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# Heh, what a tool. Or not.
'Expert witnesses described the kit as 'completely ineffectual' and an 'affront' to science.'
McCormick: 'Good point!'
(I helped save b3ta! The Silent Channel is getting his recommended 5-a-day, Tue 23 Apr 2013, 17:43, archived)
# I'm amused by how none of the reports are willing to describe the golf-ball 'dowsers' he was rebadging
as a pile of crap too.

Made a bit of cash, didn't he? People have known about this scam for years; they just haven't bothered to prosecute him as they know he's not defrauding citizens of this country. Be interesting to see if a British court can make a case stick. And if they can, why they didn't stop him earlier? As is often mentioned, he got around export controls by demonstrating that the devices didn't actually do anything.
(I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Tue 23 Apr 2013, 17:57, archived)
# I suppose they get around describing the dowsers as cack
by referring to them as 'novelty' items... a bit like those condom machines in pub toilets that say you shouldn't use them as a contraceptive, they're just 'fun'.
Agreed, the entire case seems to be a bit of a paradox. Made for £15, sold for £10,000... I'd like to see him on Dragon's Den :)
(I helped save b3ta! The Silent Channel is getting his recommended 5-a-day, Tue 23 Apr 2013, 18:18, archived)
# In fairness, people have been making a fuss about him for years.
But cases like this can take a long time to come to court. After all, he could afford expensive lawyers...
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 23 Apr 2013, 19:40, archived)