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Lawsuit Alleges That Palms Damage Motherboards

Posted by michael on from the they-don't-call-it-hotsync-for-nothing dept.

schussat writes: "This brief AP article describes a lawsuit that alleges that syncing a Palm Pilot "damages or destroys the motherboards on certain PC brands." Does anyone know more or have experience with this? Is it even possible to cause damage? The article is not very detailed."

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  1. Only sweaty palms by k-flex$ · · Score: 4, Funny

    condensation and all ;0

  2. Re:Hmmm, so not user error at all. Right? by phaze3000 · · Score: 4, Funny
    You've obviously never had to deal with the sort of idiots that call tech support. If you did, you wouldn't be so supercilious.
    Rather than saying 'up with stupid users', how about we continue to call them stupid until they can prove themselves otherwise?
    More than once before I have suggested to those calling me for tech support that they might like to read 'The Demon Haunted World' by Carl Sagan as an excellent primer for how to apply basic logic and scientific thinking ftoeveryday life. One of them actually took this advice, and since they've not called for tech support again I can only assume this worked.

    Warning: I only do tech support as a summer job whilst at University; if your life depends on your tech support job (and $deity help you if this is the case) then recommending books on basic logic skills to those requesting tech support may not be an advisable course of action. You do so at your own risk, and I will accept no responsibility.

    --
    Blaming GW Bush for the Iraq war is like blaming Ronald McDonald for the poor quality of food.
  3. Re:AP mirror by Matthias+Wiesmann · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean people on ./actually read the article first and post after?

    My god, this should be in the headlines...