Members grab gear and run for a Blackhawk helicopter.

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We gadget nerds have to endure unspeakable atrocities in order to slake that early adoption jones: first-run gear shipped DOA, buggy pre-release software, and months of waiting after a product leaks only to be greeted by a jacked-up price premium at launch.

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Whole platoons of soldiers in camouflage gear are told to run as they head toward the stricken area.

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