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Powering the Adventurous Geek?

Posted by Cliff on from the alternate-sources-of-electrons dept.

Xochi77 asks: "As a Geek and a Backpacker, my laptop travels where ever I go, but now that I'm planning a trip through remote regions of South America and Africa, I'm starting to wonder where I'm going to get my power from. How has the Slashdot community dealt with powering high-tech gear in third world countries? I'm especially interested in alternative power sources, like solar cells and wind-up generators etc, but they will have to fit in my backpack!"

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  1. What's your idea of south america? by TulioSerpio · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm running a PC, and It's plugged in the wall!

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    I'm from Argentina: Tango, Asado, Mate, Gaucho, Maradona, YPF

    1. Re:What's your idea of south america? by PD · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's a great suggestion! But I have just one question: is there a minimum size that the wall has to be? Remember, he's trying to fit his power supply into a backpack. Thanks.

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      If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
    2. Re:What's your idea of south america? by TulioSerpio · · Score: 2, Funny

      Perhaps if he can carry and universal power plug, he can plug it in a gas station, bus station, train station, not to mention a hotel or restaurant. Last time I try, it fit in a backpack...

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      I'm from Argentina: Tango, Asado, Mate, Gaucho, Maradona, YPF

  2. *insert get a life tagline* by EvilJello · · Score: 2, Funny

    *insert blahblahwoofwoof about unplugging and getting close to nature*

    As if anyone here does that. That's worse than claiming you have a girlfriend(almost).

  3. easy by tps12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wine and plenty of anal sex with young boys.

    Oh, sorry, I thought you wanted to power Greeks.

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    Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
  4. Laptop? Laptop? by smoondog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Backpacking with a laptop is like ripping cd's of john tesh. You may think you want to do it, but jeez man, don't tell anyone about it.

    -Sean

  5. Bring everything... by bayankaran · · Score: 5, Funny


    ...and let me know of your iterinary.

    We third worlders can sure use some of your high tech gadgets. Promise we wont hurt you, we just like your stuff.

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    Tat Tvam Asi
  6. Re:Here's an idea-- by PD · · Score: 5, Funny

    wtf are you going to do with a laptop in the middle of a jungle?

    If we could IM to the animals, just imagine it,
    Chattin' to a chimp in chimpan-C++,
    Imagine finger(1) to a tiger, wall(1) to a cheetah,
    What a neat hack it would be!

    If we could fopen(3) to the animals, learn their logical formalism,
    We could take an animal degree,
    We'd study elephant and BASIC, buffalo and TCL,
    Alligator, guinea pig, and C!

    We would converse in polar bear and python,
    And we would curse in fluent kangaroo,
    If people ask us "can you speak rhinocerous?"
    We'd say "of courserous! Can't you?"

    If we conferred with our furry friends, geek to Alan Cox,
    Think of all the things we could discuss
    If we could socket(3) with animals, write(1) with the animals,
    Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals,
    And they could BitchX to us!

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    If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
  7. Re:Here's an idea-- by pardey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just as long as you don't fsck the animals...