Looking a the prospect of being stuck inside a metal tube with 100 other dudes for 6-9 months.
Im looking for a gayman laptop that *wont* take up much space (i have a 5 inches of space under my rack). Also wont get smashed/reasonably robust. Last but not least not start a fire and potentially kill everyone onboard.
What are your thoughts Jow Forums?
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>What are your thoughts Jow Forums?
Remember to bring the lube faggot
I don't know, but I was just curious, where do you submarine guys get the electricity from?
lelnovo y540
do you have wifi or something on a sub? I would think not but maybe the navy worked something out
I had a MSI gaymen laptop with an aluminum body that held up pretty well for a few years. if you don't have regular internet though you're pretty much not gonna be playing modern games, so maybe a thinkpad or something time tested, and add in a bigger drive
portable nukes.
not a submarine dude, im just some faggot, but they have generators and shit. i'd be more curious how they get internet
the engine durr
Theres an AC power port in the racks and usually in the galley
Nuclear reactor
unironically a MBP. they're thin, pretty powerful and can get large storages.
> Im looking for a gayman laptop that *wont* take up much space (i have a 5 inches of space under my rack)
You can probably fit 3+ laptops in there.
> Also wont get smashed/reasonably robust.
That's more or less the average closed / stowed / handheld laptop. Next to no laptops are robust enough to take a drop on the screen / hinges though, and protecting them against that with an external case makes them bulky as fuck. You might literally prefer to just bring two.
> Last but not least not start a fire and potentially kill everyone onboard.
It's gonna be a LiPo battery with gaymen power reserves either way. If you want a smaller battery, you drop the gaymen for the most part and run some APU without much GPU power.
But eh, I don't think a laptop battery can kill a trained submarine crew. It's not the hugest fire.
Just get an old ThinkPad and play OpenTTD or something
>Wifi
Fuck no, at least not for unclassified/personal use. Also wireless anything is prohibited to be on. Meaning no wireless controllers.
>playing OpenTTD two-thousand feet under the sea
Sounds real cozy.
>aluminum body
I'm sure that works too, but actually plastics are probably superior. It's not like aluminium has higher impact resistance or much else that is noteworthy on a case usage over plastics.
Laptops really do not break that easily unless you drop them on their screen / screen hinges, which you'll likely just have to avoid.
Oh shit thats right
Im retard
Do they let the exhaust just go into the water?
Generally no. Well, nuclear subs don't even have that kind of an exhaust.
And the conventionally fueled subs all got various tricks to reduce emissions and noise, too. Definitely not just gonna let it all bubble into the water.
They run on batteries when submerged, unless they're nukes, in which case there's no exhaust
You're not going to have internet. What you need is hard drives loaded with games, anime, books, porn and imageboard archives.
You don't need a dedicated GPU taking up space if instead you can fit in two hard drives.
Also prepare for the homosex.
This baby can take a punishment. I have dropped one of these off a 20 meter cliff into a bog lake and it still didn't manage to fail me when trying look for an excuse not to set up a radio station.
Do you need to "fit in" two hard drives? I'd just take some external 2.5" SSD/HDD and duct tape them on on demand, they'll also provide one possible spare part.
So we must assume that OP will be in a nuclear sub then, as there is probably no way they could survive off a battery for 9 months, right?
I thought there were very few nuclear subs left in the world though...
This is fascinating stuff 2bh
>But eh, I don't think a laptop battery can kill a trained submarine crew. It's not the hugest fire.
Thinkpads with higher spec CPUs and discrete graphics. Keep it in a padded sleeve whenever you're not using it.
All Submarines in use are nuclear powered
Those things are peices of shit from my experience. We are issued them and no one likes em.
These are robust, but expensive as fuck and not THAT much safer against internal component failures.
For the space and money, you better just bring two machines.
No they're not.
>All Submarines in use are nuclear powered
Absolutely not. Some nations with modern subs don't even have nuclear subs, for example Germany.
And I mean the subs, not the toughbooks.
I don't think nuclear powered is the same as nuclear missile equipped is it? A submarine can have a nuclear reactor but not be able to launch nuclear missiles.
>not American subs.
It wouldn't even consider a nuke sub to be anything more then a "submersible" boat. Reason being you cannot produce water or oxygen in a desiel.
As far as internet goes only when the boat is at periscope depth and good fucking luck if you going to take bandwidth to download Chinese catgirl cartoons, when I assume the over worked IT and raido men are getting bitched at by the ceew to receive loved one emails.
Yes, it's not the same. And it has neither.
The German subs aren't fielding strategic nuclear deterrents or equipped with a nuclear reactor.
They're very conventional naval war machines, they'll sink other subs and ships if they need to.
what's with the need to game everywhere. you're gonna be on a submarine dude, how about you live life with no distractions for once?
Nuclear Reactor -> Turbine Generator -> Motor Generator -> Breaker -> Outlet
t. Submariner
Yeah dood just stare at a wall for 6 hours straight everyday, that's what life's all about
Buy a PS Vita or a PSP with CFW
just bring a tablet with a few sd cards loaded with movies
you are not going to be gamen on a sub
>unironically reccing macshit to gaymen
You idiots need to be more subtle if you want your ad campaign to work
Sounds pretty gay. Watch your ass
You should be qualifying first, you fucking NUB. But you should bring a phone/tablet for some movies or tv shows just so you don't go crazy.
OP asked for our thoughts, and i gave them
like i said, more to life than games. books, music, reading about shit on the internet.. games are just a waste of time
Well, they're traditionally called "boats", yet they are submarines proper because they can really put up a fight underwater too. Else you're kind-of arbitrarily complaining about water and air, but not food.
Also, I am pretty convinced most modern subs can generally create air and water for the crew. Just not the air to run diesel engines submerged. Probably.
>tovarish we found the americans
>but how?
>some autist is using wifi
>So we must assume that OP will be in a nuclear sub then, as there is probably no way they could survive off a battery for 9 months, right?
Diesel subs just surface to recharge their batteries every once in a while and fuck off back under the surface when they're full. Nowhere in the OP did he say he's going to spend 9 months straight underwater.
>All Submarines in use are nuclear powered
>You should be qualifying first
You can't use that word anymore because apparently its considered hazing lel.
Also everyone was making a big fucking deal about that shadowing/qualifying shit. I've already done 3/4 of it and most of it was bullshiting with the nukes and a gang people in port. Then again i'm a sonar guy so I guess it different with other jobs. I know the nukes and officers have the shittiest qualification shit god I don't envy them.
>muh games
>the prospect of being stuck inside a metal tube with 100 other dudes for 6-9 months.
Don't forget the part where you are going to breathing in all their braps. Fun fact, the more senior you are, the less you have to hide your braps. Privates will go into empty rooms to brap. You can expect the captain to rip massive farts in the middle of the bridge. One time I farted pretty hard outside the sonar room and one of the sonar operators legitimately thought he heard an enemy transient.
buy a thinkpad that way everyone else on the sub will know you're a massive faggot
Oh shit, are you the guy from the /v/ thread where you had the argument about torpedo men? You finally settled on the laptop option?
How often do gay hookups happen on subs?
he said he's looking at the prospect of being on a sub, not that he has already been on a sub, so he probably doesn't know the answer to that question (and neither do I)
>internet
>in a submarine under 300 ft of water
Is being stupid a talent you were born with or do you have to work at it?
>kpad that way everyone else on the sub will know you're a massive
No fuckery underway
That including fucking. That being said not as much as you think. With the exception of the integrated shit.
I've heard a story of a captain who kept finding used condoms in one of the engine room and was personally on a mission to catch these people. There's also ton of other drama and bullshit with females involved, like one case where they bitched and moaned to the COB to get better berthing arraignments despite them having a section that was actually desirable. Even then they called foul and cried discrimination/sexism.
Women in the military was a mistake.
download a bunch of stuff beforehand and run a local dc++ hub for the sub
what do you mean you only have 5 inches, you can only fit a phone let alone a tablet.
Believe or not Alienware meme laptops are the most robust gayming laptops, the smallest I've seen are probably 8 inches. An IPS display would also help if you can't completely lift the screen.
I'm suddenly left wondering how the crew used to pass the time when laptops weren't a thing.
I'm guessing books, probably card games and cassette players
There's a fuckload of ways to pass the time without a computer. If the size of books is a problem, a compilation of the best of anything the person is interested in, probably an encyclopedia for good measure.
A bigass sketch book, paper to write a story, chess, some pieces of wood to carve stuff, a musical instrument. On the latter, maybe not an actual guitar, perhaps a mandolin or ukulele, or a keyboard, violin; hell, a harmonica.
And yes, I'm taking into account the 5-inch space OP has mentioned, though perhaps not actual limitations on sound or materials allowed on board.
There's so much you can do that does not involve a computer. Drawing and reading are usually the easiest to return to for extended periods of time, and so are instruments, in case you know how to play one.
Mate.. the same way your car gets electricity...
One ping only
>Communication with submarines is difficult because radio waves do not travel well through good electrical conductors like salt water.
nope, he doesn't
Literally a Thinkpad with tons of old school ROMs and emulators. Get a wired controller of some sort (or even two so you can play with your friends).
With literally any "rom collection" torrent you're set for over 9 months easy
Don't forget a good pair of headphones. Noise Cancelling ones would be ideal if you bunk in a noisy part of your boat. If you can plug it in, go for one with a big screen, and load up thumb drives with 720p or 100p rips. I recommend the entire Star Trek and Stargate catalogue. Battlestar Galactica and Babylon 5 also.
t. neet.
>100p rips
1080p rips.
>I thought there were very few nuclear subs left in the world though...
what in the fuck is this
Wonderful idea. I'd add just taking a junker laptop with a 500gb or so hdd and filling it to the brim with psp games. That way you can transfer the games over when you need to, and you're not using a whole computer all the time. Plus a psp can be pocketed or hidden if it ever becomes an issue for Whatever reason
why exactly are you spending 6 months inside a submarine if I may ask?
Diesels can actually be preferable to Nukes since they are just about completely silent when on battery.
He won't be using it submerged and if the boat sinks the durability won't matter.
can't recommend shit for gayming but really recommend you get a second laptop or device to view porn on.
you're not gonna be the one using it, its just the thing you give out to keep everyone away from your actual computer.
t. been on a sub and learned the hard way
Where does all the seaman semen go?
I was told to get the best head phones money can buy. Since im sonar the ones you get issued are shit and/or they've been used by 100+ people.
How you will really spend the time:
rum, sodomy and the lash.
Why do you need to give porn to other people?
I don't believe anybody on our boat did anything gay the entire time.
Since women are most likely involved now I am sure its a lot different and significantly more awful.
But seriously you should just do what the other guy suggested and resign to playing older games /emulators. Actual gayming laptops suck ass and the battery life is shit.
ALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRM!!!!
Because there are always retards who didn't bring their own device and or won't make do with other illicit materials(porn mags). You can insist there is no porn on your computer but sooner or later they're going to get their hands on it.
It's to save your sanity from other tards asking to borrow your laptop.
into other seamen.
kek
>Jow Forums is NOT your personal consumer review site
stupid welfare boat nigger
Shouldn't you be taking your loli pillow to dinner or studying the blade?
jokes on you my loli pillow is a blade
You're dumb m8. Just bring materials to fuck with the other people on the ship.
Sharpies, itching powder, etc.
t. never been in the armed forces
Behold, the ultimate Submarine Loonix Package (^_-)
>Making enemies in a confined environment
Chillin with dudes in a military grade phallus
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(you)
its called a blanket party and you cannot escape it.
>if you don't have regular internet though you're pretty much not gonna be playing modern games
How do you even make this conclusion? Zynga facebook games aren't the only thing you can play. There's loads of single player games
Im sold.
I mean Ive done worse desu. This one cheif got on our asses about carrying pens for writing down logs which isnt a fucking rule. So I bought a litteral pallet of shock pens and scattered them throughout the base.
Our chief went on a fucking triad trying to find the perp only to have the XO tell him to chill thr fuck out.
When I was at a logging camp and had no internet we use to play cards for hours as well as come up with a lot of hypothetical situations like who has a bigger dick King Kong or Godzilla shit like that . Honestly it was pretty fun.
Meaning you have fuck all for personal storage space.
You have a locker and the space under your rack where you have to keep your uniforms, and everything else.
Its gotten worse too becuase the Wannabe operator mentality everyone is now dragging around a kit bag with a plate carrier, Night vision, helmets and other shit we will never ever need. Cutting into your personal space.
Shut the fuck up.
>5 inches
Get a tablet, will it with snes and psx emulators and get a bluetooth controller.
Maybe you should worry more about finding a strong but not too thick case, to keep it safe.
I envy you user. I always wanted to be a ping jockey.
Canadian Navy used to be like this as well, but surface ships are now starting to get wifi. Not sure about the 4 subs, but I would assume not because they hardly even work to begin with anyway. I think only 1 is seaworthy right now.
OP. Learn to DM and play TTRPG.
bring condoms