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Friendly Reminder: Do Not Place Your iPhone In a Microwave
Nerval's Lobster writes Placing your iPhone in the microwave will destroy the phone, and possibly the microwave. While that might seem obvious to some people, others have fallen for the "Wave" hoax making its way around online. The fake advertisement insists that the new iOS 8 allows users to charge their iPhones by placing them in a "household microwave for a minute and a half." Microwave energy will not charge your smartphone. To the contrary, it will scorch the device and render it inoperable. If you nuke your smartphone and subsequently complain about it online, people will probably make fun of you. (If you want a full list of things not to place in a microwave, no matter how pretty the flames, check this out.)
Then you deserve to melt the iPhone, your microwave, home and possibly yourself.
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Also, don't put your phone in gas oven, or on a hot griddle.
Similarly, don't touch anything hot enough to cook, and don't stick a knife into your gut.
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If it seems to be too good to be true, it probably isn't true.
Also don't trust anything you read online. Even this!
I mean really, this is a new low for story quality.
Do not eat iPod.
I think the microwave will be fine.
I think that this article is psychologically linked to the recent article about internet trolls actually being very bad people. I love a good prank but this is just wanton sadistic behaviour. My phone provides me with much joy so anyone who would take that away from me and cost me hundreds of dollars for a laugh is wired seriously wrong; I'm lucky to have enough understanding to not fall for this sort of thing but it makes it just that much meaner to prey upon those who would.
"Put your head in a microwave, and give yourself a tan..."
You need to tweet that you're about to do it, then post a pic on FB showing you placing the phone in the microwave.
Then the charging will work... guaranteed.
"Put your head in a microwave and get yourself a tan."
You must dare to be stupid.
"Trademarks are the heraldry of the new feudalism."
I can't wait until wireless charging is standard. Combined with bluetooth headphones, we can finally start making phones really water resistant or even waterproof. Be nice not to fumble with little charging connectors late at night or drunk when your phone needs a charge too.
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Sometimes I do stuff and later I think "Wow I should have thought about that". However when I see stuff like this I am reminded that I am not that bad off. If anything this shows me that I might even possibly be smarter than I realize. Also as funny as this is it also makes me cringe and worry about the future.
You can't trick me. You're only jealous because your cheap Android doesn't support Wave charging.
People will believe you anything as long as you present your lies in a nice way. In this case it's a prank, but the same tactics are used by marketing teams all around the world.
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"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
I'm guessing people were using 800W microwaves. The Wave Charge feature is only intended for 700w microwaves. Anyone using a powerful microwave should lower the power percentage to compensate. It worked fine on mine, although 1,30 only gave me 72% battery not 100%.
I see someone out there has been browsing 4chan again.
The "microwave your phone to charge it" fake infographic/lifehack has been posted countless times before, but nicely updated for the new iPhone. Plenty of kids have iPhones, and plenty of kids are ignorant.
The "microwave your phone to charge it" infographic has been posted next to such informative graphics as:
- Put a drop of gasoline in the corner of your eye to see rainbow colors.
- Mix ammonia and bleach in a dish, put a penny in the bottom, and blow into a straw to grow crystals.
- Ice cream too hard? Microwave the spoon!
Back my day we just TP'd houses.
I once reheated some dumplings and saw an interesting phenomenon: the food quickly became extremely crusty and all the moisture got effectively sucked out to the inner walls of the microwave oven. Why did this happen?
"You CAN actually charge your phone this way. Nokia figured out how to do it years ago, but they never implmented it and I'll explain why. The problem has always been that microwaves heat the battery too quickly. You can easily fix this problem by wrapping the entire phone in tinfoil and placing it in the microwave. The phone will charge in less than 3 minutes. All of the phone companies have known about this for years after Nokia figured it out, but no one implements it because it would cost them millions in accessories sales. iPhone chargers cost $50 at the Apple store and they sell millions of them every year. I have been charging my phone in the microwave like this since the iPhone 3 was released. " .co.uk/ios-8-wave-wireless-microwave -charging-feature-ipad-iphone -not-real-1466446
Source: http://www.ibtimes
Now, where did I put my tinfoil hat?
Slashdot readers are smart enough not to believe such hoax. People who believe in it will probably never make it to this post.
I had thought Slashdot was a bastion for the (mostly) technically competent and (mostly) intelligent. Thanks for dragging it down mods....
Trolls are good people. They teach the public the importance of exercising their critical thinking skills. Additionally, they provide endless amusement for the few not stupids of the world.
Oh no, please do! and post video!
Don't tell people, let their phone win a little Darwin Award.
Table-ized A.I.
I was just about to try out Wave on my new iPhone after I finished deleting system32 to make my PC go faster
This Droid. http://ubeam.com/
...is iScale. You place the phone on a solid surface then stand on it to see what you weigh. To save space, we were able to get rid of our bathroom scale and use this instead.
Haha, too true. No way Apple is this advanced. Now, my Samsung, on the other hand, charges a treat. Just don't run it on full power as that overclocks the CPU and causes instability.
Back my day we just TP'd houses.
A while back I read legal texts from a couple of centuries ago. One of the practical jokes I encountered was when a young man tied a rope around a sleeping mans foot and the other end to a horse and then scared the horse resulting in the sleeping mans death.
Trolls used to be just as bad or even worse, you just have to dig around more to find out about it.
Sure, you probably didn't to anything worse than TP someones house. That doesn't mean that there weren't people who did worse.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Darwin would be ashamed that these people are still breathing.
Do not look in to with remaining eye....
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You've got to be fucking kidding me. Wow. I knew dice was bad, but this bullshit click-bait is just plain insulting to your user base and doesn't belong on this site. Who the fuck thinks something like this should be posted on a site that is supposedly used by educated, technically minded nerds.
Dice: A friendly reminder, your user base aren't fucking idiots and don't need to be pandered to like some sensational buzzfeed article. Also, a majority of people that visit this site knew about this last week, so it's not even news.
I guess after 15+ years of being a slashdot regular this is my nudge out the door.
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At least the new iPhone is waterproof to 2 meters for 30 minutes so the last hoax where people ruined it by putting it under the tap doesn't work anymore.
To charge your iPhone you need a $150 crisper... ere "Inductive charging" pouch that your phone goes into before putting it into the microwave.
Keeps it clean, you see. Not using the "Inductive charging" pouch may void the warranty.
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Linked to by the Dice non-article, can be found here. There appears to be exactly one victim that they can identify. Given the rest of the junk the guy tweets, my guess is it's a troll, done on an older, non-working phone. Sounds like some people are trying to create a news story where none exists.
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It's not like they can kill themselves that way (sadly, but something we can't change). At least let them fry their toys, hoping that this will teach them that learning can keep you from doing stupid things.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
What idiots! Everyone knows this only works on Windows phones!
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Of course you don't put an iPhone in a microwave! Everyone knows that a blender is the appropriate kitchen appliance for an iPhone. Id-jiots.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Ironically, you CAN put metal in a microwave. Maybe a lot of you are not old enough to remember when Microwaves first became popular in the early 80s but at the time there were warnings all over the news about the horrors of putting metal in a microwave. It will catch fire! Your microwave will explode! etc... etc...
Fast forward to a few years ago, the Mythbusters did a show where they did it. And, to my amazement, nothing happened. Metal is entirely safe to put in a microwave, though you should be aware that it will get surprisingly hot so don't touch it. This was a revelation akin to finding out there was no Santa for me.
The summary says that 'others' have fallen for it. That makes you think there's got to be at least half a dozen idiots in the world that have tried this, right?
The article (at DICE) says "others have fallen".
Their source is The Independent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/l...
What does that story say?
So there's really only 1 person who said they tried it - and the article itself points out that this, too, is fake (as admitted - he was doing it for the exposure, RTs, etc.)
Maybe there's hope for people yet - though I wouldn't put it past some to actually try it, there's no reason to believe that it has already transpired.
The best practical joke I've ever done was to draw a cock on a friend's forehead with a UV marker when he was already somewhat drunk and decided to take a nap before we were going to a club. Now, this was in Finland where there's an expression "to have cock on your forehead", which means that you're pissed off, upset, sad or such. Hilarity ensued when it became visible in the club's UV lights but he could not see it when checking in the bathroom mirror. Many random strangers that noticed it asked him "hey, what makes you upset, why do you have a cock on your forehead?" and he constantly had to say "no, no, I'm having a great time" and even went a little overboard to look happy thinking that he had to show it. Ah, sweet memories of my days as a student :)
My girlfriend once dropped a bottle cap in the microwave. It definitely was not safe.
Give it a shot though. I bet it'll be fine for you.
Isn't there a bit of a difference between following the advice of someone you genuinely believe to be a professional, and following advice that got shared on your facebook?
I mean, they did fall for the fud and bought an Apple product to begin with, so they obviously weren't very bright to begin with...
'nuff said.
bah it's a 4Chan prank that doesn't actually appear to have gone wild https://i.imgur.com/nVUsmjP.jpg
Just another second banana
Ironically, you're the one who's blindly believing something you read on the internet.
New slashdot slogan anyone?
Why is this news on the front page?
For this to actually make it in the front page. It should have at least statistics about how many idiots have fallen for this.
Somebody actually thought Slashdot readers would fall for this? What has the world come to... maybe Beta has made everybody dumb.
When did Apple supported unlicensed 3rd party device peripherals? They need to use an Apple microwave.
Good point. The article mis-labelled as "others have fallen for the Wave hoax" doesn't mention anything about anybody actually falling for it.
what was it in the UK? Dial 999 [or whatever the emergency number is] to 'charge' your phone.
The only charge you potentially get is for abusing emergency services....
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Yes. Yes they do.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
Your comment reminds me of an old joke.
Q: What's the difference between a computer salesman and a used car salesman?
A: The used car salesman knows when he's lying.
So how does someone know who to believe is a genuine "Computer Professional"? I don't normally* wear a set of test leads around my neck like a stethoscope; I don't have a "Mr. GoodBytes" patch sewn to my work uniform; I don't wear a lab coat or even carry a clipboard. What cue would you recommend people trust? A pithy T-shirt? A club tie? An expensive car in the driveway? An imperial conditioning tattoo on my forehead? Trust is always the problem.
* Yes, I do occasionally drape test leads around my neck, but that's beside the point.
John
It only works in Airplane mode. Read the instructions! ;-)
"Trusting every aspect of our lives to a giant computer was the smartest thing we ever did.." Homer Simpson
Some people are so damn stupid it would be a surprise if there aren't dozens of people falling for this.
I know, right? Everyone knows the proper way to charge a microwave is in a conventional oven...
http://www.ibtimes.com/how-not... Pictures here.
Believe it or not, they make spoons that you ARE supposed to microwave for ice cream:
http://www.ideastage.com/Food-...
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Actually, let me break it to you. Nobody toasted his phone ... it's a hoax, there's your proof http://youtu.be/7p1B6cj1hMQ?t=... ...
We should all thank samzenpus for the warning here. We'll all a bunch of retards toasting phones for breakfast.
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So... was it a chicken or a penis? Because that word means two different things in English, and I'm not sure which. The chicken would be more likely to fit in with that cultural expression. The penis would be more hilarious.
The difference, even with horse-dragging, is that every mustard gas and microwave "infographic" is meant to cause severe harm. Even the lightest consequence is "TOP KEK! I destroyed your iPhone. Have fun explaining it to your mom. Also, you left an EXIF on the picture you posted in reply, so we're going to dox you and shame you over it. Maybe you'll kill yourself, loser."
Sure, you can fall off a ladder pulling toilet paper our of your trees, but the goal was to show a little love. [Somewhere hazing becomes having a guy drink himself to death, but few of us have died of toilet paper related injuries.] We turned a few cars sideways in parking spaces and gave a few swirlies in our days -- but the worst consequence (outside of a few suspensions) was inconvenience. Tie a few outside doors to trees, blow some baby powder under some dorm doors... ...but lets try to stop deliberately hurting each other.
The best practical joke I was ever involved in I was the victim - or among them anyway. We had TP'd a house. Nothing too serious. A handful of kids and an 8-pack of toilet paper. We live in Arizona, so some cactus and palo verde trees were involved, but otherwise we just messed up a lawn. It rained that night. We had made a pretty good mess. The kid, not entirely sure who had TD'd him, concocted and spread a story that his father had, in the subsequent clean-up, fallen from a ladder and hurt his back, had to miss a few days of work, etc. etc. He sold the story pretty well...well enough that we bought it. Each of us took turns apologizing and confessing our role.
I tried charging my iPad in the microwave, and it worked great. 2:30 on high resulted in a full charge, and it was nearly dead before. The only side effect I experienced is that it now smells like pizza rolls and oatmeal.
lets be fair. This is around the typical intellegence level of your average apple user.
But I hear the new iPhone can be charged via anal canal. Not only does it sport a thermoelectric generator for harvesting body heat, but the outer shell is made of a special polymer which can metabolize non-absorbed food materials and generate useful nutrients to be absorbed by the body. For your health!
To charge your iPhone you need a $150 crisper... ere "Inductive charging" pouch that your phone goes into before putting it into the microwave.
Keeps it clean, you see. Not using the "Inductive charging" pouch may void the warranty.
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Hrm. Not sure how the makers of Hot Pockets are going to appreciate you giving their product the yuppie iSleeve treatment.
Let's just say sleeved food caters to a certain NASCAR-fueled audience...
Why would there be a charge for this? Public Healthcare is free in your wacky UK countries, right? lol.
Assholes like you ruin it! Don't warn the moron iPhone weenies about this, you'll spoil the fun!
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It is a sad case when you have to remind people that they are stupid. Like my curling iron warning says... do not stick in any orifices; or my hair dryer that says not to use in the shower.
It should just say if you plan on doing these stupid things you need to return the product ASAP because you are too stupid to own it.
The first tip-off that this story is BS is that this charging technique doesn't even require an Apple-branded microwave.
There is no way that Apple would introduce a new feature that does not require new Apple hardware.
The basic sleazeware produced in a drunken fury by a bunch of UCBerkeley grad students was still the core of BIND. --PV
Not everyone has the IQ of 500 like you, don't be a dick.
Why was not this linked to The Independent source instead of this one full of ads?
Gullibility unfortunately is a survival mechanism.
Part of our nature to form communities and work as a group. Gullibility allows us not to waste time thinking about consequences if someone else seems to know the answer. We use less brain power, increasing our energy level needing less food, and could survive the next day.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
It hit my facebook wall several days ago when some coworkers shared it.
"His name was James Damore."
Doesn't matter, we now have two reliable sources claiming it did, so we can put it on Wikipedia, dispute anyone pointing out the discrepancy and fabricate the story from whole cloth.
Another reminder of the average intelligence of the Apple consumer.
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
People this dumb should be encouraged to sterilize themselves.
I had a smartphone where the memory became unwritable, but still readable. To send it in for replacement was not 'safe' because how much we use our phones for banking, work etc and I could not erase it. (And I threw every trick in the book at it). 2 seconds in the good ole micro is not enough to leave visible marks, but plenty to destroy the memory, (And every other chip I would imagine)
(If at first you don't succeed, do it different next time!)
Abuse of the system might lead to someone that actually needs help to not get help because all the operators are busy with prank calls, hence it's an offence to call the number when not in dire need. You can be fined for it.
This is Apple customers, dude. Most of them think we didn't land on the moon and think Apple can do no wrong and has never had a defective product.
Did you know that you shouldn't put uncooked eggs in the microwave either? I think inside water they survive but that's still a very dumb way to boil them. Outside of water, they will blow the door clear off your microwave. I bet not everyone here knew that one.
Being charged with a crime is different to being charged for a service which is different to being charged by a rhinoceros which is different to being charged with polar energy which is different with being charged with a commission.
Useful word, charged.
It was a penis. Yeah, I should've clarified that.
Everyone knows that cooking the iPhone for 1:30 will destroy it. But just 10 seconds will set the password to 0000, making it easy to access your phone if you forget your password. Saves a trip to the Apple Store, which will burn you a lot harder.
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Oh yeah? I can use my phone to microwave food. And I don't even live in Soviet Russia.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
How popular the problem is says something about iPhone users
blend?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI
...omphaloskepsis often...
At least the new iPhone is waterproof to 2 meters for 30 minutes so the last hoax where people ruined it by putting it under the tap doesn't work anymore.
That's cute: ... 'waterproof' & and IP67 not mentioned in iphone 6 spec
Gullibility unfortunately is a survival mechanism.
I'd say trust is a survival mechanism. Gullibility is trusting people you should not be trusting, and I don't think it has much survival value :)
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
blend?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI
...omphaloskepsis often...
Gold can be melted in a graphite crucible in a microwave oven, however if you want the interior of the microwave to survive it has to be lined with the sort of material that is used to line furnaces (eg. certain types of clay).
That's just it. The hoax image is convincing enough to LOOK professional, just like a dodgy mechanic or 'doctors' in lab coats endorsing toothpaste. The point the GP is making is exactly the same.
Also a good way to dry off your pet after a bath! 100% guaranteed no "wet dog smell".
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...you have taken it out of its protective case, and use the "low" setting, right?
iPhones should be microwaved!
You can easily fix it by putting it in the microwave again, and setting it to "defrost".
...You are over-qualified and under-paid. If we give you a raise, we will break the cosmic balance of the universe.
I am normally the guy nodding his head and agreeing with you... but I have begun to learn that there really are people whose minds are slower than mine. By a LOT. Should I really be so Darwinian about these kinds of things? Shouldn't I feel upset at the person who leads them in this direction?
Seriously, not everyone understands what microwave energy is. This is especially sadistic because of the new "magical" inductive chargers that exist now.
Honestly, I think it is evil to guide ignorant people towards pain and suffering. Now if they thought of it on their own, I will be laughing my ass off... but to guide them towards it or to just shrug when you see someone else guiding them towards it... just evil.
"Someone needs to talk to the tree of liberty about its ghoulish drinking problem." by ohnocitizen
- Mix ammonia and bleach in a dish, put a penny in the bottom, and blow into a straw to grow crystals.
I know what the ammonia and bleach does... but why the penny? They are not even copper anymore... what does the penny do or is it just a distraction to the poison gas portion of it?
"Someone needs to talk to the tree of liberty about its ghoulish drinking problem." by ohnocitizen
This is Apple customers, dude. Most of them think we didn't land on the moon and think Apple can do no wrong and has never had a defective product.
I thought the only reported case was an Android user who insisted on showing his girlfriend that her iPhone would really charge in a microwave. She's his ex girlfriend now.
Merely serves as a distraction in the "infographics." This one calls for "a small rock."
http://new2.fjcdn.com/comments...
Is she his ex because she was holding the phone when he nuked it?
Just my $0.03 (At current exchange rates, my £0.02 is worth more than your $0.02)