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Keyless Entries Fail In Las Vegas On Friday
Hoompini-Ting writes "Some accuse area 51, but in any case many folks were stranded when keyless locks failed or their car computers malfunctioned. No technical explanation but I'm sure slashdotters have theories. Similar to the failure in Seattle 3 years ago. See the Las Vegas Review-Journal for more details."
Vegas was built upon a geographical oddity known as a bad luck epicentre. This is merely a cute manifestation of this bad luck phenomenon.
And that's also why I lost all my money there too.
Someone's probably just using an electromagnetic pulse device to rob a casino. Round up the usual suspects (Clooney, Pitt, etc.)
Estrada resorted to using his key to unlock his car door...
What is this world coming to?
My car is one of them," Ferguson said. "It's some kind of electrical disturbance. Either that or a nuclear bomb went off a few miles from here."
I'm betting it's an electrical disturbance because I don't think there would be much of him around otherwise.
Here's two dumb questions in a row:
Are governors asking their homeland security advisors whether everything could be terrorism now? "My toilet clogged up this morning...could that be terrorism?" Isn't that really time the governor could spend better, I don't know, say, whimpering underneath a desk in the fetal position, or playing golf, or even chewing gum?
How do they know it's not the result of terrorist action? Perhaps there are some acutely stupid terrorists, and this is the first strike against keyless entry...in a very small area of the world...which nobody really noticed. Maybe they're just stupid terrorists. Maybe their next plan is to have a terror blog. Maybe their next plan is to get shirts printed up with the word "Terrorist" emblazoned on the front.
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You are what you think.
the y2k+4 bug rears its ugly head
"... because no can leave!"
"... two men enter, one man leave... the Passion of THUNDERDOME!" ... sorry, Mel.
Of course it was a weather ballon released by aliens studying our atmosphere.
And don't get me going about the so called "Goodyear" blimp.
Geez, wake up people!
KFG
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
The intro quotes this as happening in Seattle 3 years ago...can anyone provide evidence?
I think this is the event they were referring to.
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
Can anyone think of anything I've missed? Especially in the "man-made" section.
Hundreds of people suddenly degaussing there monitors after reading a Slashdot poll?
Clearly someone watched Oceans 11 and decided to try using a pinch to rob a casino. Apparently the plan didn't work...or did it?
Car alarms are completely worthless these days. I don't know anybody who upon hearing a car alarm thinks 'someone is trying to steal a car'. Instead it's more like 'some asshole's alarm is too sensitive', or 'OH MY GOD, a leaf landed on someone's car!".
In at least one case, I saw a car alarm REDUCE a car's security. As a rather large and apparently intoxicated person walked past an expensive looking car, he triggered one of those stupid proximity alarms (as in 'this is the Viper, don't look so hard at the paint' or some such junk). He yelled 'OH YEAH!!! Well FUCK YOU!', and proceeded to kick in the headlights and smash the windshield. I guess it should have just kept quiet.
The best alarms don't make a sound. They give the thief a minute or so to drive off and then cut off the fuel. The idea being that they will be in traffic by then where they are much too high profile to attempt to bypass the alarm.
Forget the terrorist theories, someone please tell the whales to answer!
-- Soruk