Lets look at a manual, shall we? Page number eight.
"You can wrap the extra adapter cable around the clips that open out from the power adapter.
When disconnecting the power adapter from an outlet, pull the plug, not the cord."
I'd have to be pretty stupid to make an argument I couldn't back with documentation and proof. And yes, I know what the adapter feet are. They are those little wing clips you can see so clearly in the photos this guy took of his adapter. They fold down onto the adapter, and fold up to wrap the cable around when you are transporting the adapter.
And let me preface this with a quote from the article (emphasis mine):
"Like many Mac users, I don't roll my adapter cable around the small feet and have been very careful with my adapter, yet it still managed to short, spark and burn."
So what you are saying is you are not using the adapter in the way that Apple's engineers intended you to do so, and yet you cry foul play and "dangerous by design"? Are you at all surprised that the cable wore down due to misuse? Did you even bother to read the owners manual that came with your Powerbook?
I hear that bad things happen if you throw your adapter into a swimming pool with the other end still plugged into the wall too. Is this "dangerous by design"?
There is no arguing that this individuals power adapter could have caused serious damage if that happened unattended. But come on, misuse any electrical product and you could cause serious injury or perhaps even death. Knife in toaster? Scissors to vaccuum cleaner cord? Open the back of your CRT television and lick the anode cap?
I am an Apple shareholder, and Apple pays my bills.
It's been 9 months since Apple released a new iPod product (5G video launched mid October 2005). I expect we will be seeing something new from Apple before the Zune launches this holiday season. And having sold in excess of 50 million iPods, I don't think Apple is in the least bit worried that Zune is going to steal it's thunder.
"Earth that was could no longer sustain our numbers, we were so many. We found a new solar system, dozens of planets and hundreds of moons. Each one terra-formed a process taking decades, to support human life, to be new earths. The Central Planets formed the Alliance. Ruled by an interplanetary parliament, the Alliance was a beacon of civilization. The savage outer planets were not so enlightened and refused Alliance control. The war was devastating, but the Alliance's victory over the Independents insured a safer universe. And now everyone can enjoy the comfort, and enlightenment of our civilization. "
I block ads because they are animated, have sound/music, or otherwise take away from the web page I am trying to view. If there is a disruptive ad right in the middle of an article I am reading, especially an animated one (GIF, flash, you name it), I block that sucker immediately with Firefox's adblock. Advertisements that are irrelevant don't usually get immediately blocked by me, only if they are annoying. Again, ANYTHING animated or with sounds I did not chose to play get blacklisted, I'll go as far as to find the source of all the ads not just that single ad and wildcard block the whole ad directory on a server.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mke/tsunami.htm
Good description of what would happen once this volcano on the Canaries erupts. Lots of other cool end of the world scenarios on the parent site, http://www.xs4all.nl/~mke/exitmundi.htm
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Lets look at a manual, shall we? Page number eight.
"You can wrap the extra adapter cable around the clips that open out from the power adapter.
When disconnecting the power adapter from an outlet, pull the plug, not the cord."
I'd have to be pretty stupid to make an argument I couldn't back with documentation and proof. And yes, I know what the adapter feet are. They are those little wing clips you can see so clearly in the photos this guy took of his adapter. They fold down onto the adapter, and fold up to wrap the cable around when you are transporting the adapter.
And let me preface this with a quote from the article (emphasis mine):
"Like many Mac users, I don't roll my adapter cable around the small feet and have been very careful with my adapter, yet it still managed to short, spark and burn."
So what you are saying is you are not using the adapter in the way that Apple's engineers intended you to do so, and yet you cry foul play and "dangerous by design"? Are you at all surprised that the cable wore down due to misuse? Did you even bother to read the owners manual that came with your Powerbook?
I hear that bad things happen if you throw your adapter into a swimming pool with the other end still plugged into the wall too. Is this "dangerous by design"? There is no arguing that this individuals power adapter could have caused serious damage if that happened unattended. But come on, misuse any electrical product and you could cause serious injury or perhaps even death. Knife in toaster? Scissors to vaccuum cleaner cord? Open the back of your CRT television and lick the anode cap?
Peter Cullen also voiced Eeyore of Winnie the Pooh. O_O
I am an Apple shareholder, and Apple pays my bills. It's been 9 months since Apple released a new iPod product (5G video launched mid October 2005). I expect we will be seeing something new from Apple before the Zune launches this holiday season. And having sold in excess of 50 million iPods, I don't think Apple is in the least bit worried that Zune is going to steal it's thunder.
Apple to Microsoft: Bring it.
Nah.
No, Firefly. That quote was from the movie Serenity. Sheesh!
"Earth that was could no longer sustain our numbers, we were so many. We found a new solar system, dozens of planets and hundreds of moons. Each one terra-formed a process taking decades, to support human life, to be new earths. The Central Planets formed the Alliance. Ruled by an interplanetary parliament, the Alliance was a beacon of civilization. The savage outer planets were not so enlightened and refused Alliance control. The war was devastating, but the Alliance's victory over the Independents insured a safer universe. And now everyone can enjoy the comfort, and enlightenment of our civilization. "
O_o
I block ads because they are animated, have sound/music, or otherwise take away from the web page I am trying to view. If there is a disruptive ad right in the middle of an article I am reading, especially an animated one (GIF, flash, you name it), I block that sucker immediately with Firefox's adblock. Advertisements that are irrelevant don't usually get immediately blocked by me, only if they are annoying. Again, ANYTHING animated or with sounds I did not chose to play get blacklisted, I'll go as far as to find the source of all the ads not just that single ad and wildcard block the whole ad directory on a server.
Damn, so close to the top, yet so far.
Looks like I cancelled my Wells Fargo account just in the nick of time...
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mke/tsunami.htm Good description of what would happen once this volcano on the Canaries erupts. Lots of other cool end of the world scenarios on the parent site, http://www.xs4all.nl/~mke/exitmundi.htm