Re: Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears

2008-10-04 Thread Arnel Tuazon
On 03/10/08 7:20 AM, Simon Royal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have had a number of iMac G3s and these smell terrible of burning. I changed the plastics on one recently and whilst testing it afterward smelt so bad of burning plastic I thought I had done something wrong. But my sons

Re: Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears

2008-10-03 Thread Simon Royal
and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears From: Arnel Tuazon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 03/10/2008 11:19 Actually come to think of it (or smell of it) my wife's old G3 iBook started to smell like B.O. after it was serviced for a new

Re: Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears

2008-10-02 Thread Dan
At 10:04 PM -0400 10/1/2008, Steve R wrote: http://tinyurl.com/protoxic ROTTEN SMELL RAISES APPLE TOXIN FEARS yum. benzene! This adds a whole new level to the 'ole phrase pry it from my cold dead hands. - Dan. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears

2008-10-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 2, 2008, at 8:13 AM, Dan wrote: At 10:04 PM -0400 10/1/2008, Steve R wrote: http://tinyurl.com/protoxic ROTTEN SMELL RAISES APPLE TOXIN FEARS yum. benzene! This adds a whole new level to the 'ole phrase pry it from my cold dead hands. Note: a single anonymous person who

Re: Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears

2008-10-02 Thread Steve R
My G5/1.8mHz stinks. I bought it used. The first thing I noticed when I turned it on was the smell. I blamed it on that electronic smell. If I leave it running overnight, my neighbour who comes over for coffee every morning will ask me what smells. When I leave it turned off overnight, he

Re: Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears

2008-10-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 2, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Steve R wrote: Gawdferbid we should accept anecdotal findings as being anything that makes Apple less god-like ;-) The plural of anecdote is not data. I have no doubt that some electronic devices smell really bad when they're first turned on and warm up;

Re: Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears

2008-10-02 Thread Dan
At 2:55 PM -0400 10/2/2008, insightinmind wrote: Different kind of heating up ... that smells, too ... IMHO. You put oatmeal where? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Rotten smell raises Apple toxin fears

2008-10-01 Thread Steve R
http://tinyurl.com/protoxic ROTTEN SMELL RAISES APPLE TOXIN FEARS Toxic ... Apple's Mac Pro. Asher Moses October 2, 2008 Apple is investigating damning claims, published in a leading French newspaper, that its computers emit a toxic odor containing chemicals including the cancer-causing