The Internet never forgets: Dell laptops

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Apr 092008
 

I read an exchange from the xkcd quote database today and it gave me a good chuckle:

Geekthras: chocolate laptops!
Geekthras: tasty and functional!
Geekthras: the laptops that melt in your mouth and on your lap!
Cellshot: You mean Dell?

It alludes to the hot situation (pun intended) Dell found itself a couple of years back when its machines were spontaneously combusting.

After stories of homes and trucks (video link) being destroyed by fires caused by overheating batteries, Dell recalled 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries. While I was working at Staples (which was during this recall), the joke in the tech department was that fire extinguishers were being offered as accessories.

To be fair, Dell isn’t the only company plagued by overheating batteries and components though its story is the first one that comes to mind whenever I hear of laptops suffering from overheating problems.

 Posted by at 9:45 pm

If you’ve ever considered joining a cult

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Apr 082008
 

Cracked.com has a list of 6 Insane Cults (That Would Probably Be a Lot of Fun):

  • The Raelian Movement – “Suavely balding leader Rael also has his own harem of women called the Order of Angels, who apparently exist just to bang the men and donate eggs to human cloning efforts.”
  • The Cosmic People of Light Powers – “a Czech cult that’s more intense and has a better back story than the whole Matrix trilogy combined.”
  • Church of God with Signs Following – “the Church of God with Signs Following turns every service into an insane orgy of pious madness and potential fatalities that puts even the UFC to shame.”
  • Family International – “While suckers at regular churches handed out pamphlets threatening you with Hell if you didn’t go to Church, the Family used positive reinforcement by having people f–k you to convert you, a marketing ploy that could probably sell anything from sandwiches to shoes full of broken glass.”
  • The Brethren – “there’s something to be said for a group that offers you not only a kick-ass super hero team name like the Brethren, but also tips on scoring free food.”
  • The House of Yahweh – “did you know Satan is a woman who appoints all political and religious leaders, with the probable exception of Buffalo Bill? Or that by mid-2001 80 percent of the world’s population will be killed by a nuclear war and then it won’t rain for over 1,000 days? When time starts going backwards and Y2K hits after that, you better make sure you’re on the right side of Jesus or you’re gonna be so screwed.”

Read the full article to get the full descriptions of the cults.

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 Posted by at 9:57 am

If we put all the criminals on an island and came back after 50 years, what would they say?

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Feb 242008
 

Probably “G’day Mate!” And they would say it with balls of steel.

I just found out about the Australian show The Chaser’s War on Everything. Wikipedia entry here. The show pokes fun at basically everything under the sun. The most notable stunt/prank was their September 2007 APEC prank (and the followup arrest). You can read about it in the Wikipedia entry, and watch the YouTube video of it below:

Hats off to these fine comedians!

 Posted by at 11:42 am

You must brush your teeth at least twice a day.

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Nov 282007
 

and I thought I had it bad.

I have been following Joey Devilla’s blog for the past few months and today’s post kind of hit home. You can find the post here, but to give you an idea, Joey found a posting for a place to rent. The landlord’s rules are on the other side of absurd, definitely someone who does not know how to live with others.

http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/11/28/the-worlds-most-difficult-housemate/

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