| > You certainly implied that it did. "in my book" is often used to cast a statement as opinion. So something "definitely" being X "in my book" is pretty clearly not meant to be any sort of argument (necessary! sufficient! proof! -- gag me with conversation killers) where I come from. I don't think there's any good way to define a toy in any hard-and-fast way, so rubbing words like "necessary" on it is just not in play. In the original discussion, lamp oil was interesting when framed as a toy. The background given was enough for me to think of it as such as part of the thought experiment. I gave a couple of dimensions that I think supported its toyness when some balked. You could:
1) not have a monitor on your desk
2) use a smaller monitor
3) use a laptop
4) get a bigger desk Each of these has a number of ways you might achieve them, easily meeting or exceeding the throw-away number I posited. For example, with (1) you might use a school computer lab. Or you might eschew computer use altogether. Or you might borrow a computer when necessary. Or you might devise an alternate mounting scheme. Or you might get a lap desk, so you need less real-desk surface for other things. Anyway, we're way off in some boring-ass woods. The woods that kept me from participating here for years. Good day, human. |