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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.
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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..."?
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He should have picked a color other than pink and settled for fabulous instead of flaming.
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They set him on fire for downloading non-itunes music to his ipod, imagine what they'll do to the iphone hackers!
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Sir Bedivere: "What do we burn, apart from lithium batteries?"
Peasant: "More lithium batteries!"
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Currently playing though was
James Brown, Hot pants.
Followed fifteen seconds later by:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Great Balls of Fire
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there are supposedly photos here: http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/ipod-nana-spews-chest-high-flames-from-trousers-lawsuit-at/
I am noticing that the guy is pretty short on smoke damage for the kind of flames described. Burning plastic, which would be involved here produces copious amounts of sticky black smoke, and I'm not seeing much of any. Not to mention the fact that his pocket liner seems to be more or less unharmed. IIRC the burning temperature of Lithium is higher than that of cotton.
Apparently the flames are invisible so people will think you're dancing.
But the +1 means it can hit incorporeal creatures, right?