On 2006-Aug 16, at 07:20hrs AM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: Did you worry about your battery to be exploded before those = accidents? I do not think so. So that time if somebody called you on your doorstep = saying that buy a safety device for your battery would you have bought that = one? I do not think so. Why would you spend on something that you think will = not give you a value (as it offers safety for that you think is already safe enough)? That's how a manager was thinking before that: Sony has a great reputation, battery technology is safe, why should then spend more on producing? After the things it is always easier to be clever... Tamas On 16/08/06, Bob Axtell wrote: > > Alan B. Pearce wrote: >>> Recalling 4 million batteries seems like non-cost-effective >>> approach. How many of these buggers have blown ? >>> Would not a warning and insurance be cheaper ? >>> >> >> That is not the way the system works. There is no guarantee that the > ones >> still "out there" are save, they could fail at any time, through = >> what is >> apparently a diagnosed mechanism. No amount of insurance and = >> warnings is >> cheaper if it is your house/work place/car/airplane that gets = >> cought in > the >> conflagration when it fails. ^ Not true at all. when faced with the choice between #1 spending = money on insurance for a home and #2 installing fire alarms and sprinkler systems and = automatic fire-doors and fire- proof walls and ceilings, most people elect to go with insurance. = They have made a risk calculation ( unconsciously ) and have gone with it. Some people are = deathly afraid of falling out of the sky and will not travel on a plane even though car travel is more = dangerous ( statistically ). They have made an assessment of risk versus personal convenience. Same = thing with cars. People pay for good looking cars, and electric coffee cup heaters and = tushee vibrators. Very few buy a car because of it's safety ratings. You can see this in how many = commercials are about safety. Not very many. Most are about setting your uncompromising spirit free. = Free to join the 43K U.S. dead from traffic accidents. AGSC ^ >> >> > Exactly. Now knowing that the batteries are unsafe, Dell would be > foolhardy to do ANYTHING except what > it is now doing. > > Can you spell "lawsuit" in 20 different languages? ^ only in Ingl=E9s ....... "vulture lawyer compensation" ^ > > --Bob > >> Alan (owner of a Dell with a battery not on the list) ... >> >> > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- = unPIC -- The PIC Disassembler http://unpic.sourceforge.net -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AGSC Augustus Gustavius Salvatore Calabrese 4337 Raleigh Street Denver, CO 720 222 1309 303 908 7716 cell adding " spam2006 " bypasses my spam blocker. Please place in the = text or at the END of the subject line. ( i am hard to reach by phone ) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist