In article .com,
"cjcampbell" wrote:

So, Dell has exploding laptops. Reminds me of the old days in Hollywood
when every computer in a Universal picture eventually exploded. Geeks
smirkingly called them the Explodatron 2000. Now instead of the
Explodatron 2000 we have Dell! Four million laptops apparently just a
time bomb (literally) waiting to go off. And it might go a lot further
than that -- lots of companies use the same batteries, including Apple,
HP, Sony.

I had the same thought when I read the article in yesterday's Wall
Street Journal. If the terrorists learn what makes some batteries
explode and others not, the weapon will be undetectable.
Or, they just rig any existing battery pack by removing a couple cells
and replacing them with an igniter. The computer already provides the
timer and the battery the power and fuel.