I suspect the guy in the wired.com story was just enjoying it too much. :-)
The Stylus Epic seize-up I wrote about a few months ago was also accompanied
by the battery end of the camera getting hot. I pulled the battery.
Andrew
> Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 16:22:26 +0200
> From: Dizel <webmaster@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] Maybe he was glad to see me... - OT?
>
>> A friend noticed a wisp of smoke coming from the pants pocket that held his
>> Minolta P&S. He got it out in time to avoid damage to the pants or his child
>> making ability.
>
> Technology is definitely evil. Similar story:
> http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56552,00.html
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