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Ballistic Clipboard Holds Papers, Stops Bullets

Posted by samzenpus on from the extreme-office-products dept.

Zothecula writes "Although police officers in most countries are issued bulletproof vests, they don't necessarily wear them at all times — would you want to heave one of those things around for an entire shift? What they do often carry, however, are clipboards. Taking the "every little bit helps" approach, Ohio's IMPACT Armor Technologies has put two and two together, and come up with something that should actually offer some protection — a Ballistic Clipboard."

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  1. Ok, so it holds paper ... by Surt · · Score: 5, Funny

    And it stops bullets, which means it can probably stop rock too.

    But what about scissors?

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    1. Re:Ok, so it holds paper ... by networkBoy · · Score: 4, Funny

      TFA says it's effective against knives, scissors are a pair of knives together, so yes. No mention of lizards or Spock though...

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    2. Re:Ok, so it holds paper ... by Surt · · Score: 3, Funny

      I got the impression that was stabby knives. Scissors are slicy knives, and it might make a crucial difference.

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    3. Re:Ok, so it holds paper ... by Dewin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Knowing people's fanatical devotion to their model M keyboards, I think they'd rather take the bullet than let the keyboard do it :-p

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    4. Re:Ok, so it holds paper ... by nschubach · · Score: 3, Funny

      The real question is: If a bullet hits a Model M, would it make more noise than someone typing on it?

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  2. I've worked in offices... by John+Bresnahan · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...where this would have come in handy. Some of my coworkers are, um, grumpy.

  3. Re:Yeah, but does it run on Linux? by Zinho · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes. But you have to edit xorg.conf, and we all know what that means.

    That your day is ruined and the next week is going to suck?

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