Posted by
michael
on from the public-service dept.
Beelsebob writes "Apple have put out a recall on a certain group of PowerBook G4 batteries. If you have a PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) 15" and your battery's model number is A1045, and its serial number starts HQ404, HQ405, HQ406, HQ407, or HQ408, then you could be at risk of it overheating."
-- "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Re:Year of the Portable my butt
by
theLOUDroom
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· Score: 1, Redundant
And as for the iPod battery... mine is STILL going strong, and I have a 1st gen. That battery problem was SO blown out of proportion it isnt even funny and those "brothers" ended up looking like fools in the end.
Yes, obviously ONE is representative sample.
Look if you have a REAL reason to believe that there was no problem with the original ipod batteries that's one thing, but all the comment you posted shows is a total lack of understanding of statistics.
"Since my Pinto hasn't blown up yet, obviously there are no problems with them. These exploding car problems are SO blown out of proportion."
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you missed:
1. burn power book
2. ???
3. profit
and
My power book burned
you insensitiev clodd
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
And as for the iPod battery... mine is STILL going strong, and I have a 1st gen. That battery problem was SO blown out of proportion it isnt even funny and those "brothers" ended up looking like fools in the end.
Yes, obviously ONE is representative sample.
Look if you have a REAL reason to believe that there was no problem with the original ipod batteries that's one thing, but all the comment you posted shows is a total lack of understanding of statistics.
"Since my Pinto hasn't blown up yet, obviously there are no problems with them. These exploding car problems are SO blown out of proportion."
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