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Offline sam

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"Green" Ice Resurfacing Machines Fail In Vancouver
« on: February 17, 2010, 03:20 »
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/16/142217/Green-Ice-Resurfacing-Machines-Fail-In-Vancouver

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"The Seattle Times is reporting that the Men's 500 meter speed-skating competition was delayed more than an hour Monday evening by the breakdown of the two ice grooming machines at the skating oval. The real story is that the machines that failed were the latest state-of-the-art 'Resurfice Fume-Free Electric Groomers' leased to the Olympics committee. An old, propane-powered Zamboni had to be brought out to fix the ice. This makes two nights in a row with ice resurfacing machine failures. If you're going to spend twice as much on electric devices to replace non-green designs, at least test the things first."
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Re: "Green" Ice Resurfacing Machines Fail In Vancouver
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2010, 19:03 »
Probably made by Toyota.   ;)

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Re: "Green" Ice Resurfacing Machines Fail In Vancouver
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2010, 19:46 »
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Re: "Green" Ice Resurfacing Machines Fail In Vancouver
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2010, 03:31 »
Probably made by Toyota.   ;)

Well I wonder if anyone has tested the breaks...
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