Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2017 22:19:11 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <7699542da7f01f1304183cf9c297a669@dizum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com alt.privacy.anon-server:58641 comp.os.linux.advocacy:407154 comp.sys.mac.system:103940 alt.comp.os.windows-10:38426 alt.cellular-phone-tech:562 On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:11:52 -0000, Big Al wrote: > On 03/22/2017 08:54 AM, Yes They Are That Stupid wrote: >> Here's a candidate for the annual Darwin Awards. >> >> Some folks simply can=EF=BF=BDt resist taking their smartphone into t= he >> bathtub to check their social media feeds or play games, and >> occasional reports of fatal accidents suggest a small percentage >> may be going one step further and also charging their device >> while in the tub. >> >> One such person, 32-year-old Richard Bull of London, died on >> December 11 from an electric shock he received when his iPhone >> charger touched the water of the bath he was in. The coroner >> examining the case, Dr. Sean Cummings, last week ruled the death >> as accidental, but said he intended to ask Apple to take steps >> to help prevent further such incidents. >> >> Cummings said that while smartphones =EF=BF=BDseem like innocuous >> devices =EF=BF=BD they can be as dangerous as a hairdryer in a >> bathroom,=EF=BF=BD adding that handset makers =EF=BF=BDshould attach = warnings=EF=BF=BD >> to the devices to warn of the risks. >> >> http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/iphone-charging- >> accident/?utm_source=3Dfark&utm_medium=3Dreferral&utm_ca >> mpaign=3Dsidebar >> > I guess this goes along with the lady that burned herself with > McDonald's hot coffee and won a suit that they should have warned her.= > > And they walk among us? No point in warning them anyway. Do you really think someone who electr= ocutes themselves in this manner would read the instructions? -- = Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?