Yes, the government tallies SUVs under that "light trucks" category, because they are (or used to be) built on truck frames. The only difference was they had cabs that went all the way back.
The Navy might even be able to use it to bring sailors up from crippled subs. If you can get people into hibernation fast enough, and equalize the pressure inside and out of the body, you wouldn't even need to worry about dragging people straight up from the bottom. There would be no breathing to worry about, and if you had enought time, you could counteract any potential risk of the bends.
I swear, if they started putting those mini HDD's in palms, so that storage could even get into the 1-2 gig range, id almost rather drop 1k on a nice wince based handheld than a laptop for college. they already run word, and if all you are gonna do is basic in-class note taking and u already have a desktop machine in your room, laptops are practically relegated to the high powered biz execs who can pay the premium for the extra power...
ok, so maybe thats a few years down the line, but not having 2 lug a backpack et. al. to class, really has its upside, especially when your primary mode of transportation is a bicycle.
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Yes, the government tallies SUVs under that "light trucks" category, because they are (or used to be) built on truck frames. The only difference was they had cabs that went all the way back.
The Navy might even be able to use it to bring sailors up from crippled subs. If you can get people into hibernation fast enough, and equalize the pressure inside and out of the body, you wouldn't even need to worry about dragging people straight up from the bottom. There would be no breathing to worry about, and if you had enought time, you could counteract any potential risk of the bends.
I swear, if they started putting those mini HDD's in palms, so that storage could even get into the 1-2 gig range, id almost rather drop 1k on a nice wince based handheld than a laptop for college. they already run word, and if all you are gonna do is basic in-class note taking and u already have a desktop machine in your room, laptops are practically relegated to the high powered biz execs who can pay the premium for the extra power... ok, so maybe thats a few years down the line, but not having 2 lug a backpack et. al. to class, really has its upside, especially when your primary mode of transportation is a bicycle.