iPod Dangerous When Wet 531
puggsincyberspace writes "What do you do when your mom washes your iPod? Fix it, of course. A teenager in Australia found out the hard way that messing with the insides of his iPod is dangerous and needed medical attention after it exploded."
iPod Killer? (Score:5, Funny)
iPod bombs... (Score:5, Funny)
I heard somewhere that (Score:5, Funny)
What?! (Score:4, Funny)
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
The Kid Isn't Alright (Score:4, Funny)
The kid was trying to fix his ipod on his BED after his MOM washed it . . . he is far from fine.
In other news.. (Score:5, Funny)
The only people who're that stupid (Score:1, Funny)
This boy has a great future... (Score:5, Funny)
Hah hah .. "saved the rest of Melbourne" .. (Score:2, Funny)
horrible place.
Re:The kid pierced the Li Ion battery with a screw (Score:5, Funny)
You don't always lose. In Kansas, the second law of thermodynamics is illegal. Apparently people there live for ever.
iPod? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Possibly beryllium oxide (Score:2, Funny)
I should shower more often. I have a lot of BeO when I don't.
Two words (Score:4, Funny)
Re:iPod bombs... (Score:2, Funny)
Hey... (Score:5, Funny)
Somehow I don't think iPods will be making to an eBay auction either.
Re:The kid pierced the Li Ion battery with a screw (Score:5, Funny)
Re:iPod bombs... (Score:5, Funny)
iPod Dangerous When Wet (Score:3, Funny)
Rumour has it... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The kid pierced the Li Ion battery with a screw (Score:5, Funny)
I for one would spend my free time sitting in the park looking out for gyrating youths and betting with my friends whether they were dancing or in severe pain from their exploding portable music players.
Hours of fun.... But then I don't get out much
Re:Possibly beryllium oxide (Score:1, Funny)
The instructions specifically said... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
"Experts say kids in less danger if they play it safe"
Where do they find these experts in the oft-astounding field of common-fucking-sense?
nice title (Score:5, Funny)
Teenager's iPod goes boom - Breaking - Technology - theage.com.au
That's breaking technology alright.
iPod-icide (Score:3, Funny)
Maccas (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I heard somewhere that (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The kid pierced the Li Ion battery with a screw (Score:3, Funny)
Thats right.... He must be the real killer..!!
Re:I heard somewhere that (Score:5, Funny)
This kid wouldn't perchance live in... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The kid pierced the Li Ion battery with a screw (Score:2, Funny)
Watching an actual news story (as opposed to only watching the "And coming up at 11: 3 year old invents flying car...") is tantamount to R'ing the FA and will be punished by -5 Troll.
Re:I heard somewhere that (Score:3, Funny)
but.. dude, it exploded in his pocket
Not unless he was wearing his bed at the time.
DRM (Score:2, Funny)
Now on Slashdot (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Lithium poly batteries the cause (Score:5, Funny)
"Man decapitated while puncturing batteries in bucket of salt water"
What constitutes a cavity search? (Score:2, Funny)
Is that considered a cavity search?
Re:I heard somewhere that (Score:5, Funny)
If you really want to take your iPod apart, there are instructions all over the place online. I've never done it (don't even own one), so I can't vouch for how safe it is, but I'm thinking they should all add a new "step one": Wait for iPod to dry.
Re:iPod Killer? (Score:2, Funny)
In other news (Score:2, Funny)
Re:iPod Killer? (Score:2, Funny)
Some mobile phone batteries which 'blew up' few years back, lacked kind of failsafe mechanism. Wonder if there's one in my iPod.
Re:iPod Killer? (Score:0, Funny)
Re:iPod Killer? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:In Kansas, slashdot memes are illegal? (Score:4, Funny)
>I was there at the birth of the 'In Korea' meme, and it came across as a contrived attempt to create a meme and out-Soviet 'Soviet Russia'.
"The Golden Age of the Slash-??? is over!"
I coined it first!
Re:I heard somewhere that (Score:3, Funny)
Bill Gates is indeed powerful (Score:2, Funny)
Coincidence? I think not.
Re:I heard somewhere that (Score:2, Funny)
It certainly can be... especially if you're a girl surrounded by techno-geeks.
Re:I heard somewhere that (Score:3, Funny)
NEWS FLASH! (Score:3, Funny)
Jabbing screwdrivers into soaking-wet Lithium-Ion batteries is a bad idea.
More on this stunning news as it develops.
Re:I heard somewhere that (Score:3, Funny)
I was dissapointed when I RTFA.
"there was an explosion, or more of a pop."
Then from, "burned a hole in the bed" to "It was more smoke than fire but it did leave a burn mark on the cover."
So, no explosion, no fire. Just a kid who inhaled a little smoke.
Sounds to me like a teenager having a good time...
To paraphrase... (Score:2, Funny)