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4 Responses to "Book News for Tuesday, April 14, 2009"
DeniseB
April 16, 2009 at 05:16 PM
Wow, so a book can handle up to what, about 451 degrees fahrenheit? A Kindle cannot even stand up to FIRE as well as a book! What a load.
Brockman
April 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM
From my informal laboratory testing, the Kindle 2 catches fire at 70 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Not that I can prove this, but we've learned that there's so much science cannot prove...
DeniseB
April 14, 2009 at 08:06 PM
Oh, it's political Brockman - my favorite! I was really missing that guy! As for the Kindle, any idea how many degree's fahrenheit it will take to make it burn?!
DeniseB
April 14, 2009 at 08:04 PM
Oh, it's political Brockman - my favorite! I was really missing that guy! As for the Kindle, any idea how many degree's farenheit it will take to make it burn?!
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