"The only "data" you provide is your experience, where are your statistics? It's perfectly possible that slippyblade speaks from experience too."

What? This is Slashdot, where "data" is the plural of "anecdote."

While inverted pyramids are an interesting design, what're you gonna do with the million cubic feet of dirt from the hole you have to dig to build the damn thing?

Nuke it from orbit.... it's the only way to be sure {grin}

That's two hours active use. But when you're going secure in the field it's because the shit has hit the fan and you need to weigh getting the mission done vs. possible leaks. Dunno why these things eat batteries. Maybe the crypto ASICs are particularly hungry?

Well... the forgotten or stolen problem is solved by the fact that you can do a remote wipe with a few keystrokes at the admin console.

SME-PED will bring SIPRNet to your hip, but the thing's a brick (35 mm thick and weighs half a kilo!) ....and don't get me started on the two hour battery life.

http://www.gdc4s.com/content/detail.cfm?item=32640fd9-0213-4330-a742-55106fbaff32

Looks like a Blackberry, but it's about an inch and a half thick and weighs about a pound.
Never before have I seen such hatred heaped upon an inanimate object by its user base.

Wireless, secure, cheap, reliable -- pick two.

Something like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqCfVVkT2KI

Ever hear of "The Cedars of Lebanon?"

Help put the "Sol" back in solstice!
It was Solis Iinvictus LONG before it was "Christmas"