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To: RX4PROFIT who wrote (18647)9/29/1998 1:51:00 PM
From: Alomex  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 213182
 

Then, all they have to do is line the inside of the case in asbestos, add an alarm plus a couple of CO2 cartridges and you have a blazing laptop.

Apple beat them to it. Or have you forgotten the powerbooks going up in flames?



To: RX4PROFIT who wrote (18647)9/29/1998 5:41:00 PM
From: IanBruce  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 213182
 
Then, all they have to do is line the inside
of the case in asbestos, add an alarm plus a
couple of CO2 cartridges (with a emergency
button) and you have a blazing laptop.

You ever seen magnesium burn? It makes Thermite look like incense.

Of course, some idiot would be quick to draw a connection between this and the problem Apple had with third-party PowerBook batteries designed and produced by Sony Corporation.

Ian Bruce
New York, NY


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