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New Rules May Raise Cost of Buying Gadgets Online
ericatcw writes "Buying your next laptop or smartphone online could suddenly get a lot more expensive if a little-known US Department of Transportation proposal to tighten rules around the shipment of small, Lithium-Ion battery-powered devices by air goes through, says an industry group opposing the move. The changes, designed primarily to reduce the risk from Lithium-Ion batteries, would also forbid air travelers from carrying spare alkaline or NiMH batteries in their checked-in luggage, according to the head of the Portable Rechargeable Battery Association. The proposal is under review until March 12. It can be viewed and commented upon by members of the public."
Ban humans on flights. The even present threat of spontaneous combustion threatens us all.
I record my sleeptalking
. . . I find them much more annoying than exploding Lithium Ion batteries . . .
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Am I the only one who finds the women in XKCD cartoons so damn sexy?
I've always liked slim women.
You are welcome on my lawn.
You can't be serious!
Great minds think alike; fools seldom differ.
"Spoken like someone who is too self-important and socially inept to ever get to the point of being a parent."
Spoken like a parent who cannot control their screaming snot monsters and thinks that having them around is a blessing for bystanders.
If it screams, stop it from screaming.
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
Come on guys. Use your Geek fu. This isn't hard:
... duct tape.
Got batteries with accessible conductors - use duct tape to cover them.
Got annoying, noisy children or adults - use duct tape to cover them.
Got a terrorist trying to blow up the plane - tape 'em to the seat with
Just give out a roll to each flight attendant and you're golden. Nothing hard about this at all.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!