http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/immobile Questions tagged with 'immobile' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:35:16 -0800 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:35:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/134947/Indestructible%2Dunstealable%2Dstationery%2Dfor%2Dbusy%2Dlibrary Is there a UK supplier of stationery designed to remain, erm, stationary? We need some for students to use in the academic library but don't want it to be broken or, ahem, grow legs. I'm thinking stuff you can literally bolt or chain to a desk, or even a ready-made unit including staplers, hole punches, pens on chains, parper guillotines etc etc for the usual scholarly desk work. I've looked on Gresswell.com but it all looks very flimsy and not very nailed down. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2009:site.134947 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:35:16 -0800 hardwearing immobile library stationery KMH http://ask.metafilter.com/47755/should%2Di%2Dthrow%2Dthe%2Dstupid%2Dplasticmetal%2Dbox%2Dwhich%2Dis%2Dmy%2Dcomputers%2Dcase%2Dinto%2Dthe%2Dgarbage consider: - manufacturing costs of very small and powerful memory storage and processing capabilities falling at a fast rate - the convergence of many technologies (cellular, mobile music, cameras, internet, etc...) into devices with capabilities for each -how when you go to a coffee shop and everyone in the whole room is on a laptop could one infer from these premises (however truthful you find them to be) that the age of home computing is coming to an end? could one infer that desktops will fade out of use by the general public, preserved only by lonely programmers and developers that create the digital media landscape we consume? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.47755 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:22:31 -0800 computing immobile mobile vs. localhuman