[geeks] iPhone 4 (16G black CDMA)

[Ben Greisler]

On Dec 19, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Dan Sikorski wrote:

> On 12/19/2011 12:29 PM, Mark Benson wrote:
>> On 19 Dec 2011, at 17:15, Patrick Giagnocavo<patrick at zill.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/19/2011 11:57 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>>> How would you ever get such a phone on an airplane?
>>>>
>>> Correct me if I am wrong, but the amount of fuel is truly tiny due to
>>> efficiency.  You couldn't start a fire of any size - buying a vodka shot
>>> and burning it would burn longer.
>> Plus, has no-one told you about the explosive potential of a LiPo laptop
>> battery. They have more than most NATO hand grenades!
>>
> This conversation immediately led to the same thought.  It doesn't seem like
it would be very difficult to conceal some circuitry in a macbook pro that
would intentionally cause a thermal runaway condition with a LiPo battery, and
the macbook has a pretty sizable battery.
>
> Obligatory XKCD comic strip link:
> http://xkcd.com/651/
>


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/22/mac_battery_hack/

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