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Re:Battery technology may emerge as a trillion-dollar threat... by Arnt on Sunday October 23, 2016 @04:29PM (#12775268)
Almost.

Various parties are required to trust that anything rated D or whatever is risky. They aren't required to trust that AAAAAA+ means risk-free.

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Re:Battery technology may emerge as a trillion-dollar threat... by malloryerik on Sunday October 23, 2016 @09:14PM (#12776236)
Excuse me for stating the obvious. Nothing is risk free. Indeed even cash is not risk free.
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Re:Battery technology may emerge as a trillion-dollar threat... by Arnt on Monday October 24, 2016 @02:56AM (#12777098)
Right, and nothing on the planet is black, because there always some minor light reflection.

In real life, this sort of sophistry only makes terms like "risk-free" and "black" useless.

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