08 Sep 2015, 12:29 am
Geri Ellsworth kicks a$$. You forgot Birgitta Jornsdottir. I hope the girls in my life take me up on my offers of hacker-tutelage more in the future.
I can tell tou how ANY car works. In a month or so mine's getting suspension bushings, endlinks, strut tower caps, skid plates, a short shifter, rear biased center differential controls, lighter wheels, gravel/snow tires, a new ECU map, a hungrier airbox, stronger boost diverter/staged purge valves and a dual outlet glasspack cat-back.
Woots. 
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Fogman
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12 Sep 2015, 1:19 pm
Not my computer, but the same model, Panasonic Toughbook CF-T8. Mine is the Mk2 model with the 1.6Ghz Ultra Low Voltage Core 2 Duo, 4GB Memory, 1TB HDD, running CrunchBang Linux with a 3.16 Kernel, currently with 68 days of uptime. 
12 Sep 2015, 5:39 pm
I <3 Toughbooks (almost as much I used to love Itronix laptops)!
Why get a portable computer if you can't drop it by accident, get a little dirt on it...and then hose it off?
Fogman
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12 Sep 2015, 6:10 pm
I <3 Toughbooks (almost as much I used to love Itronix laptops)!
Why get a portable computer if you can't drop it by accident, get a little dirt on it...and then hose it off?
This is actually the 'Business Rugged' ultraportable that Panasonic used to make. They were common in the medical profession. The CPU is vented and not sealed, but the keyboard is still coffeeproof, allegedly. --I'd like to get a CF-31.
FWIW, I'd stick with Panasonics due to the ready availability of parts. General Dynamics/Itronix stopped making systems in 2013, and GETACS are nice in the way that Italian cars are nice until you in the market for replacement parts.
12 Sep 2015, 7:16 pm
I <3 Toughbooks (almost as much I used to love Itronix laptops)!
Why get a portable computer if you can't drop it by accident, get a little dirt on it...and then hose it off?
This is actually the 'Business Rugged' ultraportable that Panasonic used to make. They were common in the medical profession. The CPU is vented and not sealed, but the keyboard is still coffeeproof, allegedly. --I'd like to get a CF-31.
FWIW, I'd stick with Panasonics due to the ready availability of parts. General Dynamics/Itronix stopped making systems in 2013, and GETACS are nice in the way that Italian cars are nice until you in the market for replacement parts.
That's why I *used* to like Itronix so much; it was before the GD purchase of the company.
Still, nice laptop you have!
15 Sep 2015, 11:52 am
Holy crap! Cooo-ooo-oool!
Makes me wish you would have been my childhood friend lol.
EnglishInvader
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16 Sep 2015, 4:40 pm
me so jelly
mine is 8 yrs old
2GB of DDR2
E8400
yeah, ik it is sh*t
I'm on 2GB RAM at the moment (DDR3) but I have a 4GB RAM stick and a 128GB SSD waiting in the wings for when I make the transition to 64-Bit.
My system is a home-built desktop from cheap/used parts. The only expensive part I bought was the power supply (£60 Corsair). I use a Linux OS (Ubuntu) which is fine for games, emulators, music and films.
27 Sep 2015, 8:33 pm
