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There's a special place in hell for people who do things like this. And a special place in the corner of the room and Dunce hat for people who didn't convict t
by eksith 13y ago
There's a special place in hell for people who do things like this.
And a special place in the corner of the room and Dunce hat for people who didn't convict them and who paid good money to buy crap when lives were at stake.
Edit: Some links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadro_Tracker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadro_Tracker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT200 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT200
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniffex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniffex
And some food for thought by Stephen Fry
The use of the GT200 as a means of tracking smuggled
ivory in Kenya has also been questioned. Stephen Fry,
who saw the GT200 being used by Kenyan rangers in an
attempt to catch poachers, described the misinformation
which accompanied the devices as "cynical, cruel and
monstrous." He told the BBC's Newsnight programme: "I
was horrified. They had spent a vast sum of money on a
modern equivalent of a hazel twig divining rod. There
was no possibility that such a thing could work."
- fakeer 13y agoOFF TOPIC > hell For what its worth let me assure you there's no hell or haven. We've got just this little life and that's it.
- Volpe 13y agoLikely that beyond whatever punishment he receives under the judicial system, there will be little other consequence to him for his actions. People do bad things, and get away with it all the time. EDIT: Interesting aside: Just world fallacy [1] [1] http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/06/07/the-just-world-fallacy/ http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/06/07/the-just-world-fallac...
- eksith 13y agoSadly, I fear you're right. At the most they'll probably get a slap on the wrist and those who were complicit in buying the Snake Oil (knowing they were bunk or not) will get scarcely above a stern word or two. Rather depressing to think about.
- sageikosa 13y agoAs long as the process (of evaluating and purchasing the items in question) did its job, no one has to be accountable.