I hear battery life is really really short.

Not to mention that most (all?) rental companies will not appreciate you driving their rental SUV down a dirt track with tree branches brushing against the side of the vehicle and bringing it back with pin-stripes...

I'm not Bear Grylls but I also enjoy driving offroad to get to beautiful places without starting a 3 day hike.

As a software developer in my late 40's, I have no trouble concentrating. I can go long stretches without any

holy shit! a Squirrel just hopped from one branch to another outside my office window! A grey squirrel... Let me look that up on wikipedia...

dammit, DNS is down... I wonder if there's a new bind exploit? I should look it up. I'll use my phone because DNS is down.

Oh look! A text message!

whoa! There goes the squirrel again!

vi guy will win because emacs guy will be too busy contorting his fingers over all the meta keys to launch 'bottleopener.el'.

It's fairly common for the company to let you grab your coat and lunch and accompany you while you walk out of the building. It's an awkward situation all around... At the place I'm currently working, they make appointments for you to return to clean out your desk during the evening hours, when nobody else is around.

So you're saying in the modern world, nobody should raise their own children. We've risen above that now have we?

Wish I had mod points today. You're 100% correct.

Why have a kid if you're just going to pay someone else to raise it? Unless you had the kid as some sort of long-term palliative support worker...

DNA sample.

I used to be smart enough to remember movies the first time... I don't think I got dumb, but I definitely got 'old.

old != dumb.

Isn't Spartan a kind of Apple?

Maybe they're merging...

Nope,

!ucbvax

My first domain was a .UUCP ... It was very refreshing not to have to use 'smail' anymore.

While reading this post I wondered what features I'd want in a watch that would convince me to actually wear one..

Here's the only thing I can think of:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ML-600-Antistatic-wrist-strap-Esd_60119127934.html

A watch that doubles as an ESD strap.

Thinkgeek, are you listening?

so you're saying you were assaulted... I feel that gives you justification to disarm your assailant.

I've only blown once. It was after a 4 beer in 3.5 hour get together with friends... I wasn't drunk but could feel a bit of a buzz.. Nothing serious... Anyway, I blew .025.

I don't know if it's linear but now that I know what .025 feels like, I shudder to think what kind of fool would consider driving at .08...

The good news is that I know if I stick to my personal 'rules' (established when I was a teenager), I will never blow over.