Alan Cox's Thinkpad explodes!

Even Linux gurus are susceptible to the perils of exploding batteries - last night famed kernel hacker Alan Cox's IBM Thinkpad battery burst into flames and exploded. Follow the link for an in-depth story in Telsa's inimitable style and photos of the laptop's remains.

Well, that sorts out one lession, don't use third party batterys, unless they can be trusted not to have impurities in them. Oh well, theres one more char-broiled laptop, to go......One more point though, who is Alan Cox? (Nevermind, apparently he is a famed linux kernel programmer).

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