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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 6:13 am
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Originally Posted by Caradoc
No.

The device has as much basis in reality as homeopathy and Scientology.
You're being generous. Homeopathy might at least have some placebo effect.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 7:29 am
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Originally Posted by svenskaflicka
At this point I think Dog The Bounty Hunter could do a better job than the TSA.
I vote for Dog.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 7:51 pm
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I'm wondering how much the magic mice that smell explosives are going to cost? I can just imagine how chaotic CPs will become with mice running around.
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 4:20 pm
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Originally Posted by catavencu
Here is ADE 651 website.
I have read all the sciencific explination from there but I didnt understand. Can anybody explain? Is it possible? What do you say about that?
Glorified dowsing rod, that's been sold under various names over the years.
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 4:56 pm
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Originally Posted by LoganTSO
Glorified dowsing rod, that's been sold under various names over the years.
dowsing rods work. I've seen farmer geezers use them quite successfully over the years for finding good wells.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 2:15 pm
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Originally Posted by nachtnebel
dowsing rods work. I've seen farmer geezers use them quite successfully over the years for finding good wells.
I've seen guys pull whole eggs out of kids' ears for years. That doesn't make them sorcerers.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by nachtnebel
dowsing rods work
No, they don't.

Edit: This link actually includes the "high-tech" dowsing rods mentioned in the OP...
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 2:43 pm
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Originally Posted by WillCAD
I've seen guys pull whole eggs out of kids' ears for years. That doesn't make them sorcerers.
apples and oranges. the farmers did not put the water in the ground, they found it.

I'm as skeptical as the next guy, but I've seen on many occasions well witchers and farmers all use dowsing rods to come up with the same location independently that yielded a very good well, in dry areas where water was scarce, and the cost of drilling dry holes couldn't be afforded by said farmers.

so, there might be something to it...
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 4:53 pm
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Originally Posted by IslandBased
Well, the whole 20 layers of security thing always struck me as like trying to build a helium balloon out of layers of cheese cloth.
Brilliant, simply brilliant.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 4:27 am
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Scammers like these, who sell ineffective devices or training, are all too common in just about every industry. They'll show you all kinds of made-up stats and records of success, but in the end, the stuff they sell is junk and doesn't work.

Unfortunately, some of them actually BELIEVE in the junk they're selling, and many of their customers believe in it, too.

Originally Posted by nachtnebel
apples and oranges. the farmers did not put the water in the ground, they found it.

I'm as skeptical as the next guy, but I've seen on many occasions well witchers and farmers all use dowsing rods to come up with the same location independently that yielded a very good well, in dry areas where water was scarce, and the cost of drilling dry holes couldn't be afforded by said farmers.

so, there might be something to it...
All independent tests ever conducted showed that dowsers had the same record of success as random chance.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 4:39 am
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and the TSA is the K-tel, or Demtel, or whatever is your late night TV snake oil salemans dream come true - to the tune of $millions...
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