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Just Add, Umm, Water
An anonymous reader writes "The US military has devised a way to ensure its troops in battle need never go hungry - with dried food that can be rehydrated using dirty water or urine. Bleh, but lightweight bleh." The original New Scientist story is available too.
So, if it can't filter out urea, it can't filter out virus particles ... hmmm?
Reminds me of a joke.
...but good shit!"
A few people go camping in the bush for a while.
No one decided on who was in charge of meals, so they drew straws to see who would cook first and they'd go from there. The person who got cooking duty said "alright, I'll cook, but if there are any complaints from anyone, that person will be in charge of cooking from then on."
So he cooks for a few days and finds out he hates the work. He starts putting leaves, bark, and dirt in the food in the hopes that someone would complain. The rest notice, but no one complains because they don't want to cook next. This goes on and on with resin, lighter fluid, and algae. Still no complaints. After a few more meals, he's finally had it, so he sneaks a bagful of his own turds in the supper while preparing it. Finally someone speaks up: "damn, this food tastes like shit!