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Comment Re:Barney (Score 1) 487

The guy that did the early spreading of Captain Tripps was state trooper; just imagine how many people he's been in contact with.

And how many they have been in contact with...

Comment Re:Signed Firmware (Score 1) 97

The UV light damages the silicon over time, degrading the oxide layer.

It will fail to some other structure, and stick high or low eventually.

A good cosmic ray strike while you're programming at 21V can make one popcorn open, lol.

Comment This tool needs to hit the market asap. (Score 3, Interesting) 35

I have had numerous problems with counterfeit transistors and Zener diodes.

How can you profitably screen thousands of rectifier diodes for their zener point, then grind off the original markings, and mold on new partnumbers??

At $0.003 each?

At least the transistors failed spectacularly. :)

Comment Re:I made the obvious choice (Score 1) 410

Almost everyone claims to have read it now, but for your less literate friends there's a really good Movie, With Richard Burton and John Hurt. It was Sir Richards' last film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...

It leaves out a lot, but a lot of people just don't read.

That's how it ends when the military industrial complex takes over:

Imagine a Boot, on a Face, Forever. :)

Comment Re:SkyNet Deployment (Score 2) 143

Sir! We have a problem!

There is a dedicated team of hackers attempting to plant a virus in our main system.

We think it's a team led by Jeff Goldblum and the Android from Star Trek; Arnold help us if Mr Crusher is involved as well!

Cancel concern; they had a nuke with them with an easy pal code. We lost 10000 units, NBD.

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