Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference
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INQ reader's amazing snaps
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星期三 21 六月 2006, 13:22
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AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in
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Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into
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flames, in what could have been a deadly accident.
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Guilhem, our astonished reader reports: "The damn thing was on fire and
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Should you witness such an event, his advice is, "Don't try anything
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courageous/stupid, stay away, away, away!"
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"For the record, this is a Dell machine," notes Guilhem. "It is only a matter
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of time until such an incident breaks out on a plane," he suggests.
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% q. r8 Q4 A2 I4 l3 R0 G"Fire extinguishers leave a mess on your suit and belongings; pack your stuff
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(if you can) and leave, leave, leave!" he advises.
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We don't have any further details of the model of the computer in question.
+ e/ d# [! c3 T- Z/ y# mIn light of the evidence, however, we'd suggest you avoid actually using a
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