Obey Your Battery Recall Notices

The laptop that caused all of our office tower to be evacuated. A Dell -- someone's personal machine? -- but they are Sony batteries.

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Yolise says:

Is this like, modern art?

Or the cause of the flickr-hiccp?
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Fenchurch! says:

Something for the Abusing Personal Technology group right here.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Myles! says:

Yay for recalls.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

(Now I have a title and desc.)

We just all had to leave the building for 45 minutes because this thing set off all the fire alarms. It was on the 8th floor and we could smell it on the 3rd.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Yolise says:

damn. I really should wait for the descriptions.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

ShawnXian (Busy trying to Heal) says:

Holy Cr*p!!!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewart says:

See also.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

sdvictor79 says:

Cool shot! It makes a great lunch / coffee run break. What's the black thing on top of the keyboard? (They look like battery cells)
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

not5150 says:

This is what happens when you watch too much porn on your laptop!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewart says:

another set
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

markus' says:

why is the battery ON the laptop?
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

abraxas1 says:

Why ON the laptop?

- Dell will obviously replace the battery for free, will they replace the whole notebook now? guess they got to or they will get hung in the court of public opinion
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

OldhaMedia says:

on shit!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

sharwest says:

wow!

get a mac to replace. with the correct battery of course. ;)
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

myxiplx says:

Ok, if that's not fake I'd love to hear the explanations...

First of all the 'battery' appears to be on top of the laptop, an unusual position for it to be providing power to the laptop.

Secondly, said 'battery' has generated enough heat to stick comprehensively to the keyboard, but without any warping of the surrounding plastic, nor any other visible heat damage.

It looks to me more like someone's taken an old laptop, glued a bit of charchoal to it, and sprinkled it with flour.

I say fake, and an obvious one.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

myxiplx says:

ROFMLAO, I just read the comment about the fire being on the 8th floor and smelling it on the 3rd. Unfortunately I hadn't read that far before posting my first comment above.

Newsflash! Smoke travels upwards (it's why they tell you to lie on the floor...).

But ignoring that for a second, if you've got a fire that's large enough to be smelt 5 floors away (in either direction), nobody is going to be collecting the laptop and posting pictures any time soon BECAUSE YOUR OFFICE JUST BURNT TO THE GROUND.

lol, nice try though, you convinced the guys at the register:
www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/21/burning_lapt op_epidemic/
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

.schill says:

That looks bad, I imagine the smell must have been terrible.

Maybe someone took the battery out while it was burning, trying to stop it?
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

wirehead says:

Stewart, you need to come clean on this. Yahoo! Research was working on blipverts, weren't they? :)
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Dr Brenden says:

Faker!

Its either fake, or you purposely ignited a battery on top of your laptop.

Either way you're an idiot!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewart says:

Oh yeah Dr Brenden??? You're not even a real doctor!!!!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Robin PAN says:

lamentable Dell!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

hive says:

extremists
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

samcampos says:

Ouch! xD
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Dr.Sony says:

wow
so bad that the battery is sony!! (love sony still);)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

DarthD says:

At Least it wasn't a Mac
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

firebirdduo says:

macs suck
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

fotografia cole says:

Still using my Dell Latitude D800, but I changed the battery with the recall program. Just imagine this incident in an airplane....
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

rimrunner1 says:

I agree I've seen pictures of the real thing and there was a hole all the way through it by the way the thing apout the smoke is true but not completly while the smoke would have risen the smell would get distributed throughout the ventelation sistem and pumped throughout the buildiing. I think it look's like a fake but I don't absolutely think it's a fake. please clear the air and tell us all how the batteries got on the outside and tell if it is a fake or not. In any event great shot, fake or real.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

.Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam. says:

oh wow thats hilarious lol
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

vidarara [deleted] says:

is that a 710m, right?
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

AsianTulip says:

interesting, never seen anything quite like it.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

JPhilipson says:

most interesting photo for tag 'fire' pretty crazy, i hope my macbook doesn't splode :-(
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Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

fotoshup says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called a mobile phone pic, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

What would you do, if you've searched for a by photo to use for a commercial website for selling laptops, and the first photo you see was this?!
No! Just let me know, what should you do then?!
Even in a normal a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ laptop/interesting/"">tag search, this is the first!

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Found in a search. (?)
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

$udhakar says:

OMG

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Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

KARMaWAR says:

Hmmm Maybe I should swap the batt's in all my macbooks and ibooks......

I have about 30 that should be replaced but they are in constant use.....

At least they keep you warm in the winter!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

*tachi says:

OH MY GOD!!!! O_o
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

.Kailos P(hotography). says:

OMG!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

kriketon says:

What a great photo, love it man.

Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Edward Betts says:

Thanks for licensing this image as CC-BY! Your choice of a free license has allowed us to use your image in Wikimedia Commons. The image is now used to illustrate one or more pages on Wikipedia or other free knowledge projects.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Born 2 Be Mild says:

Good Advice
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Shutterhack says:

Machine thought in digital bliss, all knowledge
stored in memory banks equal to the Universe.
Machine had learned how to think for itself
but was like an unloved child, left on the shelf.
A sentient being with nothing much to do.
Machine was bored…Source
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

doctor health says:

thax for sharing
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called SML Fine Art = 大中小藝 = SML ファインアート, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

OMG this is awesome! Did you make it though? I know that it's fake but investing a computer into the making of a prank is highly admirable :)

Cheers,
See-ming

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Seen on wiki.seeminglee.com (?)
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

ForceChange.com says:

We used your photo at ForceChange.com. Thank you.

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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