Toughbook sightings

I have seen some random postings here from other members of Toughbooks they have seen in print ads, stills from a movie or commercial and such, well I have just recently caught up on a TV show that I have never seen called "The Wire". there are a bunch of CF-28's, CF-29's, CF-18's all over that show. right from season 1 up to the final season 5. Just thought I would share that little piece of useless info on the rest of the members.

 

Absolutely one of the best shows ever made. Lots of the same people involved in Treme on HBO, another winner.
CAP

 

Bad Boys II also in Cuba when they are about to raid the house to rescue Gabrielle Union.

 

Here's my CF-30. I hope Panasonic takes pity on me and installs an internal HSPA and GPS for me? It IS Christmas afterall, eh, Panasonic?


~34:38 sorry for the looong ads. News Hour - Dec 24 - Video - Global News

 

in action cf-18

 

What kind of dock/controller is that plugged into it.

 

What ADOR said. I especially like the big thumb button. Plugs into what? PCMCIA? I've seen this before......what gives ?????????
I totally understand if it's restricted information.
Would it work for pest and varmint control?

 

I would think they are disposing of some "Pests" and "Varmints"....

I would only get one if the big button is labeled "SMITE!"

Now I could use that!

 

It's a remote control head unit for a UAV. They've been implemented like this for about a decade; it's hardly top secret anymore.

Scope out the control head unit for these guys:

Draganfly.com Industrial Aerial Video Systems & UAVs

mnem
I want one for my birfday!

 

Now I see it's a dock. Army/Navy store?

 

I was thinking it was a kind of remote for something. A friend of mine has been wanting one for a project he has been working on. He is a older electrician we have on the rig. Always doing some kind of robotics projects. This is the main thing he has been working on lately. DIY Drones

 

Panasonic Toughbook UMPC spotted with Coca-Cola polar bear *HERE*

 

good catch john...

 

Someone told me that there is a cf 29 in this capture. I can't seem to find it.

Where's Waldo?

 

I coulda swore I saw a CF-18 for a split second in an episode of Mythbusters 3 days ago when I was up til 2AM watching it

 

you did because I also saw it....I can't believe that now I am on the lookout for toughbooks in the movies and TV.

 

You see a Toughbook every episode on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Wherever they send the family on vacation, they have the Toughbook with them for the video conference calls. The have duct tape over the Panasonic logo so they must not be a sponsor, but it is a CF-30 plain as day (might be a 31 now, haven't caught the show in a while).

 

From Animal Planet's Whale Wars.. looks like the captain has a cf-30 and the radio room a cf-19

 

Whale Wars ,
A pirate ship filled with a moron crew
Captain Kidd is rolling over in his grave

The only guy (Peter Brown) that had any experience on a boat left because of politics halfway through the first season.

Paul is a drama queen
( I like the time he supposedly gets shot ,and the bullet hit his bullet-proof vest)

The credibility of Sea Shepherd is less than 0 in my opinion
Makes me want to crew on a Japanese research vessel


http://www.markfiore.com/animation/shack.html

http://www.markfiore.com/whale_removal

 

Here's another one from "Machete" featuring the uber tough Steven Seagal...



BTW After the first ten minutes, the rest of the film isn't worth watching.

 

Eww.

The IWC embarked on a 20 year mission to "retire" commercial whaling across the globe "in an orderly fashion" as a gruesome and barbaric practice that humanity had outgrown. That was in 1969. Now they're just lobbyist shills for the whaling industry, like every other sellout regulatory agency since the Reagan administration.

Whale Wars was created by the same morons who brought us The Island; there isn't one of them with any clue. About ANYTHING. They are no more related to the people who started Greenpeace than D!ck Cheney is; they're just there to feed the drama and collect a paycheck. Not one of them has the nuggets to sink a whaling ship; if they did, the show might actually have some value.

There's a reason my children will never have a chance to see a blue whale; it all boils down to dollars and lazy businessmen. Why are we even still talking about commercial whaling as if it were a valid point of view?

Oh yeah... I remember. We now live in an age where human life is worthless if it stands in the way of corporate profit; who gives a crap about whales?

mnem
That's what's wrong with me - I grew up and I STILL give a crap.

PPS: We now return you to your regularly scheduled insanity... I think this thread got a leetle beet tangential.

 

True, this thread has become a bit "immoderate."

 

"Last edited by mnementh : Yesterday at 07:34 PM. Reason: D!ck is a NAME TOO, you retarded smut nazi-bot!"

Of course there are certain Richards out there who deserve to be known by the scatalogical meaning of their nick names. As to the killing of whales, I'm hard pressed to think of something nasty enough to do to them (the hunters, not the whales). Mr. Cheney, however, could probably come up with something appropriate.
CAP

 

Yet somehow, I think he'd be cheering the whalers on... I am convinced the bit on that cartoon show with "Baby Cheney" biting the heads off small animals was not entirely fictional.

mnem
Woops... another tangent. We'll be 4-dimensional soon...

 

Agree , but thats how we learn about a variety of things
I did a google search for im·mod·er·ate

And an add popped up

"Tip of a Flat Belly"
Now I know how to get rid of the whale fat on my Belly

 

International Space Station contact via Amateur Radio, set up in the snow on top of Mt. Hebo at the former Air Force Radar site, 3140' elevation, up on the hill for the day to work on amateur radio repeaters ( www.ocrg.org).
Note the CF-29 in the snow.

YouTube - N7HQR's Channel

 

Saw it on the Ice Cube show Are We there Yet.

 

Yep couldn't find a pic for it. Terry Crews was using it.

 

STUPIDEST.MOVIE.EVER.PERIOD!

 

Worse than "The Crossing Guard?" Wow.

 

Actually, it's widely held the worst movie ever to be Plan 9 from Outer Space.

 

Naw, terrible, but not as bad as Serenity and Coraline...

 

Negative... dumb and dumberer or date movie have to be the worst...
At least most movies I can get into 10 of it before shutting off.

 

Are we talking broadcast with commercials, commercial free cable, rental, or theater? It matters. With "crossing guard" you would have put down your $20 popcorn/soda and fled the theater.

Edit: This assumes it was ever shown in a theater.

 

The Crossing Guard gets a rating of 6.3 out of 10 on Internet Movie Database.

Roger Ebert gave it a rating of 2½ stars (I believe his system is based on 4 stars).

 

Proving conclusively the inmates are running the asylum. I live in CA. One look at our elected officials is clear evidence popular opinion is synonymous with mass hysteria.

 

*Hisses at the Alliance sympathizer*

If you're a fan and you hate it cuz you felt Wash and Book's deaths were egregious and served no purpose that furthered the plot, I agree. If you feel Mal's behavior was completely out of character in many scenes and it was an unnecessary plot device, I agree. But one of the worst two movies of all time? I can think of hundreds of movies that were worse... and so can the guys at MST3K.

mnem<~~~Browncoat-dwagon~~~<<<
I aim to misbehave.

 

Riff of the Day: Horrors of Spider Island aka: Ein Toter hing im Netz

Note to self: Never vacation on an active volcano.
--Crow T. Robot

"We aim to please; you aim too, please."
--Sign over urinal

 

*Snerk*

I fear we've gone beyond thread-hijacking and have now moved into thread-roller-derby territory...

mnem
Honey, I formatted the kid!

 

ROTFL! :laugh:

I'd almost be willing to bet that there are Forum readers that have never even seen a roller derby.

Daddy, what does "Formatting Drive C:" mean?

 

That is truly a shame... whomever you are, go here and educate yourself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV9J_2--iGQ

Simon says stand! Simon says sit! Format drive C:! Ha! Gotcha!

mnem
"I just went to grab my coat & hat
When she caught my eye and I put it back
And I ordered myself a couple o' more shots and beers
That night, you know, I fell in love with a Roller Derby Queen..."

 

Ah, yes: the days of Joan Weston, Ken Monte, Charlie O'Connell, Tony Roman, Marge Laszlo and Ann Calvello.

I may have watched that game live on TV.

BTW: The Chiefs won the championship that year: the league's last year.

 

LOL on our car forums you would fit in with the "Off Topic Mafia"

 

Guess I have to create a Google account just to access YouTube

 

I never really was a rabid fan; I just enjoy watching women who could probably break me in half get all sweaty and body-check each other at high speed.

mnem
Got a t'ing for dem Amazon wimmens...

 

Guilty as charged... :laugh:

I do appreciate the fact that Rick & Alex keep the "OT Nazis" off our butts. Other forums, even ones on this site, are granted MUCH LESS leeway. I like to think that's because they know we're not likely gonna start a flamewar over it...

mnem
My entire LIFE is OT.

 

what the heck is Roller Derby? It looks so violent, how can it possibly not be a sport in America anymore?

 

That, sir, is a question for the ages... I guess it just wasn't stupid enough for the WWF crowd.

mnem
Give blood. Play Rugby.

 

I remember what it was I just wanted to confirm it was the same thing. I have a habit of remembering something by a completely different name.

 

Uh, think "rugby on wheels".

And as to "America"; think FOOTBALL!

BOT: wonder how many sports journalists in the Press Boxes use Toughbooks?