OT: Why didn't I think of it first

[N_Cook]

Glorified dowsing rod
Iraq has bought thousands of the detectors for a total of $85m (Ł52m).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm


"There is nothing to program in these cards. There is no memory. There is no
microcontroller. There is no way any form of information can be stored
Dr Markus Kuhn"

Well at least nothing to go wrong electronically


--
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[Sylvia Else]

On 31/01/2010 3:54 AM, N_Cook wrote:

Glorified dowsing rod
Iraq has bought thousands of the detectors for a total of $85m (Ł52m).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm

The reason you didn't think of it first was that, like me, you assumed
that the Iraqis would do at least some rudimentary testing before
parting with that kind of money.

The Iraqis probably need to look at who made the decision on their side,
and whether that person is now unaccountably rich.

Sylvia.

 

[Sansui Samari]

On Jan 31, 9:29 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:

On 31/01/2010 3:54 AM, N_Cook wrote:

Glorified dowsing rod
Iraq has bought thousands of the detectors for a total of $85m (Ł52m)..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm

The reason you didn't think of it first was that, like me, you assumed
that the Iraqis would do at least some rudimentary testing before
parting with that kind of money.

The Iraqis probably need to look at who made the decision on their side,
and whether that person is now unaccountably rich.

Sylvia.

Seriously? We're all gonna die. I've gotta go hit myself in the head
with a hammer now. wow.