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He said his dream setup is simpler than carrying three computers, cameras, an ipod, and other oddments. What's wrong with that?

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a motley assortment of things

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noun

a motley assortment of things

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noun

a motley assortment of things

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He said his dream setup is simpler than carrying three computers, cameras, an ipod, and other oddments. What's wrong with that?

My dream setup, then, is a computing world where I don't have to carry at least three computers - laptop, tablet, phone, not even counting cameras and iPod and other oddments - around with me in order to function in the modern world. I can relate to what he wants: he cares about his data, not about what his data is on.

My dream setup, then, is a computing world where I don't have to carry at least three computers - laptop, tablet, phone, not even counting cameras and iPod and other oddments - around with me in order to function in the modern world. The world should provide me my computing environment and maintain it for me and make it available everywhere.

Rob Pike's dream setup "is a computing world where I don't have to carry at least three computers - laptop, tablet, phone, not even counting cameras and iPod and other oddments - around with me in order to function in the modern world. The world should provide me my computing environment and maintain it for me and make it available everywhere.

I have boxes and boxes of components and other oddments that collectively form a useful library, but I have no way of predicting which specific oddments will be useful in future. Any given item is currently useless, but might become extremely useful at some indeterminable point in the future.