inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK
1 edit | shrapnel 50 feet is not a threat?
Maybe in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, but here shrapnel is not an every day occurance. Miniature car bombs in everyone's front yard? ATT is a terrorist!
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD |  Attacking Americans
I wonder if the houses affected by the explosion were those of Pearl Jam fans. 
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KA3SGM
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join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA
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| Warning, This V-Rad Will Self Destruct In 5-Seconds....
Maybe it wasn't the batteries.
Could just be that someone didn't want a refrigerator sized box sitting in their front yard, and finally found a way to...um, eliminate it???
Didn't they have a nut job driving around Australia a few months back with a tank??
The guy was knocking over cell phone towers, because apparently his Tin-Foil hat was not protecting him from the cosmic rays well enough??? 
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MADx
join:2005-05-25
Richmond, IN | Bad batteries?
Why is AT&T still using the battery of a company that went out of business? It always takes some type of embarrassment our injury for a company to get their sh** together. What ever happen to safety first. |
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Jodokast96
R.I.P Bassman442
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join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ | Typical
Sure is easy to blame the company that went out of business. Typical workplace move: blame the guy that isn't there. |
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bamabrad
join:2006-01-27
Port Orange, FL | A battery doesn't "just blow up"-
There has to be other interjectors added to the equation to make this happen. |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | uh yeah...tell that to dell and sony. |
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Raptor
Not a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON | reply to bamabrad
It does seem quite convenient that they place the blame on a non-existent company. Easy for them....hmmm.
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bamabrad
join:2006-01-27
Port Orange, FL | reply to inteller
Did they blow up"? |
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ShadezeRO
join:2006-04-24
Fort Lauderdale, FL | It's a Sign
I think it's a sign. ATT needs to stop placing VRADS, and go straight FTTH!
hehe, I just felt like starting the whole debate again. If i didn't say it, someone else would have! |
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Cabal
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join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA
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Re: A battery doesn't "just blow up"-
said by bamabrad  :Did they blow up"? Yup. |
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bamabrad
join:2006-01-27
Port Orange, FL | reply to bamabrad
Sounds like to me that the explosive gases from the (over?)charged battery was not properly vented and a spark from inside the cabinet set off the gases-to cause an explosion of this magnitude. |
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bamabrad
join:2006-01-27
Port Orange, FL | reply to Cabal
If I remember correctly, the batteries your are talking about overheated-am I wrong? |
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AnonProxy
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join:2001-05-12
ß | reply to Cabal
Just because some news reader doesn't know the difference between deflagrate and explode doesn't mean it exploded.
Those batteries in the Dell deflagrated, and did not explode. |
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bamabrad
join:2006-01-27
Port Orange, FL | Deflagration "caused a house to shake"? |
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ninjatutle
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join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | BBR member done it
I still say one of whinny cry babies on here did it. With all the hate propaganded from here, it wouldnt surprise me. |
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AnonProxy
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join:2001-05-12
ß | reply to bamabrad
Re: A battery doesn't "just blow up"-
I am talking about the news report about the Dell Batteries, not the VRAD. Note the post and replies...all sub to the Tell that to Dell and Sony post. The Vrad batteries seem to have exploded, the Dell and Sony Bats did not. |
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b10010011
Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA
 ·Comcast Formerly ..
3 edits | reply to bamabrad
Avestor batteries are not your run of the mill sealed lead acid battery.
My company tested a few of these for use in our UPS products a couple years ago.
I believe they were some lithium-ion technology.
Edit: They were Lithium-Metal-Polymer (LMP) batteries. (we still have a couple in the lab)
I also remember that each "battery" was a cell pack that output 48 volts and had an integrated microprocessor controlled "smart" charger with full communications. It's strange seeing a com port on the side of a battery.
Lots of stuff in there to go wrong. |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | reply to bamabrad
you sound like an insurance adjuster. To the person who had something blow up they could give a shit as to the mechanics....the result is something FUCKING BLEW UP!
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bamabrad
join:2006-01-27
Port Orange, FL | I never stated that they didn't blow up- just that there had to be other things involved-and on a personal note - is it really necessary to curse to get your point across? |
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