Data is important, however wear hardwear is kind of on the costly side. Making a box water resistant shouldn't be to hard. USe lots of rubber insulation, kinda like a sony sports walkman or a waterproof camera. And go over all your seals and edges with a water proof sealant. Another idea would be to encase the entire unit in rubber. For it to be successfully waterproof, something will have to prevent water from leaking into the ports so either all periphials must be permanet, or there must be rubber caps. Water resistant? Not a problem, water proof? Hard to do.. ____________________________________________________________________________ * TRAICOVN ----------------------------------- http://www.traicovn.com * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, jsquishee wrote: > Besides the legal, moral, ethical, and justice view of such a situation, situations like > this arise. Computers crash, get wet (flood), and can be destroyed(earthquake). THe > solution may be more of a preventitive nature than one of replacement. > > For example, I believe it was Doug Southerland who said(I Read it in the Archives) he had > several hard drives when he went traveling(especially when demonstrating), in case the > main one died. In addition, he has(had?) somewhere he can download his computer files > from as long as he has a connection to the net. > > My point is this - regardless of the situation(disaster cleanup, flood, earthquake), you > should be prepard for such an event. Sure, the human body can withstand much more than a > computer (in its current form...), and if there was some type of spec sheet on the human > body in .pdf format out there, I can imagine our specs would, in some ways, outrival a > computer. Always be safe than sorry! And wear a large sticker on your back: > > Warning, high voltage - wearable computer! Do not touch, nor throw water on this person > if you value your life. > > A computer safety/checklist could be an idea for disaster preparedness(in your mind, not > necessarily on paper): > > 0 is my power quick disconnect easily available(or, can I disconnect it fast enough)? > 0 is my hard drive waterproof? (I am sure this is possible..., but, will the breather > hole be troubled?) > 0 is my main board waterproof? (much harder, possibly impossible) > 0 in the unlikely event of a car accident, will the airbag force the HMD into my eye? > 0 have I backed up my system recently? > 0 will my power pack kill me if I fall into a pool? > 0 will, when walking through an airport, my computer get me locked up in a room while > they search for a bomb(not really joking, any stories?) > 0 in riding my bike, will any of my cords get stuck in the rear tire spokes > 0 -insert your favorite precaution here- > > I just thought this was an interesting idea to think about... > > I am simply saying while it is fine and dandy that the government could replace the > material posession (if they would, who cares until it happens), it is a moot point if the > data is lost. As you so aptly state. > > --- "Joel (Oreo)" <> wrote: > > Irriplaceable materials would be costly to even get the government to > > replace. If your personal possessions were damaged due to their "cleanup" > > most likely you would have to file many many complaints and eventually you > > would end up going to court, where the judge would most likely call you an > > idiot and tell you that it was a small price to pay in order to save your > > life. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text > > -- > Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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