Re: Lex Luthor Is Worse Than Useless
@ Tigereye: Repped!
ISTR seeing something on "How it's Made" showing how computer chips are made. At one point they mentioned that a significant number of the chips on every "plate" were discarded as nonfunctional. Perhaps supertech works to such fine tolerances that even with the best equipment available, only one in a thousand examples actually functions properly. Now imagine that this is an item that, when it functions improperly, is most likely not going to do anything, however, there i a large probability that the item may unexpectedly self-destruct, at the very least causing death/injury/property damage.
Sometimes the reward is worth the risk ("Scientists Pronounce Cure for Cancer!") and sometimes it isn't ("Blob-like Creature Escapes Federal Disease Testing Facility and devours 12").
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