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FOIA Documents Detail iPods Overheating, Catching Fire
suraj.sun passes along a report from a Seattle TV station that has been investigating reports of Apple iPods overheating and bursting into flames. "An exclusive KIRO 7 Investigation reveals an alarming number of Apple brand iPod MP3 players have suddenly burst into flames and smoke, injuring people and damaging property. It's an investigation that Apple has apparently been trying to keep out of the public eye. It took more than 7 months for KIRO 7 Consumer Investigator Amy Clancy to get her hands on documents concerning Apple's iPods from the Consumer Product Safety Commission because Apple's lawyers filed exemption after exemption. In the end, the CPSC released more than 800 pages which reveal, for the very first time, a comprehensive look that shows, on a number of occasions, iPods have suddenly burst into flames, started to smoke, and even burned their owners. ... Apple refused to comment, and refused to answer all of the other questions [the reporter] has been asking of the company since November."
There are a number of trailer park kids out there that seem capable of choking on anything. And, sadly enough, I think there are a number of trailer park parents willing to kill their kid for a shot at a "big money" lawsuit (so they can get a settlement check that they'll use to buy a new meth lab, lottery tickets, and NASCAR memorabilia).
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Shame there is no -1 stupiditiy mod.
Why bother