View Full Version : WTF? Dell computers = weapons of mass destruction?
redhawk_six
02-20-2004, 07:03 PM
rofl
Take a look for yourself, at the online Dell order form:
http://24.58.175.68/upload/weaponsofmass.jpg
it even asks you if you are going to use the product as a weapon of mass destruction, screen of that on the way.
http://24.58.175.68/upload/weaponsofmass02.jpg
http://24.58.175.68/upload/****inggolden.jpg
rofl
BTW, the item being ordered = a digital camera :cantbeli:
MVSpartan117
02-20-2004, 07:11 PM
WTF?
What are you doing browsing the Dell website anyway?!
Nondescript
02-20-2004, 07:57 PM
WTF?
Yeah I had the same reaction when I read those questions 4 years ago.
flickme
02-20-2004, 08:07 PM
I gues they figured.....What harm can be done by asking. LOL. WTF!!
Seoulstriker
02-20-2004, 10:13 PM
this is what the lawyers have done to this country... people will sue over anything. :fork:
hey, where is the love for lawyers, seoul? You might need a medmal defense lawyer someday, then you'll sing a different tune.
Seriously, I doubt this is as a result of lawsuits, more likely CYA for patriot act or the statute listed in the disclaimer, maybe.
hank
martinexsquaddie
02-21-2004, 05:00 AM
but will they sell you one if you say yes :lol:
Salty Dog
02-21-2004, 09:46 AM
Dude, you're gettin a WMD!
Seoulstriker
02-21-2004, 11:55 AM
hey, where is the love for lawyers, seoul? You might need a medmal defense lawyer someday, then you'll sing a different tune.
Seriously, I doubt this is as a result of lawsuits, more likely CYA for patriot act or the statute listed in the disclaimer, maybe.
hank
yeah, yeah. :)
it's like how toy manufacturers put warnings on toys, such as: "harmful if swallowed", "small pieces shouldn't be put into ears", etc. it's just to 'cover' the company in case someone actually does do it and thinks about suing.
or like the hot coffee incident with mcdonalds. they didn't have 'hot liquids inside' warning and they got sued for several million because someone spilled it.
ridiculous. :)
redhawk_six
02-21-2004, 02:18 PM
Dude, you're gettin a WMD!
:lol:
Actually, it's not me, it's a friend in NZ. He's buying a digital camera, and while filling out the order form, he noticed that.
My question to dell is, how exactly do you think someone from NZ, or anywhere for that matter, is going to turn a little digital camera into a nuke or bio bomb? rofl
Midtown
02-21-2004, 05:17 PM
AHHH ****, SOMEONE JUST TRIED TO FLY A DIGITAL CAMERA INTO MY HOUSE.
they did this when personall computers were able to process one gigaflop per cycle which is what super computers process thus if your exporting a "super computer" of sorts they dont want them going to negative research.
"speed is measured in gigaflops, or billions of floating-point operations per second, just like supercomputers"
Tygryssek
02-22-2004, 07:19 AM
rofl
it even asks you if you are going to use the product as a weapon of mass destruction, screen of that on the way.
http://24.58.175.68/upload/weaponsofmass02.jpg
Ufff there NO POLAND of the Dell forbid list. p-)
hey, where is the love for lawyers, seoul? You might need a medmal defense lawyer someday, then you'll sing a different tune.
Seriously, I doubt this is as a result of lawsuits, more likely CYA for patriot act or the statute listed in the disclaimer, maybe.
hank
yeah, yeah. :)
it's like how toy manufacturers put warnings on toys, such as: "harmful if swallowed", "small pieces shouldn't be put into ears", etc. it's just to 'cover' the company in case someone actually does do it and thinks about suing.
or like the hot coffee incident with mcdonalds. they didn't have 'hot liquids inside' warning and they got sued for several million because someone spilled it.
ridiculous. :)
Dude, the McD's thing is not at all what got reported. Go and really read about what happend to that lady and the number of times she warned that stupid girl at the counter and the manager, then tell me you think she got enough $.
The reality for that poor lady is she never walked again - lost like 40% of the soft tissue in both her legs b/c the coffee they spilled in her lap was around boiling temp - instead of the normal temp which I don't rememeber off topp of my head. Really sad.
hank
Nondescript
02-22-2004, 11:06 AM
hey, where is the love for lawyers, seoul? You might need a medmal defense lawyer someday, then you'll sing a different tune.
Seriously, I doubt this is as a result of lawsuits, more likely CYA for patriot act or the statute listed in the disclaimer, maybe.
hank
yeah, yeah. :)
it's like how toy manufacturers put warnings on toys, such as: "harmful if swallowed", "small pieces shouldn't be put into ears", etc. it's just to 'cover' the company in case someone actually does do it and thinks about suing.
or like the hot coffee incident with mcdonalds. they didn't have 'hot liquids inside' warning and they got sued for several million because someone spilled it.
ridiculous. :)
Dude, the McD's thing is not at all what got reported. Go and really read about what happend to that lady and the number of times she warned that stupid girl at the counter and the manager, then tell me you think she got enough $.
The reality for that poor lady is she never walked again - lost like 40% of the soft tissue in both her legs b/c the coffee they spilled in her lap was around boiling temp - instead of the normal temp which I don't rememeber off topp of my head. Really sad.
hank
We had a similar case in Sweden a couple of years ago, from what I can remeber from it the injuries were about the same as in the American incident (the newspapers were quick to compare the two cases). In the end she got a coupon for a free coffee in any McDonalds "restuarant", she also lost tons of money when going to physiotherapy and not being able to work for quite a while.
Now that is sick.
farmgirl
02-22-2004, 02:45 PM
I do not disagree that there is a preponderance of frivolous lawsuits clogging our legal system. However, I disagree with the tendency to place the blame on lawyers for this phenomenon. As a people, we have become greedy. Many are often on the look out for a way to make a quick buck. Don't blame the lawyers. Blame the clients.
In other words...Blame America! woot
;)
farmgirl
02-23-2004, 11:18 AM
In other words...Blame America! woot
;)
No.... that's not it....
blame the greedy low life scum who decide it's better to sue over nothing than to actually work for a living. ;)
Yeah, people love to yell at lawyers, and I agree many deserve it, but people always forget that lawyers can only sue if they have a client. The other problem, as I often point out, is the portrayal in the media. The McD's case is the perfect example. The media protrayed it as a frivolous lawsuit, and yet the poor lady is profoundly disabled as a result of supre hot coffee that she repeatedly warned the manage about. The jury awarded the money, so there are a lot of people to blame, but the lawyer takes the heat in the media.
Remember, 12 people have to vote to award the money when a plaintiff gets millions. Lawyers bear some blame, but certainly not all.
Now doctors, that is another story. There was this one time, at hospital camp . . .
he-he
hank
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