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Tom's Hardware Investigates Michael's Computers

Posted by timothy on from the more-than-questions dept.

cojsl writes "Tom's Hardware has an extensive article raising questions about Michael's Computers and their claims of a laptop with a "3DMark03 Average Score - 15,417"." It gets funnier as you go along.

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  1. Good Old Tommy Boy, Panties In a Bind... by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 2, Troll
    Jesus. It's just more snake oil, I'm not even sure how it constitutes "news". And as the claim of hitting 17,000+ in the 3DMark03 test, well, I think we all know about the validity of 3DMark03 (can you say NVIDIA???). I guess my point is, if Slashdot is going to run a story on every internet based scam-ola, they better lay on some staff. And if you are stupid enough to fall for the pie-in-the-sky computer deal, you deserve what you get.

    From the Tom's story: "I was thinking, WOW!!! I want this laptop!" Yeh baby! I want to fly the Space Shuttle too, think it's a possibility? And speaking of "Tom's Hardware", I thought it was the Slashdot consensus that ole' Tom was in it for the free toys. Ever consider that maybe, just maybe Michael's refused to spot Tommy a free laptop for a positive story?

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  2. you know, by Dave_bsr · · Score: 0, Troll

    You know, kerry + many libs said the same thing, soon after 9/11. look it up. Everyone was talking about the threats Iraq posed, WMD's, and Iraq's link to terrorists.

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  3. Re:Not in doubt, but.... by schon · · Score: 0, Troll

    James Randi Educational Foundation

    James Randi is a 'science' lunatic - he is as bad (if not worse) than the people he attempts to discredit. When presented with a situation that science cannot explain, he steadfastly refuses to believe that there is no scientific explanation, and will create wild fantasies of his own to 'explain' that which has no explanation. He's the equivalent of the people who phone and believe in the psychic hotline.

    I saw a TV show on a person in the UK who claims to be a 'water diviner' - he is employed by a drilling company, who has a 100% guarantee on their services. This man (a former geophysicist) claims that he has the ability to find underground sources of water - he boasts an 80% accuracy rate, and in most cases will tell you how far down to drill, as well as the amount of water (in cubic feet per minute) the well will produce.

    The TV program decided to test him (albeit in a non-scientific way) - they found a golf course that wanted wells dug, and they hired this company to dig them. The guy walked around on the course for awhile, and pointed out two places to dig. He was correct in both cases.

    The program producers then contacted Mr. Randi to get his opinion. After watching the tape, he goes off on how this man is obviously a fraud, and that because he's a geophysicist, he's obviously using his knowledge of geology to find the water!

    I know a few geophysicist, and they tell me - without question - that there is no way they can tell where underground streams are simply by walking out onto a field.

    I lost all respect for Mr. Randi after seeing that program.