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:The artwork on the right could have been a splashscreen on such a terminal. | :The artwork on the right could have been a splashscreen on such a terminal. | ||
'''The guy''' may have been the [[wp: | '''The guy''' may have been the [[wp:Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[BGI]] until the [[12/3|Cataclysm]], and thus can be considered as a forerunner of [[Oni2:META|META]] (hence the ME and TA katakana in the splashscreen/logo) | ||
===Name origin=== | ===Name origin=== | ||
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:means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from the above article: | :means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from the above article: | ||
::"The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge." | ::"The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge." | ||
:Also echoes [[wp: | :Also echoes [[wp:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]] a bit. | ||
===Avatars=== | ===Avatars=== | ||
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:A review says: "120mph travelling backwards..." | :A review says: "120mph travelling backwards..." | ||
Here's the kind of "bike" I'd have some of my bodyguards drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [ | Here's the kind of "bike" I'd have some of my bodyguards drive if I was a European AVATARA dude: [https://www.moteurnature.com/actu/2004/peugeot_quark.php Peugeot Quark] | ||
:(erm, yeah, try imagining it blacker, badder, with SMG-toting passengers...) | :(erm, yeah, try imagining it blacker, badder, with SMG-toting passengers...) | ||
Oh well... it's more stable/futuristic than a bike, and less flashy/ugly/unpractical than the [[wp: | Oh well... it's more stable/futuristic than a bike, and less flashy/ugly/unpractical than the [[wp:Dodge Tomahawk|Dodge Tomahawk]]. | ||
More cars (for completeness), streamlined ones: | More cars (for completeness), streamlined ones: | ||
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:One not so recent: [https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/img/Delage-D8-120-S-Pourtout-Aero-Coupe-18178.html Delage Pourtout Aero] | :One not so recent: [https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/img/Delage-D8-120-S-Pourtout-Aero-Coupe-18178.html Delage Pourtout Aero] | ||
:A short-lived one: [https://www.supercars.net/blog/1947-rolls-royce-phantom-iii-labourdette-vutotal-cabriolet/ V12 Labourdette Vutotal] | :A short-lived one: [https://www.supercars.net/blog/1947-rolls-royce-phantom-iii-labourdette-vutotal-cabriolet/ V12 Labourdette Vutotal] | ||
:[http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2008/02/13-morgan-lifecar-concept-preview | :[http://web.archive.org/web/20150818162900/http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2008/02/13-morgan-lifecar-concept-preview Morgan LIFECar] | ||
And a not-so-streamlined one... | And a not-so-streamlined one... | ||
:The sexiest box on wheels ever: [[wp:DMC | :The sexiest box on wheels ever: [[wp:DMC DeLorean|DMC-12]] (sorta retained for [[AE]]) | ||