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Wearable Computer Expedition Reaches South Pole

Posted by michael on from the takes-a-licking-keeps-on-pinging dept.

henrym writes: "Tom and Tina Sjogren have reached the South Pole after skiing in for two months wearing portable computers. Their web site hasn't been updated to reflect this fact, but our station manager has just come back from greeting them as they reached the pole. Details of their expedition can be found at thepoles.com. Henry Malmgren, South Pole Station Network Engineer" It's not every day we get a story submission from the South Pole.

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  1. Why the South Pole by Britney · · Score: 4, Funny
    And not the North Pole?

    Is it because they wanted some Penguins?

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  2. Wearable computers by Burritos · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope if they're in the South Pole they're wearing more than just a computer.

    1. Re:Wearable computers by The+Turd+Report · · Score: 0, Funny
      They could just take the heat sink off and over clock the chip; that will keep them warm. Hell, it might melt the polar cap!

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  3. Am I the only one who read by epsalon · · Score: 4, Funny

    "expidition" as "exhibition"...

    Imagine this: The 2020 wearables exhibition: Now at the South Pole ...
    And then they wonder why so few people came...

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  4. Imagine That? by TenPin22 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They went to all that trouble to serve up a webpage from the south pole. They surely can't have that much bandwidth at the south pole then they go and get slashdotted.

    Well at least their systems wont need any cooling.

  5. the website data at a glance... by Em+Emalb · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's cold. We are tired. Be glad when we get there. Wish you were here.

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  6. In the other news... by epsalon · · Score: 4, Funny

    AMD has produced video footage of an AMD-based PC that keep on working even when the heat sink is removed. When questioned about the results, AMD Spokesman just mentioned something about a "secret laboratory down south"...

    Ain't that a good idea?

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  7. A note by NiftyNews · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fingers freezing. Palm pilot stuck to chest. Must run cpu-heavy routines for warmth. So cold.

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  8. I want a wearable computer by TheDick · · Score: 4, Funny
    For MY South Pole....

    Damn. Bad Pun.

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  9. CNN was there? by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 2, Funny

    CNN manager talking to a reporter: Now Jones, it was a bad, bad thing when you drove up to that crime scene and ran over the body. The police were very angry with us. Very angry indeed. Now, now, I know it was an accident.

    Fire you? No, no, everyone makes mistakes, Jones. Why, when I was a young cub like yourself, I made a few in my day, too.

    In fact, I have little assignment for you, Jones. Right up your alley. Let me show you this map...

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  10. roast turkey? by Gavitron_zero · · Score: 2, Funny
    "We wrote frequent messages in the snow to each other and grand thoughts raced our brains interrupted only by the occasional roast turkey flying by."

    Apparently, they have gone insane...

  11. URL? by GeorgeH · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://www.thepoles.com/? Shouldn't it have been http://www.thepoles.aq/?

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