On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Tristram W. Metcalfe III wrote: > Just read a funny (& depressing) blurb in 2000 Popular Mechanics. They claim the army may > drop its wearable computing work due to overloaded wt. & under powered batteried soldiers > who become 'turtles stuck on their back' (packs 90#+) with all their wearcomp stuff. Turtles? More like camels--as in, "The straw that broke the camel's back." Trust me, you don't have to carry a computer to be hauling around too much crap in the Army. 8-) Paul -------------------------------------------- Chorus of young girls: "We're the Department Of Youth, and we've got the power." Alice Cooper: "And who gave it to you?" Chorus of young girls: "Donnie Osmond!" Alice Cooper: "What?!?" -------------------------------------------- -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
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