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That is an intolerable loss of time, especially given the high prices the Army pays for its computer gear. The laptops range from $93,000 for a "hardened" military version to $11,000 for a supposedly off-the-shelf model. One of the systems used last week, the Hunter drone powered by a $53,000 motorcycle engine, has already been killed by the Pentagon for poor performance. In all, the Army spent $258 million outfitting EXFOR, the 1st Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division of Fort Hood, Texas...
McCarthy and Crowley have also developed enhanced hearing as a result of listening to the constant drone of their police radio...
Schmidt loves his daughter and admires his future son-in-law, but he likes neither. He sees Charlotte as "a smug overworked yuppie" and Riker as an uncultured legal drone. Riker is also a Jew, which puts Schmidt in the awkward position of being branded a bigot because he does not enthusiastically welcome him into his family. To complicate the issue, Schmidt must vigorously fend off Riker's mother, an overzealous psychiatrist who treats him as if he were a repressed Wasp. What she does not know is that Schmidt is having a hell of a good time...
...crisp snap of an October morn. The distant roar of a football stadium. The chatty drone of Oscar hopefuls being hyped. The inescapable thud as Michael Crichton's next best seller hits bookstores every-where. Yes, fall brings not only nature's harvest but culture's as well. A selective look at the new season's glories...
...ocean stubbornly held on to its mysteries for most of last week. It was especially uncooperative on Thursday for the men and women investigating the crash of TWA Flight 800. Rain and strong winds disrupted and eventually interrupted search operations. But on Friday there was a breakthrough. Deep Drone 7200, a remotely operated robot outfitted with cameras that can explore ocean depths without divers, located part of the cockpit, "the nerve center of the aircraft," as Robert Francis, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), described it. Said James Kallstrom, the FBI's lead investigator: "I just think...