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File:Man-portable phrenology system.jpg|link=Man-portable phrenology system|A '''[[man-portable phrenology system]]''' ('''MPPS''') is a lightweight phrenological measurement and analysis system that does not require vehicle support to transport or operate.
File:Man-portable phrenology system.jpg|link=Man-portable phrenology system|A '''[[man-portable phrenology system]]''' ('''MPPS''') is a lightweight phrenological measurement and analysis system that does not require vehicle support to transport or operate.
File:Beginner's Guide to DVD Rewinding.jpg|link=The Beginner's Guide to DVD Rewinding|'''''[[The Beginner's Guide to DVD Rewinding]]''''' is a self-help book for people suffering from DVD Delusional Disorder.


File:Alfred Hitchcock Resents.jpg|link=Alfred Hitchcock Resents|'''''[[Alfred Hitchcock Resents]]''''' is an American reality television anthology series created and hosted by, and starring, Alfred Hitchcock.
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Revision as of 16:02, 18 September 2022

Advertisement for Portable Envy.
Portable envy component (lower left) on a clock generator circuit board. Note the classic "green with envy" glow.

Portable Envy is a provisionally licensed transdimensional corporation which manufactures and distributes envy (nonfiction) offloading and restoration devices.

History

Early versions of portable envy exploited vulnerable components on substandard circuit board components, for example by exploiting components designed from faulty industrial espionage (see Capacitor plague (nonfiction)).

Subsequently, pirate manufacturers have released knock-off circuit boards with built-in portable envy features.

Portable envy devices are popular black-market items in many prisons, despite efforts by get-tough wardens (and, in some prisons, self-regulating prisoners) to forbid ownership or use of portable envy.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

  • Post @ Twitter (25 March 2022)