__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 21 June 2006 19:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:40:34 +0100
> <2141852.qECL0OzYsB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550
>>
>> Yes, the machine was running Windows (it's a Dell, after all).
>
> Wow. Of course it gets weirder; throw "exploding laptop" into Google
> and one gets
>
> http://www.planethalflife.com/crinity/prefusep1.htm
>
> which is a Warcraft modeling page, and
I can't recall if I built maps for Warcraft 1 or 2. I think it was 2. There
was a modeller for Windows 95.
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3310546004598428883
COOL!!!
> which shows a laptop being run beyond design specifications because
> someone (deliberately? inadvertantly?) plugged it into the
> wrong voltage outlet. (I'll bet it stunk for awhile.)
Who cares about the smell? It's pricey hardware.
> South Africa has this:
>
>
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20030116054419424C831328
>
> where a man's 15-yo daughter had one explode, apparently in her lap.
> Yow. That'll leave a mark.
If she were a guy, this wouldn't have happened. No guy would let the battery
dissipate heat like that. Experts say it can lead to impotence, yet they say
nothing about 'motherboards' popping and blasting.
> It gets even weirder:
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1795
>
> suggests that circuity could fry itself *deliberately*, if
> a laptop deems itself stolen. Other obvious applications
> include a combination sensornet floor/minefield in security
> areas of buildings. Mind where you step... :-)
Cranking of the $100 laptop (the original design without the better battery)
would possibly be indirectly similar to:
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/09/17/static-electricityl-fire/
( Reuters links has broken )
Best wishes,
Roy
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