

    Self Retracting NIC & Modem Cables
    Now this is something I could use.

    Kensington WiFi Finder
    Interesting, although not very useful for me from what a quick google search shows. Seems it detects all wireless networks (wep or not), last time I looked in NYC my laptop found around 5 different ones althrough I could connect to only one (others were encrypted, etc.).
    Also, it seems the thing is cheap and shitty from what I garner and will probably not find even an open wireless network. Maybe a fun toy but not worth the space to carry around.
    I'd find a cell phone with some internet access package much more useful for getting internet access.

    Logitech V200 Cordless Notebook Mouse
    Useful although I don't find the touchpad that bad for short usage or in cramped spaces, on my "to buy" list.

    Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 8-in-1 Card Reader
    Useful if you regularly need to access various solid state media.

    Asus WL-530g Pocket Wireless Router
    nifty.

    Linksys PAP2 VoIP Phone Adapter
    Potentially useful although you could just use your computer to pick up calls (do Bluetooth cellphone headsets work with computers?) which I assume is more versatile (no need to connect actual phones to said device).

    Kensington Microsaver Security Cable Lock
    Is this the one which requires only a bic pen to crack?
  • My laptop, a radio scanner, a voice recorder, my cellphone, a lockpick kit, room for dumpster diving, coffee mints, Jolt energy gum and misc. hardware for my laptop, including an antenna for wardriving... that covers it I believe.
  • I find the flickr whatsinyourbag [flickr.com] photo thread to be a lot more fascinating and less biased.
  • I just got my bag back from JanSport... my old one was dead, sent it in, and voila, brand new bag. It's huge, and waterproof. Inside, a padded pocket for laptop with a big spongy base. I love it!

    Contents:
    Older than Dirt IBM T23 1GhZ 512mb ram 15" display 30gb drive
    2x Power Bricks for same
    Mini-Tripod
    2.4ghz 8dbi omni antenna
    3x Orinoco 802.11b cards
    1x Logitech Optical Mouse
    1x UltraBay Floppy Drive
    IBM UltraPort WebCam
    1x 25' ethernet cable
    1x 16' ethernet cable
    2x 3' ethernet cable
    2x 6' crossover ethernet cable
    1x

  • D'oh! (Score:3, Funny)

    by Legion303 ( 97901 ) on Monday September 05, 2005 @03:52AM (#13481964) Homepage
    One man's "cool human interest story" is another man's "slow news day."

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