More sneering at British Entrepreneurism

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TheFaQQer replied

24 April 2013, 09:25
Originally posted by vetran View Post

FTFY

easy way to the recronstruction cash.

Is recronstruction something which is rebuilt periodically in UNIX?
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DimPrawn replied

24 April 2013, 08:05
The models were described by prosecutors as completely ineffectual and lacking any grounding in science.

Today bomb detectors.....tomorrow Climate Scientists
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EternalOptimist replied

23 April 2013, 21:03
Originally posted by barrydidit View Post

I hope that isn't what Hans Blix was using to look for the WMD

nope , Blix was using this kit
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barrydidit replied

23 April 2013, 20:59
I hope that isn't what Hans Blix was using to look for the WMD
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vetran replied

23 April 2013, 20:32
Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

The Iraqi government bought thousands. Obviously because of the bribes the company were giving out nobody tested one.

FTFY

easy way to the recronstruction cash.
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istvan replied

23 April 2013, 19:07
Originally posted by doodab View Post

BBC News - James McCormick guilty of selling fake bomb detectors

Oh dear.

Excellent entrepreneur, ethically bankrupt man. What do these people think, Madoff and the likes?
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VectraMan replied

23 April 2013, 19:01
The Iraqi government bought thousands. Obviously it never occurred to anybody to test one.
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vetran replied

23 April 2013, 16:48
saw the adverts, it made X10 or american personal development ads look professional.
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AtW replied

23 April 2013, 16:23
I'd send him to clear up minefields with one of his mine detectors.
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TheFaQQer replied

23 April 2013, 16:21
The models were described by prosecutors as completely ineffectual and lacking any grounding in science.

Maybe he should have described them as homeopathic bomb detectors instead.
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doodab started a topic More sneering at British Entrepreneurism

23 April 2013, 16:19
More sneering at British Entrepreneurism

BBC News - James McCormick guilty of selling fake bomb detectors

A millionaire businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to countries including Iraq and Georgia, knowing they did not work, has been convicted of fraud.

James McCormick, 56, of Langport, Somerset, is said to have made £50m from sales and sold over 6,000 to Iraq.

The devices, which sold for up to $40,000 (£27,000), were based on a novelty golf ball finder and supposed to detect explosives, people and drugs.

An Iraqi bomb victim described him to the BBC as a "morally bankrupt" man.

The models were described by prosecutors as completely ineffectual and lacking any grounding in science.

Oh dear.
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