Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Dell Recalls Batteries To Prevent The Exploding Machine Gun Syndrome...

August 16, 2006 -- "Dell's recall of 4.1 million laptop batteries announced this week could cost the computer giant, and battery manufacturer Sony, as much as $400 million.

The world's largest PC-maker and Sony are likely to share the estimated $100-per-unit bill in the largest recall in the history of the consumer-electronics industry.

Dell had already been investigating cases of its lithium-ion batteries overheating when in June one of its laptops burst into flames in an owner's car that also contained a cache of bullets.

The vehicle, parked in Lake Mead, Nev., became an exploding machine gun. The owner was away from the vehicle and out of range."

The flawed manufacturing process that led to these batteries overheating, has, according to the media, also altered the laws of physics. A "cache" of ammunition...not bullets, bullets are the inert thingies on the end of cartridges...tossed into a fire will pop and sizzle and make some bang-bang noises but can not and will not propel the bullet at sufficient velocity to cause much harm. MIGHT they poke-your-eye-out such as a wayward pair of scissors? Maybe. Dell and Sony need to get their act together or it's sayonara with regards to the back to school purchasing season. The media needs to just die.

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