Closet Racist

ADE 651 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The ADE 651, produced by ATSC (UK), is advertised as a hand-held "remote portable substance detector" that is claimed to be able to detect from a distance the presence and location of various explosives, drugs, and other substances. The device has been sold to a number of countries in the Middle and Far East, including Iraq, for as much as $60,000 per unit. The Iraqi government is said to have spent £52m ($85m) on the devices. However, investigations by the BBC and other organisations have reported that the device is little more than a "glorified dowsing rod" with no ability to perform its claimed functions. The export of the device to Iraq and Afghanistan has been banned by the British Government, and the managing director of the company which manufactures it, 53-year-old Jim McCormick, has been arrested on suspicion of fraud."

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Bean

You would think that before investing 85 million on something, the government would have tested them...

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Space Goat

Why on Earth would you think that?

Edit: Keep in mind, this is the Iraqi government. It probably has +5 Stupidity, +7 Corruption, and -20 Intelligence, on top of the already crappy Government base class.

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Closet Racist

I'm sure the Iraqi government rolled a "natural 20" on corruption, lol.

Someone should allow the inventor of the device to play a real live game of "Minesweeper" with one for all the people that have probably died because of him.

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Bean

I don't know who's the bigger geek. You for making that reference, or me for instantly understanding it.

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Brikar

A little bit of column A, a little bit of column B...

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Closet Racist

I couldn't find a way to work "move base" or " armor class" into the conversation.

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Tupperfan

I'd like to understand, I'd like to care enough to google it and pretend I understand, but I just don't get any of this shit...

Anyone care to tell the title?

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Cymro

Me neither.

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Bean

I got one for ya CR. THAC0

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"I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing."

--James T. Kirk