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Laser Etching a Laptop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-because-you-can-doesn't-mean-you-should dept.

ptorrone writes "I didn't really plan using a $20,000 laser cutter on my 17" PowerBook to etch a 19th-century engraving of a tarsier, a nocturnal mammal related to the lemur (also the vi book cover), but it seemed like it had to done. The results are stunning..."

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  1. Etching provides security. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A laptop with large identifying markings is less likely to be stolen.

  2. Re:Copyright by Lisandro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hope they got permission from O'Reilly to do this?!

        You know things have gone down the crapper when people wonder about the legality of engraving a nifty picture on their own laptop. I mean, it's not like he's selling them.