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Keyless Entries Fail In Las Vegas On Friday

Posted by timothy on from the report-in-las-vegas-what-is-your-status dept.

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."

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  1. Terrorist act by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Offtopic

    From the article:
    Jerry Bussell, Gov. Kenny Guinn's adviser on homeland security, ruled out terrorism

    It's amazing how, since 9/11, for every little problem in this country terrorism has to be ruled out...

    [sarcasm]
    We are talking about people that are unable to go in their cars, it's obviously a terrorist act...
    [/sarcasm]

    I just want to add a little something that IMHO makes sense here:
    "Why of course the people don't want war... That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, a parliament or a communist dictatorship... the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders... All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.

    --Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichsmarshal and Luftwaffe chief at Nuremberg trials, 1945

    Mod me down because I'm really off-topic.

    Read this.

  2. Re:No worries... by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, be on the lookout for a black guy with the worst cockney accent ever.

    I love Don Cheadle, but his vocal performance in that film was so damn bad it was almost painful to listen to.

    --

    "Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
  3. Re:moderators suck donkey balls...yeah you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're right. Germany isn't a good comparison.

    The U.S.S.R. IS.

    PAPERS PLEASE? Your papers, please.

    And to think I laughed at all those 80's movies....

  4. Re:Y2K+4 by imsabbel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Will it take until the 22nd century till people will notice that 2K+125 isnt really shorter than 2125?

    ARG

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    HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
  5. SkyNet by mriker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm willing to bet it's just SkyNet doing a preliminary test.