Engineer Glen Dash says his team used a new measuring approach that involved finding any surviving remnants of the casing in order to determine where the original edge was.

工程师格伦·达什说，他的团队使用了一种新的测量方法，包括寻找任何幸存下来的外壳残余物，以确认金字塔最初的边界位置。

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If anyone were to remove the casing in a malicious attempt to remove components, the appliance is disabled and must be sent back to IBM to be reset before it can be used again.

如果任何人想要恶意地去掉外壳以移除其中的组件，那么设备将被禁用且必须被送回IBM来进行重置，这样才能够再次使用。

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Instead, it secretes a glue and USES this to stick bits of sand together to form its casing, in the way that a freshwater caddis fly larva does.

堆沙蠕虫分泌出一种胶状物将沙石粘合在一起形成壳装，这一点类似于淡水石蛾的幼虫。

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As you can see, the device looks similar to the Surface RT, including the same "VaporMg" casing and built-in kickstand, and it also boasts a 10.6-inch display with a 16:9 aspect ratio.

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In terms of changes, besides the new, high-test plastic casing (built in the same fashion as the aluminum MacBook Pros) the 13-incher boasts a LED-backlit display, new glass multitouch trackpad, and a built-in, "7 hour" battery.

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Beside "esthetic enhancements, " the computers contain some features that may make them easier to use, including an array of connectivity options for notebooks and especially durable desktop computers with a plastic-and-metal casing that is twice as thick as in standard PCs.

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