Re: Exploding laptop?

["Mark Allen" <scprideandms@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've had a few I wished would explode.......

On 6/21/06, Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh Great.  Just what we need.  Something else to get the knuckle draggers
> at the TSA excited about...  OK, so at least it was identified in the
> article as a Dell...which we don't use... :)
>
> It could be worse case scenerio of an overcharged battery...I would be
> curious if the unit was plugged in when this happened.  Which means it is
> a
> scenerio that wouldn't happen in flight...as it was triggered by a 120vac
> connection catalyst.
>
> Don in DC
>
> At 11:54 AM 6/21/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550
> >
> >To be honest, I have my doubts that a laptop has enough energy to
> >explode that dramatically.
> >
> >david
> >
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