Re: Hot new tech!

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

Fox is no more Faux than the rest of the infotainment industry. They
spin to sell ads. An example is CNN making hay out of Prof. Gates arrest
for being belligerent to a police officer who was just trying to make
sure that his house wasn't being robbed.

Old media are the circuses, now where is my bread?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:24 PM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] Hot new tech!
>
> Coming from Faux News this is questionable, but:
>
> Apple iPods have burned users or caught fire more than a dozen times,
> but neither
> the company nor the federal government has disclosed this to the
public,
> according to a Seattle television station.  KIRO-TV says it used the
> Freedom of
> Information Act to get more than 800 pages of Consumer Product Safety
> Commission documents regarding iPod-related injuries and property
> damage.
> Within the documents were details of at least 15 separate incidents
> where iPods
> overheated, sparked, smoked, caused burns or caught fire.
>
> The station became interested when an individual of Arlington,
> Washington, was
> mystified by a penny-sized burn on her chest in November 2008.  [!!!
> Danger,
> Danger! - rms]
>
> KIRO-TV filed an FOIA request in December 2008, but said the CPSC
> documents
> took seven months to arrive, delayed by Apple lawyers filing several
> exemptions.
>
> An Apple representative had no official comment.
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534275,00.html
> http://www.kirotv.com/money/20089894/detail.html
>
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