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Kadena? I was there in '84 back when SR-71 Blackbirds could still be seen taking off and landing I recall some off-base restaurant that had these private dining rooms with huge turntables that you could rotate to get to the various dishes...

Yes, during lunch I drive off from work, Mals-36, MCAS Futenma and exit the back gate heads toward Gate 2 at Air Force Base Kadena. Air Force got some really good chow there? And to no surprise there are many Marines that dine over there as well that we out numbered the Air Force. And the Air Force had a very fat chef, meaning they make some good chow.

you won't see as many fat chef's anymore. The Airforce is really pushing physical fitness, they are kicking out all the big boys now. Airforce leadership wants us to be like the army it seems, guess you guys calling us the chairforce got to them lol.

Dude when was the show filmed? For all you know it could have been 3 years ago. The Pentium M is still a widely used laptop processor. I dont understand what your problem is...

This was an all new episode of season 3, and it was filmed in fall '06... So its pretty new. To all of you saying that you don't share my shock its not that I'm shocked rather, apppaled at the Military having sub grade stuff. Although you can run over this thing with a Jeep and drown it in water and it still work. I just thought that they might have something on the level of the Intel Centrino tech is all.

Yes, I can tell you the reason, reliabliity. Anytime you are dealing with the military or companies that require reliability, you will see older technology in use. Newer technology does not have use time to show that it is reliable enough yet, therefore the military and companies wait until the general populous tests some of the equipment and prove its reliability before going to it themselves. There are some exceptions here and there, but for the most part, reliability is the biggest concern.

Just to give you an idea, the computer system used to run the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Station, the most recently built Nuclear Reactor complex in the US for commericial power, uses (used as of '95) Commodore 64 computers to run the system.

Dude when was the show filmed? For all you know it could have been 3 years ago. The Pentium M is still a widely used laptop processor. I dont understand what your problem is...

This was an all new episode of season 3, and it was filmed in fall '06... So its pretty new. To all of you saying that you don't share my shock its not that I'm shocked rather, apppaled at the Military having sub grade stuff. Although you can run over this thing with a Jeep and drown it in water and it still work. I just thought that they might have something on the level of the Intel Centrino tech is all.

Those laptops are pretty damn tough, ive seen one survive a 40+ foot drop. As far as processing they get the job done, though it is a pain when you load up a complex wiring schematic or a big table.

I was a civilian at the time - my exwife was a Navy nurse stationed at Camp Hansen I believe. Lived off-base next to a pig farm, so when the wind was wrong it got quite smelly. Lizards dropping off the ceiling while you sleep, a $400 rusted Toyota "Guam Bomb" with a giant hole in the floorboard - all the luxuries of an overseas deployment ...

At least the island was scenic. My understanding was that the poorer Japanese who couldn't afford to go to Hawaii for their honeymoon would go to Okinawa instead. Anyway, we would go to the exchange and load up on electronics - 25" TV, 14 lb camcorder, SLR film camera, etc. since the prices were much cheaper than in the States, plus the Navy would ship them back for free when her tour was up. We also went to Hong Kong for New Years, wound up buying a few rooms of rosewood furniture.

Well let's see, construction started in '76 so that means licensing was approved based on early 70's technology. You're assuming no tech spec changes and no upgrades since then - BULL!!! Have you ever actually been in CAS, much less the control room of any of those units? Come on man, I agree with your point about reliable technology but please don't contribute to some of the stupid comments on this thread. Maybe someone told you that about the old body count chair but I can personally vouch for the computer technology at that plant as well as others here in the states and also in other countries.

Man, you REALLY bought into Intel's Centrino marketing campaign didn't you? Guess I should point out that it's entirely possible (and fairly common) to have a Centrino notebook powered by a Pentium M. Doh!

Well let's see, construction started in '76 so that means licensing was approved based on early 70's technology. You're assuming no tech spec changes and no upgrades since then - BULL!!! Have you ever actually been in CAS, much less the control room of any of those units? Come on man, I agree with your point about reliable technology but please don't contribute to some of the stupid comments on this thread. Maybe someone told you that about the old body count chair but I can personally vouch for the computer technology at that plant as well as others here in the states and also in other countries.

I had an NRC RO for a TRIGA Mark 3, I know what consoles look like. And yes, they probably did upgrade, but the point is, in '95 they were using C64s to control the reactor when the Pentium was coming out. The whole reason the government and companies don't use top of the line equipment is because they want tried and true reliable equipment. I would bet that PV is probably using 486s now or possibly Pentiums, but there's no way they're using new processors because they're not shown to be reliable yet.

Man, you REALLY bought into Intel's Centrino marketing campaign didn't you? Guess I should point out that it's entirely possible (and fairly common) to have a Centrino notebook powered by a Pentium M. Doh!

Nope didn't buy into Centrino at all. However everytime I looked at getting a laptop I get everyone telling me how great Centrino is and all. Never could get the techs specs out of people, just that its kick ass. (laptop aren't my area of specialty) No need to worry about a laptop though, Mom gave me my Dad's laptop as payment for fixing her $4000 Dell. Dad's laptop is decent: 2yrs old, Pentium M 3.06ghz, 512 DDR RAM, 32mb AGP GeForce Go 5500. Surfs the net and types papers just fine and the best part it was free.

We are currently negotiating to test and benchmark a laptop that meets a number of the military 810 F STD standards.

yep.. that's exactly the doctrine behind Vietnam War. We don't want NVietnamese to spread communism in southern asia, so we team up with the SVietnamese to find against them.

can't believe we're still using this doctrine in the 21st century. guess something about human would never change.

I agree you cant police the world

Yeah, I see a lot of fat people in the Navy mostly. It seems mandatory and requirement to be an officer. I see some fat Army and Air Force in Iraq as well. I guess they are the ones who've been eating all the MREs.

They should do it like the Marines, kick out the people who get fat.

yep.. that's exactly the doctrine behind Vietnam War. We don't want NVietnamese to spread communism in southern asia, so we team up with the SVietnamese to find against them.

can't believe we're still using this doctrine in the 21st century. guess something about human would never change.

I agree you cant police the world

Have you forgotten about Team America already?

Airforce is kicking out alot of the fat guys, but there are quite a few loopholes in the system for them to use.