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I just have to ask:

Jul 12, 2007 7:37AM PDT
Happy
Is God unhappy with technology?


CNN: Experts warn of lightning-strike injuries with iPods

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But will that lightning bolt be
Jul 12, 2007 7:45AM PDT

sent to the IM partner simultaneously? Better make sure you umbrella has ribs and a chute made of fiberglass that's approved for use in an electrical storm as well. Paul Harvey puts it best when he says "Just so you won't run out of things to worry about.....". Happy

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(NT) That was my alternate subject line. :-)
Jul 12, 2007 2:02PM PDT
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I don't think iPods do IM...
Jul 12, 2007 2:13PM PDT

at least mine doesn't. Just plays music. Newer ones play video.

But consider, if you take any metal object and run wires from it to your ears and are then struck by lightning, what's gonna happen? Seems like an obvious thing to me, and a real non-story.

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(NT) What about iPhone? FM, phone, iPod ...
Jul 12, 2007 3:50PM PDT
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i guess a bolt of lightning hitting you is
Jul 12, 2007 4:12PM PDT

gods version of Alt+Ctrl+Del with a little Anti-Virus,Format and return to sender thrown in

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NOW you've done it!
Jul 12, 2007 4:29PM PDT

Now I'll have to put up with people talking about 'The Hacker Upstairs'.

If I gave you an iPod, would you wear it? Happy

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would i wear it?
Jul 12, 2007 5:17PM PDT

of course!! and every time i pressed "play" i would look at the clear sky and think "god DOES have a sense of humour"

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i-Pod in "1984"
Jul 12, 2007 5:20PM PDT