What! You're supposed to use that thing on your lap? How the heck am I
supposed to see the screen then?
On 3/12/2013 8:20 PM, IBM Ken wrote:
Never heard that, however;
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/laptop.asp
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Bill Owsley wdows...@yahoo.com
In message 51401bb1.6060...@radiusnorth.net, dated Tue, 12 Mar 2013,
Scott Douglas sdoug...@radiusnorth.net writes:
What! You're supposed to use that thing on your lap? How the heck am I
supposed to see the screen then?
You have to open the lid.
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Subject: Re: [PSES] laptop - house fire
/P.E.I. deputy fire marshal Robert Arsenault demonstrates how vents on a
laptop computer can be blocked when it is sitting on a pile of clothes. (CBC)/
Why did he pick that brand of laptop to demonstrate with? XD
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Blocked vent test anyone? Forseeable misuse? I like my computers well done.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/03/06/pei-laptop-hou
se-fire-computer-584.html
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*P.E.I. deputy fire marshal Robert Arsenault demonstrates how vents on a
laptop computer can be blocked when it is sitting on a pile of clothes.
(CBC)*
Why did he pick that brand of laptop to demonstrate with? XD
Does anyone have more information on this incident?
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:49
In message
CAKEabA3txfp2GnCQuAZcM_AoCUK8-j8wKRwcZsJVQQveFm5f=a...@mail.gmail.com,
dated Tue, 12 Mar 2013, IBM Ken ibm...@gmail.com writes:
Does anyone have more information on this incident?
One comment on the web site is pertinent:
It's far more likely that the laptop's battery or the
Take the optimistic view of the choice of demonstration laptops. Maybe they
chose a Lenovo because they wanted something that they though would be safe
enough to use for a demonstration of blocked ventilation openings.
There is little information available at this time. Mr. Woodgate is correct
I don't believe it. Yes, a notebook computer will get hot with the vents
blocked. Will it generate enough heat to ignite clothing it is resting on? I
highly doubt it. According to this website:
http://www.tcforensic.com.au/docs/article10.html
Cotton ignites at 250 degrees C (for some reason
I agree with Ted, John, and Scott.
Cotton doesn't self-ignite from heat alone unless the heat
is applied quite quickly, before the cotton chars. In many
cases, ignition of cotton requires a flame. Charred cotton
doesn't burn.
The Handbook of Physical Testing gives cotton ignition
temperature as
There's an old story of the first IBM laptop that was going to the show for
promoting it.
The sales lady was using it on her lap... as in laptop.
And the heat generated over the flight time while she tuned the presentation,
yes we carried backup batteries; the heat ironed her synthetic skirt
Never heard that, however;
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/laptop.asp
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Bill Owsley wdows...@yahoo.com wrote:
There's an old story of the first IBM laptop that was going to the show
for promoting it.
The sales lady was using it on her lap... as in
No computer I've met will ever heat up to the ignition point of any practicle
material.
Far too many different thermal shut offs.
But some cheep knockoff might can find a way around the built-in thermal
protections of the usual computers...
I'm picturing these $100 dollar computers for everybody
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