[DC LoCo] The military industrial complex brings you the $3695 Ubuntu tablet

[jerry w]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Luke Faraone <luke at faraone.cc> wrote:
> On 16 November 2012 22:59, Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It aims to be the anti-OLPC working in "harsh" conditions, unlike all
>> those safe, air-conditioned, wired, preppy schools in Africa, India,
>> Anacostia, and elsewhere.  ;-)
>
>
> I mean, you can't toss an OLPC XO-1 out a window and expect it to work.

In $Africa, where the $window is 1st floor,
the ground is not a paved basket ball court,
it might...

>
> The device is dust-tight, and will function up to 1m underwater for up to
> 30m.  That's sort of impressive.
> http://www.sdgsystems.com/download/datasheets/Trimble_Yuma_DS_0210.pdf
>
Will see...
Will it take a bullet?
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