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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Payne) writes:
> There used to be a rule:
>
> a) If you push it and it doesn't move, it's a mainframe.
>
> b) If you push it and it moves, it's midrange.
>
> c) If you can pick it up and steal it, it's a PC.
>
> Now:
>
> d) If it's a major source of p/r egg-on-face for a bank and causes a 
> Financial Services
> Authority investigation, it's a hot laptop.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/moneybox/6160054.stm

and 

e) if its used to hack a ATM machine ... its an MP3 player
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm26.htm#5 ATMs hacked using MP3 player
slightly related
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm26.htm#6 Citibank e-mail looks phishy

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