Re: Exploding pagers

On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:07:07 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:36:57 +0200, Robert Roland <fake@ddress.no>
wrote:
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:18:26 -0500, Crash Gordon <uucp@crashelex.com>
wrote:
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Pagers, even with a cheap LiPo battery that fails, do not explode.
Somebody built hundreds, maybe thousands, of intentionally booby-trapped
pagers and then managed to distribute them to a large group of targeted
individuals.

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It is interesting how, shortly after the incident, the meadia was full
of statements from "experts" claiming that the most likely source of
the explosions were the batteries.
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These experts would explain that, if shorted, a lithium battery can
explode. They made no attempt at explaining, or even speculating, how
this short would have implemented. Nor did they explain the such an
explosion is extremely unlikely, since battery manufacturers go out of
their way to make their products as safe as possible.
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There were videos of one or two explosions published. The videos
clearly show explosions that are nothing like a battery explosion. The
explosions are hard and sharp, consistent with a high-velocity
explosive.
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More interestingly, no journalist posed any question whatsoever. They
are not interested in the truth. They are only interested in a story.

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And have Journalism degrees.

And work for "newspapers" like the WaPo and NYT.