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Man Claims iPod Set His Pants Aflame
alphadogg writes to mention that an Atlanta man is claiming an iPod Nano actually caught fire in his pants creating flames that lasted 15 seconds and reached up as far as his chest. Apple hasn't responded to the claims yet other than sending him a packet to return the iPod.
In Soviet Russia music burns you.
Fifteen seconds? Count that out one-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, ... or use the second hand from a watch. That's a pretty damn long time.
hmm, my testicles appear to be alight. I suppose I might have to do something about that one of these days...
The fire reached to his chest? I'm wondering what else he had in his pocket, perhaps a butane lighter. Even if I hooked an electrical cord to a 2032 Li-ion cell I seriously doubt the flames would go more than 3 inches. Usually batteries go because the current draw is very high. Perhaps polyester clothing could contribute to his misfortune, but glossy paper in his pocket protected him from severe burns? I think we'll have to see what the nano looked like afterwards before really passing any judgement, but this is just about as amazing as the finger in the Wendy's Chili.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Will this be followed up with a story about an Apple manager stating:
"We didn't start the Fire..."?
Is there heaven? Is there Hell? Is that a Tuna Melt I smell?-Primus
He should have picked a color other than pink and settled for fabulous instead of flaming.
Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
They set him on fire for downloading non-itunes music to his ipod, imagine what they'll do to the iphone hackers!
Help! I've fallen in a karma hole and I can't get up!
Sir Bedivere: "What do we burn, apart from lithium batteries?"
Peasant: "More lithium batteries!"
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
Currently playing though was
James Brown, Hot pants.
Followed fifteen seconds later by:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Great Balls of Fire
The enemies of Democracy are
Apparently the flames are invisible so people will think you're dancing.
told him its his fault for installing 3rd party applications?
* Winners compare their achievements to their goals, losers compare theirs to that of others.
"It happened twice because the girl I was with thought it was funny so she did it again."
Ummm.... where do I start?
"Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
Nowhere.
[Girl who uses accelerant to set me on fire] >>> [absence of girl].
Duh.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
But the +1 means it can hit incorporeal creatures, right?