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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by nradov on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:09AM (#12459751)
Some people have no idea what battery chemistry is in their laptops. Especially for models where the battery isn't even removable. I don't mean this as a criticism, it's just not necessarily something that everyone notices.
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by wfunction on Friday September 09, 2016 @03:09AM (#12460155)
Are you saying there are laptops with batteries that don't fall in this dangerous category, or are you saying people don't know that all laptop batteries fall in this category?
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by antocv on Friday September 09, 2016 @04:40AM (#12460490)
There are people who think their laptops do not have a battery at all and run on their own power like a human does.
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by wfunction on Friday September 09, 2016 @05:18AM (#12460599)
...well, I didn't see that one coming!
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by Xylakant on Friday September 09, 2016 @06:51AM (#12460970)
I know people that still believe that the power for cordless drills gets transmitted from the charger to the drill via something like wifi. They're super-careful not to stand in the LOS between the drill and the charger.
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by brewdad on Friday September 09, 2016 @10:30AM (#12462537)
Some people probably shouldn't operate power tools. Then again, with that level of caution, they are probably safer than many "experts".
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by leetrout on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:11AM (#12459761)
Yea, I think this is really the crux of it. The GA nor the pax know whether or not a battery or device is Li-ion.

Edit: or I guess if it was just a battery they could read on it but I bet that never ever happens.

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