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Venezuela Falling Behind

Posted by chrisd on from the hz-donut dept.

Christopher Frank writes "Seems Venezuela's lack of power has finally caught up with them! MSNBC has the story: 'If you thought Venezuela's political crisis seemed to be dragging for an impossibly long time -- you were right. In a bizarre mass-malfunction, Venezuela's clocks are ticking too slowly due to a power shortage weakening the electric current nationwide. By the end of each day, the sluggish time pieces still have another 150 seconds to tick before they catch up to midnight.'"

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  1. From the better-late-than-never-dept by blurfus · · Score: 5, Funny
    But in a nation that rarely starts on schedule, ...

    That my friends, is an understatement.

    How do I know this? Well, I am from there ;o)
    Excuse me, I must go a have a nap before I finish this post...

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  2. so in other words... by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    finland leads the world in overclocking

    and venezuela leads the world in underclocking? ;-P

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  3. First post by Adar · · Score: 5, Funny

    First post...FUCK, I'm an hour late. Goddamn clock.

  4. DOJ Press Release by dscowboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Country of Venezuela is now the property of the United States government.

    The nation and it's inhabitants were surrendered to U.S. law enforcement pursuant to a federal prosecution and felony plea agreement for conspiracy to violate criminal copyright laws.

    Venezuela pled guilty to conspiring to violate federal copyright laws by illegally "modifying" the digital time-keeping mechanism of clocks. Under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Clockwork Act), the modification of clocks to display an unauthorized time is illegal, no matter what American or non-American police state you live in. "If people were allowed to make their clocks show whatever time they wanted, it might allow them to read a time that the manufacturer never intended, like 14 o'clock" declared Ayatollah Ashcroft in a press conference today. "Not only is that illegal, it's wrong, and naughty. Next thing you know they'll be bathing in the nude or teaching women to read."

    As a result, the country of Venezuela is now the property of the United States government. The country and it's people will immediately be put to their rightly intended use: the production of inferior quality candles to be used in Catholic rituals.