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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. Venezula is Dying... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    And Netcraft confirms it. The time on Venezula web servers is now 10 seconds behind standard time.

    Fact: Venezula is dying.

  2. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    In SOVIET RUSSIA, your behind is falling to Venezuela! (assuming you can defect in one piece)