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Attack of the Clones to Cost Economy $300m

Posted by timothy on from the but-think-of-the-toy-revenues dept.

Audent writes: "Attack of the Clones may make you sick but according to this story, it will cost the US economy $300 million in lost productivity what with all the nerds calling in with a bad case of midiclorianitis. ... Nerds and geeks and propellorheads are singled out as being most at risk. Take your medication now! dammit." A nameless reader also points to a review (looks like two, but only one is up at the time of this writing) up at http://www.pstwo.net/.

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  1. Re:poor projection by tps12 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Good call, dude.

    "Slashteam": can we please moderate stories, already? This thing has T R O L L all over it with the <blink> tag...I mean, "propellorheads?"

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  2. Would it be worse if.. by RailGunner · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    .. Episode 1 hadn't been a disappointment? I mean face it, I like Star Wars, but Episode 1 was the worst thing since Greedo firing first.

    No to mention the awfulness of Jar Jar Binks..

    Here's hoping Episode 2 is better. I'll play it safe and catch it matinee...

  3. Re:using that logic... by Gildor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Madnick said the diagram showed how Windows was like a "house of cards" [emphasis mine] that could collapse if any of the pieces were removed.


    Hmmm...well, I suppose that's partly true. Windows, like a house of cards, is prone to crashing suddenly.