[NTLK] Einstein with Android Studio

[Dennis Swaney]

Yes, an iPhone battery doesn't explode like Samsung batteries do. They just
implode so no fire or shrapnel to worry about; there is the small matter of
the black hole that is created...

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"I think, therefore I Mac"

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Gene Beaird <bgbeaird at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Heh, the battery on my wife's iphone has swelled.  She went in to the
> Apple Store the day before she was hopping on a plane for a trip to
> Alaska.  They told her that she could wait in line at the genious bar and
> _maybe_ be seen, else, make an appointment for the weekend, or later.
> Unfortunately, she was on-call then, and was to hop on a plane immediately
> after going off call, so didn't have time.  She pointed out that she was
> concerned with the swelling that it might actually crack the display, or
> worse, explode and/or catch fire, possibly on an airplane at 35,000'.  By
> this time, she was talking to a store manager who told her, with a straight
> face:
>
> "Oh, don't worry, those batteries are designed to IMPLODE should they
> overheat."
>
> At least the guy stopped the conversation, because she didn't know what to
> say after that.  She wasn't sure she should be insulted, or what.  I told
> her I would have asked to sit down with a pencil and some paper and have
> him go through the physics and chemistry of exothermal reactions.
>
> Sooo, since she's back, I'm waiting for her to be off call (and for the
> waiting line shortens a bit for the new phone, just in case), so I can
> install the iFixit battery kit I have for the thing.
>
> So I guess we're somewhat safer with an apple product vs. samsung, but it
> seems to be a lot to have to put up with.
>
> Gene Beaird,
> Pearland, Texas
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2016, at 11:00 AM, newtontalk-request at newtontalk.net wrote:
> >
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 02:26:06 +0100
> > From: lordgroundhog at gmail.com
> > To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> > Subject: Re: [NTLK] Einstein with Android Studio
> > Message-ID: <5de81b9e-9653-4944-bb5b-3ebf3701c9e2.maildroid at localhost>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> >
> > Perhaps it'll be necessary to run a battery of tests to find out why
> your interest hasn't been kindled?
> >
> >
> > Shalom,
> >
> > C Szurko
> > ~~~
> > I have discovered that all evil  comes from this: man's being unable to
> sit still in a room.
> >     -- Blaise Pascal, Pens?es
> > ~~~
> > From Somewhere Else, written on my Note 3.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Kan <tonykan at xtra.co.nz>
> > To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
> > Sent: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 23:40
> > Subject: Re: [NTLK] Einstein with Android Studio
> >
> > Yet I have no burning desire to buy one.  :-)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net
> > [mailto:newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Matthias Melcher
> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 2:33 AM
> > To: Newton Liste Newton Talk US <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
> > Subject: Re: [NTLK] Einstein with Android Studio
> >
> >
> > It *IS* the hottest new gadget out there. It right away sparked my
> interest.
> >
> > On 12. September 2016 16:11:32 MESZ, Dennis Swaney <romad at mac.com>
> wrote:
> >> So you're not really fired up with the Note 7? I heard it is a very
> >> hot device. ;-)
> >
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