News iPod Nano investigated for fire risk

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  1. Tim S

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    Tim S, 13 Mar 2008
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    rjkoneill What's a Dremel?

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    sounds like a similar problem to those nokia batteries not so long ago
     
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  3. Gunsmith

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    hmm

    idiot genreal public + ipod + fire = idiot free enviroment?

    sounds good to me
     
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    no idiot general public + ipod + fire = flaming idiots

    anyway im starting to get paranoid, one day i will be walking along when my laptop, phone and mp3 players batteries explode and i die in a fiery ball of technological death.
     
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    Not really a surprise when you consoider the energy density of modern batteries. You put that much raw wattage into a small space, plus extras when charging, and if something goes wrong, it all goes somewhere.
     
    Cthippo, 13 Mar 2008
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    Time for cold fusion! psssh jk
     
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    completemadness What's a Dremel?

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    just fyi, "cold" fusion isn't cold at all, its just not like the temperature of the suns surface

    "Hey, your pockets smouldering" "its all you babe"
     
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