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5. Dell Latitude E6400 XFR: When it comes to rugged protection this laptop is an excellent option, it is even backed and supported by the United States Department of Defence.

It can fully and conveniently withstand the force of pressurised water and has real military ballistic armour protection which means that it can survive the impact of some bullets.



It also has a webcam that produces clear and accurate images and the laptop is 15 percent lighter than other comparable devices.

One of the major drawbacks is the battery which lasts for only about 3 hours although it has a 12-cell battery option which will cost you more, unfortunately.

But this rugged device is actually designed to be used at the war front where it will survive most of the toughness of battle.


http://globalthots..com/2014/06/the-toughest-and-most-rugged-laptops-in.html?m=1

4. General Dynamics GD8000: This rugged laptop is surprisingly light for it's toughness.

Here are many if the pros: Intergrated fingerprint reader, Removable harddrive, TPM 1.2 Network Security Standard and a Security Lock slot.

Some of it's surprising cons are as follows: The harddrive is 160Gb and it uses complex and large files.

But when it comes to ruggedness, its a wonderful option.

3. Panasonic Toughbook 31: You can mistakenly step on this laptop or even drop it on the floor without any problem. This is because the Panasonic Toughbook 31 can withstand some of the toughest environmental conditions in the world including blowing rain and 110 km/hr winds.

It also comes with an Intel Core i5 processor with very impressive specifications, pressure sensitive touchpad, backlit keyboard and even a stylus.

You will fall in love with this tough baby. And it doesn't come cheap, price tag is just over $3,000.

2.Getac B300: This particular laptop is designed and engineered to be used in extremely dangerous areas with hazardous particles without any fear of damage to the system or the body.

The whole laptop is encased in a magnesium alloy covering which makes it both water-proof and gives full protection from external shock.

And it does not fall back on specifications: Intel Core i7, 2.0Ghz Processor, 2Gb to 8Gb RAM, 250Gb to 500Gb of HDD and the battery can last up to 11 hours at a single stretch.

You even have an option for a second battery to double the usage time.

But beast does not come cheap. Price tag is about $3,500.

They are built to last, to survive tough conditions and perform. With these devices the ever present fear of damaging your laptop by accidentally dropping them will permanently go away.

Most of them were originally designed to be used by the various arms of the military but they have eventually been modified for civilian purposes, especially those people who need to operate laptops in rugged conditions.

Sit back as you read about the toughest and ruggedest laptops in the world.

1. Lenovo Thinkpad X131e: This beast has a battery life of about 8 hours which means you can use it outdoors for extended periods.

It has a reinforced design and stainless steel hinges.

It has a rubber padded HDD enclosure and this laptop can survive high temperature, shock, humidity, extreme vibration, low pressure (up to 15,000 feet) and dust.
It is built to last.

This video clearly shows that our emergency response is still poor.

Classical music.

Yanni and

Enya.

I must tell you that I am really feeling paranoid at the moment. I think while Seun is still trying to grapple with this problem, I will also be doing my own part.

I am changing my passwords tonight. ASAP.

Thats a change of tactics by them.

This outage has affected millions if people all over the world. I for one have lost a lot of posts and business threads.

Seun, we need an explanation about this o. Even if it is an incomplete one.

This is not good at all.

worry 359: He would have gon SPLAT, SPLAT, SPLAT all over town.
But he was frozen like icicle so just bounced.

Hmmm

leverage12: @ALL I have about 2 business Ideas I will like to drop there, please how do I go about it?

Drop one. You cannot drop two.

worry 359: He would have gon SPLAT, SPLAT, SPLAT all over town.
But he was frozen like icicle so just bounced.

You are right about that. But the spectacular thing is that Doctors say that he might have been really close to death, but there is proof that he was alive when he actually fell to the earth.

Imagine he actually succeeded in getting to his destination, but not in one good piece.

[quote author=papa_nnamdi]pictures or it never happened[/quote]Errr.. Sorry, but this actually happened in 2012. It is a real and actual incident.

Ubenedictus: it would be better if you made research, you would find there is no connection between sun worship and the christmas celebration. The church did make a law in d 4th century and declear it christmas. Infact the sun god wasn't worship on the 25 untill about the very same time christians were celebrating christmas it is more correct to say the pagans tried to replace the christian celebration by d day to the sun god.

This article is actually based on research. Roman Mithraism was adopted from Persian Zoroastrianism. Mithra in Zoroastrian religion has always been worshiped for hundreds of years before Christ was born. There is a whole lot that connects Christmas with Paganism.

For example it is a well known fact(even among Christian scholars) the Jesus Christ was obviously not born in December or any period near that Month.

So why then did they just decide out of the blues that he was born in December and not just any December but on the 25th.

Early Christians did not celebrate the birth of Jesus, what was usually marked was his Crucifixion, Death and Resurection.

For your information I am a Christian.

It was an ordinary day in Portman Avenue, a suburb of London. Residents were just waking up to face a brand new day, suddenly the peace and tranquility was shattered by a massive bang.

What was it?

Nobody knew.

Soon word went round that there was a body lying on the street. A black man with a horrendous head injury, actually the head was split open and not much was left of it.

When the police came they found a mobile phone and a SIM Card in his pocket along with some currency from Angola. He had tissue paper in his ears and grease all over his body.

Where had he come from and how did he die?

After a check by the British Police they discovered that a British Airways plane from Angola had flown over the same place at the exact time that he fell from the sky. He was a stowaway hidden in the tyre compartment and had fallen off when the tyres came out for landing.


No identification was found on him and the mobile phone found on him was locked to a local network in Angola. His face was shattered beyond recognition.

British Doctors did a complex face reconstruction surgery, at least to have an idea of how he looked like. This surgery was successful but the mystery remained-who was he?

On the SIM Card police found 7 phone numbers one of which was a Swiss phone number. They attempted calling the number several times but nobody was picking the call.


Several weeks passed and then the owner of the Swiss number called back. When Police told her about a dead stowaway in London she obviously did not know anything about it but when they mentioned that the plane was from Angola she immediately started crying saying: "I know who it is!"

Read the conclusion here

http://globalthots..com/2013/12/the-man-who-fell-from-sky.html

bigfree: my guy, in all these nine days, i no see bleeping time. I try to read between the times but nothing. E better to scraf for nine days than to carry woman dey waka up and down like people way no get house. Boy you dey jonze oh. Dey form timekeeper.

True talk.

Ubenedictus: this is actually incorrect.

Pls educate me more.

Austeenx: [color=orange]Christ Mass => Christmas.

Uhm, my religious doctrine does not permit me to celebrate Christmas.
On Christmas day, we're locked indoors by our God, The Smiling Skeleton.[/color]

Smiling Skeleton? I dont really understand.

Ubenedictus: this is your opinion. I beg to disagree.

Sorry sir but pls could you prove me wrong?

As you celebrate Christmas tomorrow, just remember not to over celebrate or over indulge in any form of merriment.

benny4wax: nice post op...thus i never read am.

Thanks. But when will you read it?

11. In 1863 Thomas Nast a cartoonist for HARPER'S WEEKLY drew the picture of a rotund, jolly and bearded Santa. Soon everybody began to adopt this image as the image of Santa.

Let me mention here that Santa is also loosely borrowed from the Old Norse god, Odin.



The truth is that Christmas is not really about Jesus Christ and it seems that the only connection with him is in the name.

http://globalthots..com/2013/12/eleven-things-you-did-not-know-about.html

10. Saint Nicholas was a Greek Orthodox Bishop of the Middle Ages. On December 6th, St Nicholas Day, good children woke up to gifts and bad children sulked away with nothing. In Holland he was also known as Sinter Klaas, and when the Dutch came to America they brought with them this story

In 1822 Clement Clarke Moore an Episcopal minister from New York wrote a poem about a good -natured Saint who came down the chimney on Christmas Eve. He created the sledges, reindeer and all the other paraphernalia for Saint Nicholas. This became a favorite with children all over America and soon every child began scanning the horizon hoping to see the saint on a reindeer. The modern day Santa was born.

9. By this period the Protestant Church did not celebrate Christmas. And since most Americans were protestants, the pressure was such that the Protestant Church officially began celebrating Christmas in America.

8.In 1843 the English firm J.C Horsley printed the first Christmas Card. And a new and efficient post office in England and America helped made the Christmas Card an overnight sensation.

7. In 1840 Victoria, the Queen of England was married to her cousin, Albert of Germany. Albert brought to Windsor Palace an evergreen tree, according to the Old Norse tradition of Yule. This arose the interest of the English public and within a few years a decorated tree can be found in every English home during Christmas. The modern Christmas Tree was born and Americans also embraced it.

6.American Novelist Washington Irvin in 1819 wrote BRACEBRIDGE HALL a novel about Christmas and English Novelist Charles Dickens wrote his famous novel A CHRISTMAS CAROL which became a Bestseller in both England and America. Both novels rekindled the public interest in Christmas.

5. .After the American Independence when all things English fell out of favor in America, Christmas also fell out of favor. On December 25th 1789 the U.S Congress sat in session and continued to sit on Christmas Day for most of the next 67 years.

4.When Lord Oliver Cromwell and his Christian Puritans overthrew the King of England in 1645 they vowed to rid England of all that was decadent. As a result Christmas was banned and outlawed in the whole of England by the Christian Puritans. Shops were forced to stay open and Churches were forced to stay closed on that day. Christmas celebration was then driven underground until the Monarchy was restored and then Christmas was restored.

In the New World (later to become U.S.A), in Boston Christmas was outlawed, also by the puritans. Anyone caught exhibiting the Christmas spirit was fined 5 shillings.