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"Exploding" Dell Laptop Destroys Truck, Imperils Outsdoorsmen
ConsumerAffairs.com ^
| August 3, 2006
| Joseph S. Enoch
Posted on 08/06/2006 1:24:58 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
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Mac users: Although this article is about expoding batteries on Dell Notebook Computers, the problem is not limited to PCs... Mac Powerbooks and Macbooks have also been hit. See the photos and link at the bottom of the article that I have added. This is a cautionary PING!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
08/06/2006 1:28:15 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!")
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To: Swordmaker
"...bullets zinged past..."
IIRC, they just pop, since they're not contained in a barrel and ignited with the firing cap to propell them. Anyone else want to comment on this? I could be wrong...
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
08/06/2006 1:33:59 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Must Purify Himself in The Waters of Lake Minnetonka)
To: butternut_squash_bisque
IIRC, they just pop, since they're not contained in a barrel and ignited with the firing cap to propell them. Anyone else want to comment on this? I could be wrong... I caught that, too. But didn't the Mythbusters take this one on? Yeah, they did... with the bullet in the fuse holder myth... and they found that although some did just burst a couple propelled the bullet with a much lower velocity than normal but fast enough to hurt... so it might be possible.
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posted on
08/06/2006 1:34:01 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!")
To: butternut_squash_bisque
Yopu volunteering to put that theory to a test?
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posted on
08/06/2006 1:35:17 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Swordmaker; Slings and Arrows
Come in Austin...can you read me Austin, Texas?
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posted on
08/06/2006 1:38:09 PM PDT
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: Swordmaker; Lil'freeper
Microsuck Vista will fix that problem!!
Gee PCs suck.
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posted on
08/06/2006 1:43:58 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
(It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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To: big'ol_freeper
Apple's laptops have had this problem too.
It may have something to do with the high energy density of modern laptop batteries and their less than robust construction.
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posted on
08/06/2006 1:49:14 PM PDT
by
RFC_Gal
(It's not just a boulder; It's a rock! A ro-o-ock. The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!)
To: Swordmaker
I guess I missed that episode.
Last year, here in York Country (PA), a man's house in the southern end of the county caught fire, and burned to the ground. He told police and fire personnel that he had over 100,000 round of ammo stored in the basement, with his gun collection. Lots of black powder, too, as he was a reloader. I'm sure that caused some explosions, though. I don't remember any news commentary on the bullets flying around, and although I know the police and fire crews here, where my business is located, I failed to ask that specific question. No one was hurt in the fighting of that fire.
I'll be asking them when I see them, this coming week, what happened.
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
08/06/2006 1:57:52 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
To: digger48
See my post #13, d. No, I'm not that sure but I seem to remember it being the conventional wisdom. I have well over 40,000 round stored for my various weapons, at my company, but at 56, don't need any such experiments using me as a ginneau pig.
How about using some murderous Hiz-bullshits are ginneau pigs? I'd go for that...
To: big'ol_freeper
Geee....thats a real thought there...save for the fact all laptops...macs incuded...can blowup due to the nature of there batteries
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posted on
08/06/2006 2:05:00 PM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: butternut_squash_bisque
Thinking about it, it would seem that the casing could be as much of a projectile as the lead when it popped.
Have to keep my eye open for that episode of Mythbusters
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posted on
08/06/2006 2:05:03 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Slings and Arrows
Dude, you beat me to it. It was the first thing I thought or..
THOU SHALT NOT PIRATE MICROSOFT SOFTWARE!! BRAW HAA HAA!
And didn’t the Dell Dude get busted?
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posted on
08/06/2006 2:10:58 PM PDT
by
Caramelgal
(There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.)
To: Swordmaker
Forqueran screamed to Riddle for water, hoping to save "Jenny," his 1966 Ford F-250.He loved Jenny...
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posted on
08/06/2006 2:16:16 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
To: Swordmaker
Well I bought a new laptop today. So far so good. LOL!
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