Disclaimers Gone Wrong
When logging into iTunes today, I was informed via pop-up that a new version had been launched and was ready to download. While it was downloading, I did something I almost never do. I read the long agreement before clicking "I agree."
The following is a snippet from that agreement:
THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.
So. Does anyone want to explain to me how I can use iTunes in any of these ways? I mean, sure, music is very important to me, but iTunes as life support?
posted by Michelle @ 9:59 PM
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3 Comments:
Well, when I was in Kansas, my iPod certainly was life support. And it wasn't a pretty sight when the software locked up one afternoon, and the master computer with the master copy of iTunes was 5000 miles away.
The disclaimer didn't really originate with Apple. In days of Yore, (or is that days of Mine?) there were some pretty nasty crashes involving a certain company from Redmond, Washington. But now they all say it.
Wonder if that has something to do with why you can't use a cell phone in a hospital (not that I would, especially since mine has no battery). Maybe iPods have some sort of evil life-machine-interferring radio waves. I want to know what they mean by "environmental." I mean, some of the stuff one has loaded into an iPod could cause great environmental damage if the sound would happen to escape out into the atmosphere.
Near Death Patient: Nurse, what does this button do?
Nurse: Oh, honey, that's the Ipod button. Don't push that one. EVER.
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