[OT] Laptops for alcoholics ?

2008-10-21 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Reading further:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2847679.stm

indicates that if users of alcohol powered laptops start tippling
they will go rapidly both blind and insane as the alcohol concerned 
is methanol.

And, on that intoxicating note I wonder if Runtime Revolution
can be used to develop software for any of the hardware devices
designed for blind people to use computers ???

and . . . Haptic Virtual Environments:

http://www.grab-eu.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic

sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.



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Re: [OT] Laptops for alcoholics ?

2008-10-21 Thread viktoras didziulis
Those usually have plenty of sunlight. They would probably like having 
something this:

http://www.voltaicsystems.com/

Viktoras

Richmond Mathewson wrote:
This might be just the thing for those who do their programming 
while the whisky still is bubbling away in the garage. 

I wonder how well batteries filled with booze are going to do 
in countries where alcohol is either forbidden by law or 
frowned on by either religion or tradition?


sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.


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Re: [OT] Laptops for alcoholics ?

2008-10-21 Thread Luis

They'd be emptied... ;P

New meaning to the word 'shorts'...

Cheers,

Luis.


On 21 Oct 2008, at 17:03, Richmond Mathewson wrote:


This might be just the thing for those who do their programming
while the whisky still is bubbling away in the garage.

I wonder how well batteries filled with booze are going to do
in countries where alcohol is either forbidden by law or
frowned on by either religion or tradition?

sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.


A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development  
Life Cycle.



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[OT] Laptops for alcoholics ?

2008-10-21 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Sorry, just the idea intoxicated me so much I forgot to include the URL:

http://www.hardmac.com/news/2008-10-21/#9049

Hic, Richmond Mathewson.



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[OT] Laptops for alcoholics ?

2008-10-21 Thread Richmond Mathewson
This might be just the thing for those who do their programming 
while the whisky still is bubbling away in the garage. 

I wonder how well batteries filled with booze are going to do 
in countries where alcohol is either forbidden by law or 
frowned on by either religion or tradition?

sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.


A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development Life Cycle.


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