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HP & Dell Face Lawsuits From Exploding Hardware

Posted by Zonk on from the not-something-you-want-to-wake-up-to dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Dell and Hewlett-Packard are both facing lawsuits over catastrophic equipment failures that lead to fires and injuries last year. 'In one case, a North Dakota auto lube shop owner claims that a Dell monitor he purchased caught fire and burned down his business ... meanwhile, an Arkansas man has sued HP, claiming that an HP Compaq Presario PC he purchased from Wal-Mart burst into flames, causing a blaze that destroyed his house and seriously injured his daughter.'"

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  1. Imagine by Joseph1337 · · Score: 0, Funny

    A Bom... i mean Beowulf Cluster of those

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  2. Hello. by Fear+the+Clam · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm a Mac.
    And I'm a Oh my God, I'm burning!

    1. Re:Hello. by edwardpickman · · Score: 2, Funny

      Mac:I'm a Mac
      PC:And I'm a PC and I'm the hottest thing going.
      Mac:Ah, PC you're on fire.
      PC:Sales up 2% you bet I'm on fire.

    2. Re:Hello. by jollyreaper · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm a Mac.
      And I'm a Oh my God, I'm burning! And even though he's scarred and disfigured like Freddy Krueger, 9 out of 10 people surveyed still find him more personable than that smug Mac twat.

      (relax, mac jihadis. Due to vista, my next laptop is going to have to be mac. I'm just getting my snark out of my system now before I'm forced to convert.)
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  3. Do not play with HCF by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Chip vendors should disable the HCF opcode unless either the GURU or IDIOT jumper is set.

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  4. Sued by hardware? by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

    HP & Dell Face Lawsuits From Exploding Hardware

    I hate it when my computer sues me!

  5. 1960s science fiction by sm62704 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Any other geezers out there remember how computers in movies and TV shows from the '60s (Star Trek, The Prisoner, James Bond) would explode and burn at the least provocation? A phaser shot would cause a Star Trek computer to explode and burn, and in one Prisoner episode a computer was made to explode and catch fire simply by asking it "why?" (rather than having it give the correct answer, 42).

    It seems that Dell and HP are making the 1960s science fiction a reality!

    -mcgrew
    (latest journal is in 5 parts)

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  6. First Read that as... by TheKubrix · · Score: 2, Funny

    HP & Dell Seek Patent For Exploding Hardware

    1. Re:First Read that as... by jollyreaper · · Score: 3, Funny

      HP & Dell Seek Patent For Exploding Hardware Starfleet counter-sues, claims prior art.
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  7. Re:Doesn't suprise me. by morcego · · Score: 3, Funny

    they should include some sort of failsafe


    They do. That was the "self destruct" failsafe.
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