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PDA's Sturdy Enough for the Rugged Outdoors?
Phunction asks: "So what is available in the sturdy outdoor/industrial handheld market?
I currently develop software for Casio's line of outdoor handhelds only slightly larger than regular, but they can't handle cold weather very well, below 0 celcius, and the screens are not to good in outdoor light. And I only know of one other manufacturer, At Work Computers, but they are almost 3 times the size of a regular pda. The OS is really not a concern, however the hardware should be water proof, handle low tempratures and have a good reflective screen that works well in direct sunlight (like the iPaq)."
I dropped my Palm V several times and had no trouble with it surviving, but once I dropped it on cement at a ski lodge getting my lift ticket. The whole screen shatered and I had to pay $100 to get it repaired/exchanged. (I have one of the wallet things for my palm.) I was supprised to find out that Palm does use real, normal glass, and not a shatter resistant, ie pastic or plexiglass, for the screens. Take that for what it's worth, and consider modifying a Palm for your needs.
Also, Panasonic had some rugged p75 laptops a while back that were housed in Titanium I think. I knew a guy who worked for Lucent and said he has dropped the thing close to 20 feet, and no problems. Also, he left it out in the rain overnight with no problems.
Who wants Pork Chops?
I have a palm III which I used for school for a time. I wear Khaki pants alot, and I just kept it in the pocket on the side of the leg. After about 2 weeks, it irratically would stop detecting stylus taps, and then it would turn on, and the screen would be all warped, and I would just flick the side, and it would go back to normal.
Strange stuff.
CmdrTaco just snotted his spooge out his nose, all over me. Help? It's fucking disgusting. Get him off of me. He wants me to lick his pasty flappy man titties.
I really do not like licking man titties. Only my sister's titties. Those are sexy and not covered in hair.
J. Wipo Troll, Esq.
Crapflooder Associates
Slashdot.org
CmdrTaco just snotted his spooge out his nose, all over me. Help? It's fucking disgusting. Get him off of me. He wants me to lick his pasty flappy man titties.
J. Wipo Troll, Esq.
Crapflooder Associates
Slashdot.org
Do you like "Taco-snotting"?
Do you know what it is?
It's when CmdrTaco sucks you off and then blows your spooge back out his nose, onto your face. It's disgusting. I keep getting lewd emails asking me if I want to join him and Hemos and CowboyKneel in a "circle-snot." He sends me pictures of him Taco-snotting Hemos's spooge on CowboyKneel's lips. Or maybe that's Kneel's ass, I really can't tell. Ewww.
J. Wipo Troll, Esq.
Crapflooder Associates
Slashdot.org
I am so bored. Maybe joining Taco in his circle-snotting jerking off would be at least more fun than sitting here trolling Slashdot.
Oh, wait. That would require me to slurp up geek cum from Taco's pasty red and white penis.
Nevermind.
J. Wipo Troll, Esq.
Crapflooder Associates
Slashdot.org
Go take a look at psion teklogix, they have a large line of industrial handheld computers, some are rugged and impact-resistant, they even have a "freezer" model and ruggedized netpads (which were even featured in slashdot not long ago).
"Taco-snotting" is a term used by CmdrTaco to refer to the practice of sucking off a homosexual man and blowing the semen back out his nose onto his partner's face or body. Usually a long stream of semen is left on CmdrTaco's face, dribbling out of his nose, leading it to look like a large snot. Hence the term, "Taco-snotting."
Why am I getting emails from CmdrTaco asking me if I would enjoy a round of "Taco-snotting" with him?
You may have recently received an email similar to the following: You most likely accidentally forgot to uncheck the "Willing to Taco-snot" checkbox in your preferences. Whenever CmdrTaco gets bored, he roams through the database, penis in hand, looking for people who might enjoy a Taco-snotting with him. And this time, he found you. To disable this setting, log in, go to your user page, click on You, and uncheck the box next to "Willing to Taco-snot." Of course, CmdrTaco's probably already got the hots for your semen, so it's probably too late.
Can I stop receiving emails from CmdrTaco?
Probably. If you indulge him in a Taco-snot or two, he might leave you alone. You might also want to look into mail filtering, or purchasing a heavy, blunt object to ward off rampaging homosexual geeks in heat. If he gets you, and you let him Taco-snot you, he might chain you up in his basement and use you as his sex toy/slave for the rest of your life, or until he accidentally drowns you in cum while using you as his sex pony in a "circle-snot."
What is a "Circle-snot"?
A "circle-snot" is a Taco-snotting circle-jerk: When CmdrTaco, CowboiKneel, and Homos get together and Taco-snot each other's gooey, hot, sticky cum on each other's faces and bodies until they're covered with sticky, sweet man juice. Roblowme usually provides the extra lubricant; he owns a limo service and has ample supplies of motor oil and axle grease. To complete the circle, Michael, Timothy, and Jamie sometimes join in, dressed in full Gestapo uniforms complete with Nazi regalia, and proceed to snot each other's cum and whip each other's asses with riding crops and cattleprods until their pasty, white geek bodies are exhausted from all the passionate, homosexual revelry.
Does Jon Katz get involved in this? I thought he was a paedophile, not a homosexual.
Actually, he's a homosexual paedophile. He's also a coprophiliac. Jon Katz is somewhat of a loner and doesn't involve himself in circle-snots. Mr. Katz usually engages in a game called "Katz juicy-douching" with his harem of little boys, which involves administering an enema to himself of little-boy urine, spooging the vile muck from his ass into a plastic bag, then slathering the goo all over his little boy's chained up and naked bodies.
Are you getting hard writing this?
Why, yes. Join me in a WIPO-snot?
No, thanks. I'm already Taco's boi toi.
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J. Wipo Troll, Esq.
Crapflooder Associates
Slashdot.org
... as I often tell my wife.
You're asking for something that is at best impractical to manufacture, will have a comparitively very small market, and challenges available technology. Even if you could find a device, what about the batteries? (Ask anyone who's taken a camera on a ski trip more than once...)
Next you'll be wanting a frictionless ball bearing.... Sorry, it's not going to happen any time soon, if at all. Time to start compromising on the requirements.
Try one of the these. StrongARM processor, 802.11b networking, operates from -30 to 50 degrees Celsius, backlit screen with temperature compensation.
Casio also has the EG-800 running Windows CE (A ruggedized version of the e-1xx), though they're only splashproof and not waterproof (for that you may want the Psion Freezer).
Another option if the OS realy isnt an issue is to get an old tablet PC from Dauphin off eBay. Most of them are waterproof but they're also only low-end 386's with mono displays.
Hilary Rosen's speech was about her love of money and her desire to roll around naked in a pile of money.
You can find some pretty durable stuff at Symbol. It's mostly commercial stuff but they have Pocket PC and PalmOS models and they're really durable.
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Objects in Mirror are Losing!
I used to work as a wildlife biologist for a few years, and I used a P[-D]A that worked fine under any temperatures and conditions, and never needed a battery change: a notebook with water-resistant paper stored in a plastic bag, and a lead pencil. It never let me down.
Intermec has the Model 70 Pocket PC.
I believe I saw a somewhat industrialized iPaq recently, but I can't find it now. Probably not announced yet.
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