He was demonstarting to a journo how vents on a laptop can become blocked... 'fabricus interruptus'. It was probably just the nearest laptop to hand, perhaps either his own or the journo's.
T ----- Original Message ----- From: IBM Ken Sent: 03/12/13 07:13 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] laptop -> house fire " /P.E.I. deputy fire marshal Robert Arsenault demonstrates how vents on a laptop computer can be blocked when it is sitting on a pile of clothes. (CBC)/" Why did he pick that brand of laptop to demonstrate with? XD <snip> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
