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Old 12-03-2010, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous View Post
Its the classic "milions of critical parts all assembled by the lowest bidder" case.
Its designed by several commitees, in which the French play a prominent role, and I've known up to 17 different manufacturers produce the same component all to slightly different specs and/or tolerances.
And the whole thing is under the aegis of the EU.
Its a wonder it did't vanish up its own bottom and start spewing out memos the second they turned it on.
They should have used Cyberdyne Systems to build it. It would have been self-aware by now.
(and being french, it would have only found particles showing Savoir Faire. )


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