Humans and laptops: What could you do with a single laptop in the past?

Humans&Laptops What could you do with a single laptop.. in the past? Prehistory: Use your laptop's magic" to establish yourself as a deity. Mesopotamia: Run the entire economy with a single spread- Or use astronomy soft- predict an eclipse and tell sheet. ware everyone you're a wizard. ARISETH Re! Ancient Rome: They say that Rome wasn't built in a day... but with your laptop and the latest version of SimCity, you could certainly get the city plan- ning done in 24 hours or less. The Middle Ages: Use all the music, movies and eBooks that you can dowmload to amuse nobels and royalty. If you play your cards right, you can get a cushy possition at court. The Renaissance: Head on over to Vinci, Italy and find Leonardo. To gain his re- spect and confidence, load up any photograph on your laptop and tell him it's a painting you made. Early Twentieth Century: You could replace the 9,000 people who were employed as code breakers in Bletchly Park Eng- land in 1945. The German Enigma cipher ma- chine which kept their communications secret could have been broken with a laptop and a simple Java script.