Jerry McBride wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft blames baby's parents for deadly Xbox fire
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>>> Specifically, Redmond claims that the suit, which also names
>>> Wal-mart and and an anonymous power-supply maker, lacks merit
>>> because the Klines "knowingly, willingly, intentionally, and
>>> voluntarily exposed themselves to said danger and assumed the risk
>>> of incident, injuries, losses, and damages"
>> `----
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> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012499
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> Damn... if Microsoft had NOT rushed a half-baked, half-tested product
> to market, it wouldn't be having these problems...
Tragic for sure, but the family specifically claims an XBox 360 caused the
fire in Dec 2004, but the 360 wasn't available until May 2005.
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/05/26/xbox-caused-fire-microsoft-and-wal-mart-sued-over-babys-death/
> It's just so sad that someone has died because of a filthy bunch of idiots
> like them...
Now then, is this anything like the filthy idiots who programmed the BAF
Chinook FADEC that crashed and killed 29 in 1994?
Or the filthy idiots who incorrectly programmed the Therac-25 radiation
therapy unit that ended up killing 5?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bug
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