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--- presentation:foreign [2013/05/21 13:56] – damir
+++ presentation:foreign [2023/08/21 07:04] (current) – admin
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-  * If you need to go on a conference to assist or to give a presentation of your work, The I.P.G. Lab put at your disposition a laptop that you can carry and use for your daily work.\\ We have a limited number of laptop available for this task and the rule to assign them is: **the first win**. The laptop, hopefully still working, must be returned to the System Administrators when you come back.
+  * If you need to go on a conference to assist or to give a presentation of your work, The I.P.G. Lab can provide a portable computer for your daily work.\\ As we have a limited number of portable computers, the rule to assign them is: **the first win**. The laptop, hopefully still working, must be returned to the IT Administrators when you come back.
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-If for some strange and **inexplicable reason** you crash/lose the laptop, please don't be afraid and inform the System Administrator as soon as possible, so we can start the insurance procedure.
+If for some strange and **inexplicable reason** you crash/lose the laptop, please inform the IT Administrator as soon as possible, so we can start the insurance procedure.
 //We'll need also a copy of the police report in case the laptop happen to be stolen//.
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-**inexplicable reason** include also: alien attacks, flooding in mountain, flying sheeps, dangerous relatives (only if under age of 5 years), ...
+**inexplicable reason** include also: flooding in mountain, flying sheep, dangerous relatives (only if under the age of 5), ...
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-  * If you're traveling (for work) outside Switzerland, we can provide electrical adapters for your laptop for different countries (Australia, U.S.A., Germany, U.K., France, Italy and some other places).
+  * If you're traveling (for work) outside Switzerland, we can provide electrical adapters for your devices for different countries (Australia, U.S.A., Germany, U.K., France, Italy and some other places).
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 Outside Switzerland to assist a conference or to do a presentation.
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-  * If you have only to do the presentation, you can use the device we provide for this task. please refer to [[ presentation:laptop|this page]] in order to find all the informations.
+   * If you need to connect your laptop to the power lines, the challenge level is raised; as you discovered pretty soon, the power plugs are different from the rest of Europe/World and you need an adapter and/or a different power cable. In most cases **our labs** can provide both, but, please return them when you leave.\\
-  * If you need to connect your laptop to the power line the challenge level is raised; as you discovered pretty soon the power plugs in Switzerland are slightly different from the rest of Europe/World, and you need an adapter and/or a different power cable. In most cases **our labs** can provide both, but, please return them when you leave.\\
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-  * If you're looking for information on how to connect your laptop to our network, please refer to [[account:|this page]] for the basic informations.