Vintage Sanyo fan sparks fire, leads to two deaths

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John B @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:11PM

I don't understand why this is even an item worthy of Engadget. Antiquated hardware catches fire and others report the same thing. What the hell?! The hardware is 40 years old; no doubt that the motor was expected to have been worn out. How is this news that deserves to be reported? Oh, and - horrors! - 23 other people reported it! If this was the latest product line, okay, maybe it deserves a recall notice, but ... 40 year old hardware fails and gets the front page of Engadget?! Are you guys intentionally trying to reduce yourself to attract the Digg crowd or something?

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LiQuiD_FuSioN @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:44PM

Seriously, calm the fuck down with those exclamation points. I'm sure this was just small news used to pass the time. No need to throw a god damned tantrum because it wasn't up to your expectations.

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John @ Aug 23rd 2007 5:50PM

Wow, you're probably one of the losers who bitches about Engadget reporting on anything Apple does; we've gone a small while without a lot of Apple posts, so now you have to bitch about something else, right? No one made you read it...

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MB @ Aug 23rd 2007 11:22PM

"I don't understand why this is even an item worthy of Engadget."

Because Engadget is a public service organization.

This loyal Engadget reader bought a Sanyo Dynamic Wide fan in 1969 in order to get a night's sleep in a very warm climate. I still have it and used it as recently as this year.

Thank you, Engadget. The fan is now in the basement where it can't hurt anyone.

Please let us know if you see any consumer alerts about 1969 Akai M-9 reel-to-reel tape recorders.

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LiQuiD_FuSioN @ Aug 24th 2007 12:02AM

"Wow, you're probably one of the losers who bitches about Engadget reporting on anything Apple does; we've gone a small while without a lot of Apple posts, so now you have to bitch about something else, right? No one made you read it..."

Actually, it's quite the contrary. I can't get enough of Apple news or anything related to the iPod/iPhone. But that's beside the point.

Funny that you say "you have to bitch about something else" when it is you who started it all with your childish ranting. Der.

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