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Girl's boyfriend *accidentally* cooks her laptop in the oven...

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  • bobbothegrayson, on 10/10/2007, -43/+148Damn, and I thought it would be a Macbook Pro cooking itself.
    • Jrr6415sun, on 10/10/2007, -36/+10but.. will it blend?
      • sinkhead, on 10/10/2007, -5/+18It's funny sometimes, but this is neither the time nor the place.
        • kevinmotel, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12it hasn't been funny in a long time
          • tamarindwolf, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6In soviet Russia, laptop cooks you.
    • exoendo, on 10/10/2007, -27/+6WE GET IT - IT'S A VERY POPULAR INTERNET MEME!
    • jellomizer, on 10/10/2007, -13/+5I remember reading about a Titanium Powerbook that was placed in the Oven the display and the keys were melted but the computer worked fine. I think the powerbook was in the oven for like 45 minutes at 350 F
      • LexisNexis, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22They used the Powerbook to heat the oven.
    • 2damnhot2handle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1sorry for the comment abuse.. but if you have a mac under warranty and your power adapter is not working cuz it got chopped in half.. can you get a new one? =/

      my macbook pro's battery is gonna die and it can't be charged!
      • lgc90, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well, I did once, but it wasn't completely severed, and I reported that it was caused by an "electrical anomaly."
        • 2damnhot2handle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1it's not completely severed yet... but soon will be if i keep twisting it to make it work...

          i shall give it a shot then.. thanks!
  • BryanTravers, on 10/23/2007, -33/+833STOP: EXPLANATION OF WHY I KEEP MY LAPTOP IN THE OVEN: I'M AN IDIOT.
    • NinjaBoy, on 10/10/2007, -8/+161"This is what happens when you educate the peasantry"
      • tao52nyc, on 10/10/2007, -13/+4As in "a little knowledge is dangerous"???
    • UtopiaInTheSky, on 10/10/2007, -3/+43Seriously though, there are much better places to keep a laptop for safety.
      • Lugano, on 10/10/2007, -10/+6I kept mine in the bathroom under the sink in a cardboard box.
        • nehalp100, on 10/10/2007, -20/+1great just tell everyone its not like robbers can afford the web o wait a minute they are robbers they can afford practically anything
          • icescavenger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13seriously, wtf?
          • tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I keep mine in my room. Oh my God, now robbers are going to steal my laptop because they can afford the Internet, right?
        • coffeebot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I keep my goldurn laptop under the welcome mat on the porch, and the rassafrassan key in the oven. Any mollycoddler knows that oven isn't hot enough to melt my front door key! Flibberdyjibbet!
      • Akaji, on 10/10/2007, -12/+8Like...?

        Besides, like she said, it worked when she was living alone.
        • frostieDude, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3As long as no one broke into her apartment, anywhere would have "worked", but as many people have pointed out, thieves usually look in the oven because that is a common hiding spot for valuables.
        • akaii, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Washing machine.
      • tastycheese, on 10/10/2007, -6/+65Bitch, that oven's for cookin my dinner!
        • RCourtney, on 10/10/2007, -31/+6I picture you sitting in a basement by yourself laughing and saying that as you typed it then wondering why you've never been laid.

          It's appalling to me that the above comment got +9 diggs (as of this posting) in this day and age in a supposedly "enlightened" liberal and technical venue such as this.
          • Niten, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16You might find this enlightening: http://www.answers.com/satire&r=67
          • tastycheese, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17actually, I was sitting on a large pile of money while getting a blowjob. I was laughing maniacally, however, so props for that. Now go make me a Turkey Pot Pie.
          • MrSunshine, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2Niten: that wasn't satire. It was an attempt at being funny that completely failed.
      • CLShortFuse, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2one word: Kensington
    • yargthepirate, on 10/10/2007, -16/+344Female logic FTW: I TOLD YOU THAT MY LAPTOP WAS IN THE OVEN, HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE SO STUPID
      • Euler2718, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3She should look at the bright side, at least she didn't keep all her money in the oven. Stupid feminists.
      • samssf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10rofl. best digg moment ever.
    • PAJK, on 10/10/2007, -74/+12She's not an idiot. Her boyfriend is. How could he forget something like THAT? Especially after telling him twice. As she said, she had no problems when she was living alone.
      • J3Holaday, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41Are you being sarcastic?
        • PAJK, on 10/10/2007, -28/+4No... I think keeping it in the oven is a good idea. Do you really think a burglar would look there? & if your partner told you they kept their laptop in the oven, would you forget that? & why would you turn on an oven without looking in it first? The boy is dumb.
          • therightclique, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24psst. a burglar would DEFINITELY look there. a lot of women think this is a good place to store valuables.
          • Elconno2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13I got $20 saying PAJK is a girl.
          • Anarchrist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9A lot of idiots store stuff in the oven. A smart burglar would look there. Plus given enough time she would have eventually screwed up and turned the oven on without taking the computer out.
          • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Elconno2

            I'll call you on that, he's simply feminine
          • keeganspeck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You've never heard of preheating an oven? Unless you have a magic oven or one that i have never heard of, it takes a bit to actually heat up the space inside it.
        • geoken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+46There are about a thousand places in a house/apartment you can stash something. Choosing the one place that has the ability to destroy anything contained within it at the push of a button is moronic.

          If I put my eye-glasses on the stairs in my house and said to everyone "take caution while walking up/down the stairs because I like to place my glasses there" I wouldn't blame my wife if she one day stepped on them.

          Perhaps he turned on the oven without looking in it first because leaving things in the oven is a moronic practice.
        • mightyzug, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5yea.. girl most definately is the idiot in this scenario. if she would have used that tiny brain to think of anyplace else (and ANY apartment will have PLENTY of other hiding places) to stash the laptop rather than expect the boyfriend to remember that it is in the dumbest place it possibly could be there wouldn't be any problem to blog about in the first place :P
        • memooney, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1But plenty of people keep things in the oven. Not necessarily computers and the like, but who hasn't met someone who keeps pots or pans or cookie sheets in their oven?
      • bbrigg1, on 10/10/2007, -24/+2That bitch IS stupid. At least leave a big ass note that says so, like some people do to indicate whether the dishwasher dishes are clean or dirty. Use your small female brain.
        • jj9000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29Wouldn't that big ass note defeat the purpose of hiding it?
          • bbrigg1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20yes...yes, it would. I guess my brain is small, as well. Damn.
      • Icanndiggit, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18Maybe in female logic land an oven is good place for a notebook. But my man logic tells me that notebook in oven != the brightest of ideas.
        • sinrtb, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2why not? really, in the case of fire the oven is the best place that which keeps the heat in, and when you live in a small apartment every inch of storage space is useful.
          • Mothrog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Perhaps because you or someone else might turn on your oven and melt it?
      • frieddonuts, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Ahh, the classic boy vs. girl debate.
        "Hey you girl. Get out of my treehouse."
        "I organize your comic books, and this is how you repay me!"
      • reiner15, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Doesn't matter how many times you tell a guy something... if it's something he doesn't have to remember for himself, he won't remember.
      • giroguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2i duno about other guys.. but i locationally need to be told 5 times with a slap in the face on the 4th... i guess my brain doesn't turn on after 2 tries..
    • nicepants, on 10/10/2007, -12/+20Freezer would be a better option.
      • accessviolation, on 10/10/2007, -4/+33Ummm... condensation FTL
        • ryansmith18, on 10/10/2007, -10/+34....if you are having condensation issues in your freezer, turn the little dial that makes stuff freezier.
        • z33Tec, on 10/10/2007, -5/+25Right.. because broiling in the oven is FTW?
        • tribble222, on 10/10/2007, -0/+42Nooo, water will condense on the laptop when you take it out of the freezer.
      • jtorkbob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Ever watch 'It Takes a Thief'? He often checks the freezer, says people hide cash there, although I can't recall him looking in the oven. Also, that congressman from Louisiana hid like thousands of dollars in his freezer. It's not an unlikely hiding place.

        Besides, thieves love push-pops. Everyone knows that.
        • DarKnight90, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I haven't had a push-op in years.
    • jellomizer, on 10/10/2007, -9/+13Her reason was just as stupid. If she lived in a high crime area and she had no locks on her door for the cost of a slightly cheaper laptop she could have bought a dead-bolt lock for her door.
      • IrishIllini08, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13She said she had no lock for windows... replacing all the windows or putting locks on all the windows would be time consuming and maybe a little pricey... she said she was broke
        • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Replacing all the windows? It's not like this is a problem humanity has never faced before. There are cheap and easy ways to lock your windows, and there are cheap and easy ways to add locks onto windows that lack them for whatever reason.

          One of the cheapest and easiest methods is a little metal clamp designed specifically for this purpose. You tighten it down on the window frame (assuming a metal frame) so that it blocks the path of the movable part of the window. If that won't work, there is always a sawed-off broom handle. And if you live in an apartment, there are strict laws that they have to provide you with adequate locks for everything.
      • ethnicman, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2or for about $30-$50 she could have bought a laptop lock and secured it to something solid in the apt.
        for example http://us.kensington.com/html/5666.html
        • ShrimpCrackers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Which by the way, the lock can be unlocked by hitting it with any blunt object in a second by slamming it from the side. If you find a hammer or something heavy, it'll take 1 second. Oh, and the cable, you could easily cut it with any garden clippers.

          Don't trust that Kensington laptop lock crap.
        • yodaj007, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Those locks only stop people with no tools on hand, tools being defined as anything with a sharp blade or heavy like a brick.
      • sinrtb, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1RTFA
      • gravylookout, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4All it takes to lock a window is a wooden dowel cut to jam in the space where the window opens. Depending on the number and size of the windows in her home it could cost as much as $20-25 to secure her home. Considerably less than a new laptop. Also, renters or homeowners insurance is not as much as most college students think.
    • Haroshia, on 10/10/2007, -1/+76DING! Fries are done!
    • captmorgan555, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11How about buying some $5 locks for the damn windows. That couple deserves each other.
    • alexforcefive, on 10/10/2007, -10/+32To be fair... how did he not notice the laptop when he put the fries in the oven?
      • yodaj007, on 10/10/2007, -1/+47I think he was preheating the oven? She said there weren't any fries in it.
        • Gosroth, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0who cooks their fries in the oven anyway?
        • Skitals, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Gosroth: people that aren't fatties and don't have a deep frier?
    • HydraulicToast, on 10/10/2007, -3/+40I can hardly believe that this girl is rationalizing her idiocy on her own feminist blog.
    • balloonenstein, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19*****, we bought a couple dozen Krispy Kremes and we put them in the oven so that way the dog wouldn't knock them off the counter and eat them. You should have seen how pissed I was when someone cooked those at 400 Degrees. And those were just Donuts....
      • Blah_Blah_Blah, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Krispy Kremes? i'd feel the same way bro. in fact, i cried a little inside reading that
    • DeathBorn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If I could digg you up more, I would. Never in a MILLION years would I keep my laptop in the oven, if I was so concerned about "security" I would buy a safe instead.. doesn't the oven have a window? I doubt it was by accident that it got cooked...it's basically like sticking your phone in the tub and waiting for someone to turn the shower on.
    • lgc90, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2BEST. COMMENT. EVER. I wish there were a double digg buton,
  • MrAllhands, on 10/10/2007, -36/+77The funniest part is, that it still works after she takes it out.
    • z33Tec, on 10/10/2007, -39/+7Yeah, this article could be summarized as "Laptop cooked in over, still works." instead of linking to some stupid feminist blog.
    • jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -15/+12It says like "Your computer overheated and it could be from any of the following reasons:"

      You left it on for an extended period of time on a hard surface where it could not breathe

      The air vents are somehow clogged

      Ambient conditions may be over 100 degrees

      Or, you left it in the damn oven
    • LordofShadows, on 10/10/2007, -2/+256Wait! ...calm down... are the french fries okay?
      • mikechml, on 10/10/2007, -1/+34"I open the over door. No fries."

        :(
      • po43292, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Probably didn't smell like fries I'm sure. That's hawt.
      • keeganspeck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1He was probably pre-heating the oven. Otherwise, he would have seen the laptop.
    • pyro789x, on 10/10/2007, -14/+5buried as spoilers
      • nontitle, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2SPOILERS?!?!? if these are such spoilers, just read the damn article first, then read these.
        seriously, it's not that hard to get around.
    • mattcoady, on 10/10/2007, -2/+92Better than working, she now has a hot case mod.
    • etandrib, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19I feel jipped. My Dell laptop sat on a desk for over a year and then the power adapter died and the hard drive went bad within a month as well. Maybe if I "cook" mine it will magically still work. Doubt it.
      • nontitle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11probably not, but it will make it taste better.
    • janeuner, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21I ran my laptop over with my car (don't ask). It shattered the display and damaged the casing, but the laptop still worked afterwards. I still have it, and I still use it.
      • RexMaxus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+40Actually, I really would like to ask.

        How in the name of all things blue did you run over your laptop?!?!
        • Waltezmo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It was next to his car, come on Rex.
        • SirNoobius, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20he put it there so the thieves couldn't see it.
      • nontitle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2just really angry, i guess.
      • KaneElson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You are so much more intelligent than the girl in this story.
        Let's not leave it in the oven, behind the tire of a car is safer :D
    • paulvil, on 10/10/2007, -4/+27If the laptop shutdown because of overheating that means that she left the laptop on. This lady qualifies for ***** of 2005, "Duh, let's leave my laptop on all day in the oven, it will prevent crime!"
      • nexterday, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Good point. Even if the oven was never turned on, it would eventually overheat because the heat from the cpu has nowhere to go. However...it would have to be plugged in, since i doubt the battery has enough power to heat an oven before it runs out.

        and a power cable running to the oven would probably be a dead giveaway to those rushed burglars.
      • michaeljh, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16sleep mode
      • noots, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4hibernation? i can't remember the last time i shutdown my laptop.

        also i wonder how the battery held up?
        • rjam710, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Fn + F1 (hibernate). Can't live without it.
    • bluechips23, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11300 degrees for 5 minutes and still works? Nah, I don't believe that. *Starts unplugging my room-mate's laptop so that it can be taken downstairs into the oven to test the robustness without damaging my own laptop*
  • maninblac1, on 10/10/2007, -8/+232They should put a banner on Dell's website.
    Dell laptops, "oven proof". (this may not include spontaneous combustion)
    • VivekSingh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+51Dell should give her a new laptop for the positive publicity this will give them. They could certainly use that banner.
    • donte, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Looks like they took the idea of addressing the overheating batteries a little far.
    • pcarm92, on 10/10/2007, -14/+3"Tuesday, November 22, 2005"
      • r3zonance, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22Nobody said it happened today, did they?

        If it wasn't submitted I'd have never heard about it.
      • nontitle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4i agree, even if this were from 1986 it would be cool. i doubt you would be able to fit a computer from then into an oven, but nonetheless...
        • startrek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1well, you could have stuck an original Macintosh sideways in there. Pretty sure, let me look up the dimensions and then go measure my oven ;P
    • wicketr, on 10/10/2007, -2/+31How about just "Female Proof"
      • WallnutBoy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27Nothing in the world of technology is 'Female-Proof'
    • Vicujozobenaxod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Yeah the date on this article is way back there, but wow, that's a tough laptop.
  • MaynardJK, on 10/10/2007, -31/+458She gets pissed at him for burning her laptop that SHE put in the oven? He should dump this idiot.
    • sirbeta, on 10/10/2007, -89/+7Honestly, how does someone think they are cooking fries when they did not even put the fries in the oven. The guy is a mental retard. The girl probably should have assessed the possibility here and put the laptop somewhere else, but her logic in choosing a place is actually right on. Thieves do not usually check the oven for valuables.
      • yorxs, on 10/10/2007, -3/+75Mental retard, that's exactly what I called you when I read your comment, most people preheat their ovens.
        • andrewry, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Edit: Sorry, read the article wrong.
      • mattcoady, on 10/10/2007, -2/+51When you move out of your parents house you discover all kinds of life's little intricacies.
      • p0tent1al, on 10/10/2007, -3/+30The most stupidest logic I have ever heard in my life.

        Let me put my Laptop in the oven, it's SAFE THERE!
        the same as
        Let me put my Laptop in the wood chipper, it's currently off right now, and it's SAFE THERE
        or
        Let me put my Laptop in the furnace, it's not cold today so it's SAFE THERE.

        OBVIOUSLY it wasn't safe there......... I guess there is a reason thieves don't look in the stove, because how stupid would you have to be to put a laptop in there for safe keeping.
        • omarciddo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5The most stupidest grammar I have ever seen in my life.
          //sorry, it was too easy.
        • nontitle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1you have a really good point there potential.
          it seems the longer a post gets, the less diggs it gets.
        • keeganspeck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Thieves DO look in the oven. It's (sadly) a common place to hide things.
      • mightyzug, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10thieves also don't look in the toilet, so quick let's all get cheap plastic baggies and store our laptops in the tank for safety! :P
    • Ksilebo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+135Its called preheating...
      • the1wraith, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5It's a Dell...they do that by themselves, no oven necessary.
    • sacherjj, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28A habit every cook should have is looking at the oven condition before turning on. YOu do this more so when you cook with stones. You want to make sure they are in the right place, because they are hard to move once they hit 550 degrees for pizza. :)
      • Hosalabad, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Mine has a handy wire handle, ever heard of oven mitts?
        • sacherjj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How exactly do you use a pizza peel with a wire handle in the way? Have you ever tried picking up a piece of stone that is 550 degrees with an oven mit? It works for a few seconds.
    • mountaincable, on 10/10/2007, -15/+3You're not Maynard, you'd just like to be. Give up the facade.
      • MaynardJK, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15I bet you aren't a mountain cable (whatever that is) either. Give up the facade.
    • wondertwins, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7maybe she is a hot ass blonde
      • L3ggy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Look at the picture on the side of her blog, not blonde.
    • GeneralGore, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5It is a feminist blog.
  • footbag01, on 10/10/2007, -12/+79Um... Does anyone else think that she shouldn't have kept her laptop in her oven. Even if its safer, its stupid!!!
    • gurudevg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2She would have kept it in the washing machine, but there was laundry in there.
    • tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5No. You're the first person to think of that.
    • startrek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If you could scroll up just a litt... woops missed it, there, you see? Obviously aren't the first one.
  • z33Tec, on 10/10/2007, -51/+1147Why was he using the oven anyway? That's a woman's job. Stupid feminist websites.
    • vapblack, on 10/10/2007, -21/+174LOL
    • kmpr326, on 10/10/2007, -8/+106Comment of the Day
      • uremomsnitemare, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No, no, no that was the comment of the month
    • kingvik, on 10/10/2007, -12/+171before digg +59, after digg +101
      i have acquired super digg power
    • mapkinase, on 10/10/2007, -7/+20awesome
    • Ninjao, on 10/10/2007, -6/+28lmao.
    • ricepudd, on 10/10/2007, -6/+151Not only a feminist, but a Marxist feminist. From her FAQ:
      Q. Okay, so what's a Marxist-feminist?
      A. A Marxist-feminist is someone whose outlook on the world is characterized by a Marxist-influenced theory of feminism...

      Well that cleared that up.
      • Akaji, on 10/10/2007, -5/+89Marxist feminism? Isn't that the one where we share the women?
      • multitude, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4I think it could be understood as a view where issues in the world are seen with an emphasis on the divisions caused by inequality in class and gender.
        • Markie1006, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22Kinda like a 'woe is me' philosophy?
      • wicketr, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17It's the "hey lets split up the wealth of the world and enjoy it evenly...oh by the way, i'm as poor as *****" philosophy.
      • MarkOfTheDead, on 10/10/2007, -3/+34so a feminist with big bushy eyebrows, glasses, a mustache and a cigar?

        how is that different from any other feminist?
        • archlich, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Not to be confused with Groucho Feminist.
      • po43292, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2It's a cult, and they're going to the "ranch" later for enlightenment.
      • NSResponder, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Sounds like an oxymoron. Feminism is supposedly about liberating women, and marxism is a demand for a return to serfdom.

        -jcr
      • thailand1972, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13Marxist feminism: whenever someone has more than me, I demand equality. Whether they earned what they have or not - I want an equal share, and I want that equal share given to me, unearned. Whenever I have more than someone else, hey it's a free market!
      • schoate09, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Dumbass shouldn't talk about politics, she has no money.
      • frankenc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Funniest comment ever.
    • fejus, on 10/10/2007, -17/+9Wow Epic Lulz here!
    • Touchy610, on 10/10/2007, -5/+20Definite proof that Digg is populated by 99% males. I love the fact that a comment z33 left before this one got dugg down, but here, he says pretty much the exact same thing, and gets cheered.

      Boy, don't I feel lonely....
      • Hidama, on 10/10/2007, -12/+5Welcome to Digg. I've often considered why men on Digg complain they don't have girlfriends or how girls won't date geeks. I then realized most men on Digg are just chauvinists.
        • MedHead, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Most men are just men. I'm sure the majority of the males here would be polite to your face, but there's no consequence to mouthing off here.
          • protosschick, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0Being a male is no excuse for being an ignorant retard.
          • startrek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1the definition of retard is to cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate".

            While I agree that being male is no excuses for being an idiot, I am not sure if you have seen the preppy, bubble-heads that go floating around all public US high schools.

            I, madam, am not ignorant or a "retard".
        • captmorgan555, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6You 2 should look into having the stick removed.
        • protosschick, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Ironic isn't it? Most men on Digg (or hell, most men in general) like to pat themselves on the back over what "nice guys" they are and how the cruel, shallow women won't flock to them. With mentalities like these, it's really no wonder. Of course, they'll never get it and will most likely spend the rest of their lives blaming women for their incompetence.

          Oh well, their loss.
          • DarKnight90, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I never seen Digg users compalining about that stuff.
        • Szandor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"I've often considered why men on Digg complain they don't have girlfriends or how girls won't date geeks."

          I'm not a digg veteran by any means but I don't think I've ever seen any complaints like that.
        • ctonks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I then realized most men are just chauvinists.
          FTFY
          yes i'm a man, and yes i'm a chauvanist. I love women, just love them even more so when they are in the kitchen or on their knees.
        • Touchy610, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I don't really think that they're chauvinists, IRL. Just that they feel like they can say anything they feel like.

          What some people don't realize is that somebody may be truly insulted (not to say that I'm insulted, because I'm not), even at a humorous comment. I just wanted to point out that z33 made a comment making the exact same point and was dugg down, and now he's being exalted (woot!...WoW reference!) for using, what seems to me, to be a very dried out "sexist" joke. I just found that amusing.

          Aaaaaand, I'm gonna shut up now. This has gone on too long.
      • LoopyChew, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Well, the delivery here was much funnier.
      • protosschick, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1You're not alone. I'm sure there are intelligent people around here SOMEWHERE.
      • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1yep. not completely alone. annnnd... let the digging down commence...
        • ghettodev, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Dugg down for invoking 'digg me down"
      • tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9You realize the abusive sexism is mostly satire, right?
      • juggrnaut, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1ASL?
    • jake8689, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5i wonder if you will break 500 diggs
      also what is digg up recored
      • arcooke, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8It's in the thousands.
      • bairy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1For stories... 40,000 or so
        For comments... 2500 is the highest I've seen, it's likely to be higher now.
      • SteeleyDan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Search for the story titled "WOW players girlfriend bakes birthday cake" or soemthing like that. The first comment has about 3500 diggs, think its the most dugg comment
    • plasticmind, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Freaking hilarious.
    • AnotherThought, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Whoopah!
    • smpx, on 10/10/2007, -13/+2for that matter, what is a woman doing getting an education?
    • cgruber, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Gil needs to visit his gynecologist.
  • pjs1840, on 10/10/2007, -71/+10ROFLOLMAOMG! SURELY THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO A MAC!


    /fanboy
    • accessviolation, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Actually, if you read the article... the laptop survives... so that comment makes no sense. It might have been funny if were poignant... no probably not.
      • nontitle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3oh mee gosh!!! let's stick a mac into an oven@!@!
        -
        seriously, it'll probably last 3 minutes, tops. with the oven turned off.
  • StarmanDXE, on 10/10/2007, -92/+2Wait a minute... Why did he tell her he was cooking fries when there weren't even any fries in the oven! What a liar! Dump his @$$.
    • rebopper, on 10/10/2007, -3/+87Ovens require a preheat. You suck. Buried.
      • StarmanDXE, on 10/10/2007, -12/+0Um, duh? But all that says is that he was "going" to make fries. Not that he "was" making fries...
        • tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm digging you down.

          edit: I'm going to digg you down.
      • fejus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5(Going in this context) .... after he PREHEATS the oven he was GOING to make fries ...
      • nontitle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"You suck. Buried."
        damn, i am using that from now on.
    • grapeape25, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15He was preheating the oven?
    • accessviolation, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Epic Fail at life.
    • ErrorBorn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0When the "Oh, *****" factor hit him, he had to say something. He couldn't say we're having baked laptop for dinner.
  • StrikerObi, on 10/10/2007, -11/+17This makes sense though. Baking is a dry heat, and they only had it at 300 degrees for 5 minutes, which isn't too bad.
    • nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4I was pushed into a lake a few months ago with cell phone (Treo 650) and camera (Casio Exilim ES600) in my pockets. I immediately went inside, removed the batteries (I didn't want to risk cooking two Li-Ion batteries inside someone else's house), and cooked both items at about 250 for 10 minutes to try to remove all of the water.

      Luckily the camera survived completely, the Treo on the other hand lost the backlight on the screen and all use of it's antenna. The IR worked, though, so I got all my contacts off of it.
      • superpotential, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11next time, you shouldn't do that. you should first remove the batteries, set them aside to dry completely, and then dunk the electronics in *deionized* water for several minutes, then repeat 2-3 times with fresh baths of deionized water, and then dry them completely in a room for at least a couple of nights.
        • transfuse, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Great. I always have *deionized* water handy.
        • TKDEE, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3You can make it with a Brita filter.
          • SoulDesigner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1pfft no way would brita filter remove all ions, sorry, but u gonna have some salts and impurities left behind
          • TKDEE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1A water dionizer in a lab is basically a really long Brita filter. It basically catches ions with Carbon which is only loosely tied to it's 4 valence electrons.
          • TKDEE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1From Wikipedia: First the water passes through a 20 micrometre interference (mesh or screen filter) filter to remove sand and dust particles, second, a charcoal filter (activated carbon) to remove organics and chlorine, third stage, a de-ionizing filter to remove metallic ions.

            The second stage is basically a Brita filter. Honestly tap water is good enough for most electronics as long as you've removed any source of power.
        • captmorgan555, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Is deionized water the same as distilled water?
          • ChildeRoland420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I don't think so, but distilled water should work.
      • SocialPoison, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Follow superpotential's advice...

        and while you're waiting for it to dry... make the person who pushed you in buy you a new camera and treo. Or just hit them with a bat... whichever.
        • michaelschade, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Or make them (not-so) spontaneously combust.
      • Manuelmty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I would have cooked the ***** who pushed me first.
    • 13B1303, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3They are lucky the solder didnt reflow and all the SMT components go sliding off the mobo
  • Twister47, on 10/10/2007, -31/+2"and if the house burns down the computer'd be okay"

    urrr.. isn't the point of the oven to make whatever is inside hot? So I assume if there was a fire surrounding the oven.. it would likely also be hot inside the oven?
    • dorkino, on 10/10/2007, -13/+4Yeah... fireproof safe a oven is not.
    • davatron, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2She's using the oven like a fire-proof safe. I
    • rebopper, on 10/10/2007, -2/+49An oven is extremely well insulated, so if the fire was outside, it would be ok inside the oven. An oven can get to over 500° inside and you can stand in the kitchen without being cooked yourself. It works both ways.
    • Zixaphir, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9An oven kinda works like an ice case -- it tends to keep whatever is in it at the temperature that it is at, for quite awhile. Assuming its an electic oven, it'd probably be the most fireproof thing in your kitchen, as it's built to be as such.
    • AdamFromMyspace, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4It's a well-insulated box with a heating element in it. If the heating element were to be placed outside the box (i.e. fire), it would stay a comfortable temperature in the oven. It's not some magical box that cooks things. Seriously.
    • altgeeky1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3>So I assume if there was a fire surrounding the oven.. it would likely also be hot inside the oven?
      Eventually all of the energy will dissipate out through the oven (unless it has a vent or hood) but it is gradual due to oven insulation. Without the insulation, your point is true (and the kitchen would probably be too hot to work in also).

      This wasn't a stupid idea if she lived alone she would remember it due to excess worry drilling it into her brain. People store money in freezers. Of course, freezer temps don't hurt money but the idea (hiding things where a rushing robber might not look) is valid. She needs to find something else to hide the laptop in... such as a box of cereal or something.

      The real problem is the apartment is not secure. That probably means the building is not up to code and I would have a word with the landlord!
    • DapperScoo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12It's like how Superman kept his powers and defeated the bad guys in Superman 2.
      • frostieDude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That's the exact same explanation the salesman gave me at the appliance store when I asked how the oven I was buying worked.
  • soulonice, on 10/10/2007, -21/+6HELLO!!!! IS THIS THING ON??? DATELINE 2005!!!
  • mpn401, on 10/10/2007, -6/+160Don't get a new case. That thing looks AWESOME!
    • MrSketch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Agreed. That would be the envy of any LAN party.
    • noamsml, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Yeah, until is short-circuits because there are HUGE ***** HOLES in the case.
  • mehan, on 10/10/2007, -14/+89Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - goddamn, this ***** is old.
    • SkippyDoorknob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Everything old is new again
    • Jeffler, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10This story tells the future! (The Xbox 360 launched that day...big surprise?)
      • crawf061, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16How embarrassing for you to know that
        • Jeffler, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It also happens to be my birthday, so of course I remember things that happen on it...
      • Manuelmty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4xbox? hmm speaking of overheating ....
    • po43292, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3The internet is old. But think of how much ***** you still haven't read/seen yet even if it's a couple yrs old.
      Edit: Unless you're on Digg.
  • jcm267, on 10/10/2007, -29/+310Only a woman would use an oven as a place to store a laptop.
    • ubuwalker31, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4Or, a Marxist-feminist. (w/e the fuq dat is!)
    • ronaldinho, on 10/10/2007, -19/+4at the same time, you just don't turn on the oven for no reason, and you would first check the inside of the oven if you are going to use it......her boyfriend is a ***** dumbass
      • PleaseJustDie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18I use the oven all the time, I don't open it up every time and go "yep, no one put their laptop in the oven since the last time I looked." Most men, *probably all*, don't store things in the oven. When there is something in the oven, the oven is cooking. So most of us don't think about what could be in the oven before turning it on because *hello* its a oven not a cupboard or closet.
      • chedabob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7HE WAS PREHEATING THE ***** THING!!! Read the rest of the digg comments god damnit.
    • phaed, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Someones gotta smack the marxist-feminist out of that broad.
    • Eliza101, on 10/10/2007, -12/+7The rampant sexism on Digg is astounding.
      • Neiby, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7It's the radical nutball version of feminism espoused by the author that brings out the sexism. It's done more to irritate women who think like that than it is to irritate rational, normal women.
        • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1it's irritated every woman on this thread. i guess we are all nuts for liking digg.
      • WallnutBoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10rampant sexism, but no rampant sex... =(
      • Herbster1986, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1and hilarious
    • skyfire1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1My grandma used a oven as a cupboard before we put her in a nursing home.
  • Aereo, on 10/10/2007, -17/+3It's like mowing your lawn and finding a car.
  • techweenie1, on 10/10/2007, -24/+131Her boyfriends sounds like one pussified bitch...
    • ronaldinho, on 10/10/2007, -25/+5And her boyfriend thought he was making french fries without checking 1) whether his girl's laptop is in the oven and 2) whether there is no french fries in the oven? That guy is a ***** dumbass, she should have just dumped him on the spot for that.
    • andyd273, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4The fact that he didn't leave her already shows that... or that he's desperate
      • blaket, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Or she can do that special thing with her tongue.
    • frostieDude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Actually she just doesn't want to admit she's a lez.
  • mrhaines, on 10/10/2007, -30/+6The story would have been better if it said:

    I am writing this from the melted laptop...it still wor....pzzzft....zap....thump.

    Update: Unfortunately the laptop did not work as well as was thought and the writer of this story was electrocuted. Please send donations to her boyfriend for the funeral and a new macbook.
    • Tourney3p0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25Jokes are supposed to be funny.
    • LordofShadows, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I'm sad now...
    • iticu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3A bad joke.
      Had to be a Mac user.

      =p
    • mattcoady, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Do computers actually complete sentences in their dying sounds?

      King Arthur: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaaauuuggghhhh'. He'd just say it.
      Sir Galahad: Maybe he was dictating it.
  • chronichyjinx, on 10/10/2007, -12/+9Dell is on a roll for starting to do things right!
    • Touchy610, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Ummmm...Tuesday, November 22, 2005.

      Starting? I think not.
  • JD52, on 10/10/2007, -7/+18Of course it's a Dell and it still works after all that heat. They've had tons of experience flame proofing it with the whole exploding battery event.
  • h3ndrix, on 10/10/2007, -14/+5That's such a ***** laptop, I think he was doing her a favor.
    • redfox2600, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Despite all the Dell haters out there, Dells are probably the best and cheapest laptops you can get for under $1k. Hell I even got one under $500 a few times.
      • h3ndrix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'm not a Dell hater, I just happen to own a Dell XPS.

        With that said, my laptop IS the ***** oven judging from the fact the video card has been overheating...
      • PleaseJustDie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I will never ever buy a dell laptop again. I spent 1500 bucks on it, had a 1 year warranty, motherboard died 1 year and 3 days after I bought it and they wanted 800 more bucks to repair it.
        • tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You bought a $1500 Dell? Their specialty is budget laptops.
      • MarkOfTheDead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3the "a few times" part scares me a little.
        • redfox2600, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How you just use coupon codes that and promos. I mean your paying $500 for a machine that you can use to type essays and power point presentations nothing too powerful. So you can get it pretty cheap.
    • IrishIllini08, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2bought a dell inspiron 1100... I think their cheapest and ***** model at the time... in 2003 for $500 with a case... used it for college and work everyday since and have yet to have a problem... thing runs great... my 2 roomates bought a higher dell model (5500) a week before me and theyve also had no problems. I think 4.5+ years for $500 is a damn good deal.
  • LordofShadows, on 10/10/2007, -11/+4"I accomplish all of the following in under 3.8 minutes:"
    And yet she still doesnt think to backup her data. (Not to mention you could just go to your universities central library and finish your papers...)
    • nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Are you saying she should have backed up her data in that 3.8 minutes? With a laptop that was still at roughly 300 degrees?
      • LordofShadows, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Cause that makes sense.
      • p0tent1al, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2That certainly didn't stop her from being an idiot, and turning her computer on, at the expense of all her stuff in the computer, to write a piece for some ***** feminist site, so much for that theory.
  • spartan9817, on 10/10/2007, -19/+1WTF, she cooks hers and it works, and i drop mine from like 6 inches then i'm completely *****, also how didnt he see the laptop in the oven, did she have it in the very bottom or is her bf just a bonafide dumbass; although i hit a church sign with my car so i can't talk
    • surfandwork, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Probably happened when he was preheating the oven. Too bad most Diggers don't know that you have to preheat the oven since you guys live at home with your mommy.
    • DoMifer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17You don't have to look into the oven to preheat it.
    • mattcoady, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15I can't believe how many people in these comments have never used an oven before.
      • Akaji, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6This is Digg - think about how many of these people still live with their parents.
        • Azimuth1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I live with my parents. But I'm only 18 and have only just finished school. Living with your parents doesn't necessarily mean you don't know anything. I've preheated the oven plenty of times and didn't think of that when I initially thought, wtf, he didn't even put the chips in.
    • Jeeum, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Yes you can talk, and you did, unfortunately.
    • Jeeum, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Yes you can talk, and you did, unfortunately.
    • Jeeum, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Yes you can talk, and you did, unfortunately.
  • xero69, on 10/10/2007, -3/+48Very clever hiding place actually. Just take the knob off the ovens temperature setting thing after you hide the laptop in there to remind yourself and others that it's in there. I would have built a false bottom for the clothes hamper myself. I doubt a burglar is going to go through my dirty clothes!
    • Toloran, on 10/10/2007, -0/+45One problem with that: Pantie Thieves
      • bawilson2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26You have to watch out for those thieves stealing guys "panties"
        • nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4I think Toloran was referring to those few 'women' who actually own computers (like the one in the article). Lord knows every laptop owner is a guy.
      • dynamitehacker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14That might finally complete the business plans of the underpants gnomes.

        1. Collect underpants
        2. Find hidden laptop
        3. Profit!
      • aadnk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Lay off the Ranma, please.
    • DoMifer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Only the ones that read digg comments
    • absolutroot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3or a safe works nicely too... you know they make those for the home now.
      • georgiom, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I wish it could be that simple. I've been robbed, and the safe I used for keeping my cookies safe from the ever hungry, WoW obsessed room mate was one of the many stolen items. Thankfully most of the contents were moved the prior day.... to my stomach.
  • HayString, on 10/10/2007, -0/+45damnit! when you click on the pics where she shows off her windows product key you get "image not available" :(
  • rebotfc, on 10/10/2007, -22/+16This is why women are irrational crazy lunatics they keep a laptop in the oven, don't back up, then its the guys fault the laptop melts.

    GFG can't live with 'em cant live without #em.
    • fhornplayer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Totally. This girl made a mistake, so all women must be psycho bitches. Makes perfect sense.
      • frostieDude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You wouldn't think one wouldn't cause the other, but in my experience all women are in fact psycho bitches.
  • tuxidomasx, on 10/10/2007, -17/+72on the one hand, i am slightly annoyed that she thought the oven was a good place to store her laptop

    but on the other hand, i can see how a woman might be naturally inclined to utilize the oven to solve a problem.

    although her effort was amusing, it was also commendable. more women should show this kind of initiative when it comes to ovens.

    i would suggest hiding the laptop in the broom closet next time, as there should be less risk of accidentally destroying it. depending on her specialty (either cooking or cleaning) it may even be more convenient.
    • AnotherThought, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5well... she might accidentally used it as dust pan
  • Palintheus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7There has got to be a better place than in the oven; fridge, bolt a safe to the floor....I'm sure just about any place other than the oven..
    • bobcatred, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12You know, a lot of ovens have a pots and pans drawer underneath... I doubt a thief would be looking for pots and pans either....
      • LacY, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Except that w/ some ovens, the pan drawer underneath can also get really hot. If my oven is on for an extended period of time, i have to use pot holders to get a cookie sheet out.
        • Protoss, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Sure it gets hot, but not as hot as the actual oven.
    • mrfior2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Yea but if her boyfriend forgot to check the actual oven before making fries there's no way he's going to check the drawer.
      • KyleGoetz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The drawer isn't in the oven, dude. It's below.
  • pu-z, on 10/10/2007, -1/+65...and to this very day, she still doesnt' have valid backups.
  • sumgi, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4I wonder if it burned any of that slackware out of there, the Dell extra lean recipe.
  • tdgx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Preemptive strike, if the oven didn't get it, the exploding battery would have.
  • DarkMeld, on 10/10/2007, -8/+7..until she has to deal with Dell tech support
    • geneticlemon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8But, you see, she doesn't _have_ to call tech support because her laptop is working.
  • iamsamsamiam, on 10/10/2007, -13/+8Wow, I don't know what to say. Barely enough time to finish assignments for class but enough time to post a personal blog. This is exactly the type of person who spends countless hours on Facebook and Myspace and whatever new time wasting webapp on the net.

    Oh damn, I'm on digg...
  • hartley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13It's a Dali Dell.
  • tubeblender, on 10/10/2007, -28/+1"But the story's not over. I'm happy to report that I am not typing this from my boyfriend's computer.

    I'm working from the melted laptop you see above."

    So, which is it? Was it your computer or your boyfriend's in the oven? If it works, why in the hell would you have to use his to 'type this message' you stupid *****.

    On a secondary note, all thieves that read digg will now check the oven for laptops to steal. Hope they steal your oven next time.

    Or rather, maybe you and your idiot boyfriend belong together as who puts fries in the oven and doesn't notice his own laptop sitting there? You deserve each other. I wonder where you keep your cash? The toaster? The blender? /wink Shake anyone?


    • geneticlemon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12You're an idiot.
      • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2wait. in keeping with the tone of this thread, don't you mean, "all men are idiots"?
    • tico24, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7She would have used his because hers melted in the oven? And it wasn't his in the oven, it was hers. RTFA.
      • tubeblender, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Missed the 'not' part in my own ***** quote. Slaps self in face.
        ***** it. I quit the internet.
      • tubeblender, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1Wait a second, she was using hers and not his because hers was in the oven and it worked after, and you are telling me to read the ***** article? You're just as ***** backwards as I am.
    • LesterWallace, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5FAIL.
    • DoMifer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7...don't have kids.
      • tubeblender, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1i dugg you up, because that was ***** hilarious... and i can laugh at myself.
    • richid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Cripes, was the story really that hard to understand?
  • OrangeTide, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4Well they cook those chips when they wave solder them onto the circuit boards. So I guess they would be okay. pretty amazing though. I think the batteries might have some problems though.

    reflow toaster: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/present.php?p=Reflow%20Toaster
  • Lessthntim, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5Wow, thanks a lot, i was wondering why i came out of her house empty handed.... I'll be sure to loot ovens from now on.
  • roosterIsACock, on 10/10/2007, -18/+1"Girl's boyfriend". You are GAY.
  • hokie47, on 10/10/2007, -10/+3I have something called a 12 gauge shotgun to keep my laptop safe. And when I am not there it is called insurance.
  • geneticlemon, on 10/10/2007, -6/+12***** YEAH, DELL. That ***** will go through a tornado and still come up telling me I have mail in my inbox.
  • kd1s, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5The thing that saved her was that the motherboard and other electronics are flowed on at high temperatures, around 300F.

    Since a computer motherboard is made by applying solder to individual chips, then placing them on the board and exposing to high heat it explains why it wasn't completely cooked.

    She got lucky.
    • mcdonn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Actually, we reflow our PCB's at 240 degrees Celcius. Which works out to about 464 degrees Fahrenheit. Going to lead-free solder brings the temps up even higher.

      Hand soldering uses tip temperatures of 600 - 650 F. 300 degrees is nothing for most PCB components.
  • Mikey9oo, on 10/10/2007, -8/+18Could this girl possibly be any stupider?
    • sacherjj, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Yes. I mean she doesn't post on Digg, so there is still room for improvement.
    • t1andonlywall, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8yes, she could have kept her cash in the oven too, for safe keeping.
    • abandonedhero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3You're one to talk Mikey. It's "more stupid" not "stupider."
      • krakhed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that "stupider" was intentional.
    • pogfreak, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2She could be a "marxist"...

      oh wait...
    • computerdave, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2My grandmother hardly uses her oven and doesn't have much cabinet space in the kitchen so she stores cereal and crackers in the oven. Just thought I'd share that little nugget; but you get my commentdigg for using the word "stupider"
  • JJsays, on 10/10/2007, -18/+2My friend had to kill and cut up his girlfriend, stuffed her in a bag for doing the same, WHOOOPS, heheheh never mind.
  • kb7735, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24I've intentionally cooked cell-phones, a cordless phone and a cam corder in my oven when they got wet (left outside, dived in pool, etc).

    Set the oven at 170, popped em open a little and cooked for ~ 10 min to dry em out, then a slow cool down.

    They went from dead & water logged (like you could see the water in the cell phone screen) to completely working! Figured I'd share that tip.
    • aflaks, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4not to mention they are now warm and toasty!
    • kjcdude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10So many ways that could go wrong
      • tokenring3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Had one of 4 flashdrives go bad in the laundry. Set atop the dryer, the last two were OK.
  • parax, on 10/10/2007, -2/+60What kind of wimpy guy only cooks french fries at 300 degrees? That's how you get soggy weak ass fries that take half an hour to cook. Deep fry that *****! And keep the laptop in the deep fryer because most crooks wouldn't stick there hand into a vat of nasty grease for a laptop that probably won't work anyway, but now that you know that ***** can withstand the heat the joke will be on them!
  • retsig, on 10/10/2007, -17/+4DING! LAPTOP'S DONE
    hehehehe
    DING! LAPTOP'S DONE

    ...
    • sacherjj, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4At least try:

      I work at Dell support making users want to kill themselves, i use hold a lot
      Would you like protection plan with that?
      Would you like protection plan with that?

      Ding, laptop's done.
      Ding, laptop's done.
      Ding, laptop's done.
      Ding, laptop's done.

      Don't store laptops in hot over, it really melts bad
      and so do cell phones.
      Would you like protection plan with that?
      Would you like protection plan with that?

      Where is my Dell?
      What's with my Dell?
      Look at my Dell,
      Dude WHAT THE HELL!
  • bkrishnan, on 10/10/2007, -23/+16Am I the only person who thinks hiding the the laptop in the oven is a good idea?
    • psg188, on 10/10/2007, -3/+28Yes.
    • DeFex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26sometimes i put leftover pizza in there and i can tell you it is very easy to forget until there is a lot of smoke from the almost burning cardboard box.
    • Naga10, on 10/10/2007, -11/+4Nope.
    • hellotyler, on 10/10/2007, -3/+14The ***** OVEN is the best you can come up with. THE OVEN. I am disappointed in you. The oven is a BAD idea. There are plenty of BETTER and SAFER hiding places.
      • sinrtb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Name one in a studio apartment.
        • sacherjj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Back of a file cabinet. Under a dresser. Bottom of a clothes hamper. Under your towels. In the pantry. Under a couch.
      • mrfior2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Your COMMENT makes RIDICULOUS use of CAPS LOCK. CAPS LOCK. But I STILL dugg it UP. Also, WHY is DIGG not RECOGNIZED by the SPELL CHECKER. SPELL CHECKER.
    • Chassit, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Yes, I do believe that you are.
    • mightyzug, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7no you are not the only one, there's alot of other stupid people out there.
    • theinfobox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5If you use the oven for storage, you should unplug it or turn off the gas valve under the cabinet.
    • Eliza101, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4I think it's a good idea if you're living alone, but she should have found a better place once her boyfriend moved in.
      The type of person that could cook his/her OWN laptop in the oven probably wouldn't have the intelligence to actually hide it in the first place.
    • krakhed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I don't know why she wouldn't take her laptop with her if her neighborhood wasn't safe.
      • jubba, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3For that exact reason. Nothing says 'mug me' like a person carrying a laptop.
    • TracerMan, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0I have to say, it's a good idea. I would never look if I"m a robber.
    • Braeden, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Buried for yes.
  • tubeblender, on 10/10/2007, -19/+5It's a diggdown fest by angry white bitches who leave their boyfriend's computer in the oven.
    • JJsays, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2It was her way of clearing the web logs of her trips to the dating site.
      • sacherjj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Wow, and to think, Distrust on Firefox would have worked. People really would rather do it the "hard way" than use anything open source... :)
    • abandonedhero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2It was her computer, not his. Also, I've dugg down every comment you've made so far - only to show you that you're an idiot.
    • queenstarsha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1dugg down, reported, blocked.
  • BuzWeaver, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1Must be the same people who get *accidentally* pregnant.
  • bradbeattie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Note to author: fate has graciously handed you an opportunity to back up your data (which you failed to do in the first place). Take it while you have it as that laptop might not last too long, by the looks of it.
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