# Life is ...

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/life-is/23903>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [April 26, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/life-is/23903 "2013-04-26T20:24:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/life-is/23903/1 "2013-04-26T20:24:17Z")

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stranger than fiction.  
[http://www.channel4.com/news/bomb-detector-fraud-jail-conviction-james-mccormick](http://www.channel4.com/news/bomb-detector-fraud-jail-conviction-james-mccormick)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/life-is/23903/2 "2013-04-26T20:37:37Z")

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Hmmmmmmm… I find myself torn on this one. People believe  
“too-good-to-be-true” claims and do not even test the stuff thereby  
putting their employees’ lives in danger? Send the purchasers to jail too  
for negligence.

Good luck.

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**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/life-is/23903/3 "2013-04-26T20:42:24Z")

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Comon…you buy and deploy thousands of pounds worth of bomb detection  
equipment without ever BOTHERING TO TEST IT?!?

I can’t really call that stranger than fiction, I call it stupidity  
(which isn’t really rare at all).

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Kim - 2013-04-26 11:40:27 AM

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/life-is/23903/4 "2013-04-27T17:56:40Z")

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On 4/26/2013 1:24 PM, Arthur wrote:[color=blue]

> stranger than fiction.  
> [http://www.channel4.com/news/bomb-detector-fraud-jail-conviction-james-mccormick](http://www.channel4.com/news/bomb-detector-fraud-jail-conviction-james-mccormick)
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> [/color]

Not unusual. Many purchases are made based on great vendor marketing and  
sales and never allowed to be vetted by people who actually understand  
the business processes and technology who can ask the right questions.

I am sure many of us have seen it happen first hand.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/life-is/23903/5 "2013-04-28T05:34:46Z")

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Windows for example?

On 4/27/2013 10:56 AM, George wrote:[color=blue]

> On 4/26/2013 1:24 PM, Arthur wrote:[color=green]
> 
> > stranger than fiction.  
> > [http://www.channel4.com/news/bomb-detector-fraud-jail-conviction-james-mccormick](http://www.channel4.com/news/bomb-detector-fraud-jail-conviction-james-mccormick)
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> > [/color]
> 
> Not unusual. Many purchases are made based on great vendor marketing and  
> sales and never allowed to be vetted by people who actually understand  
> the business processes and technology who can ask the right questions.
> 
> I am sure many of us have seen it happen first hand.[/color]