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Important notice for certain AC wall plug adapters and World Travel Adapter Kits

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The last paragraph (starting with "Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984.") seems weirdly out of place here. Ignoring that it forgets the Apple II series, isn't "empowering people" exactly what this recall is meant to avoid?

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." -George Orwell, 1984

"Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology -- where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests purveying contradictory truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death, and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!" -Apple, 1984

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face -- for ever. - George Orwell, 1984

"I’m still in boot camp." - Steve Jobs, 1985

The circle of life rotates fast[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axSnW-ygU5g

And furiously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EExgxtJjRS8

"Feel Different"

Looks like boilerplate that probably gets attached to every press release.

I think he was making a joke; empowering -> giving power to -> shocking (via faulty plugs).

Apple's shocking three pronged approach to empowering their users.

This is just the wall-adapter head for Hong Kong/Singapore/UK being fragile and they're offering free replacements for affected customers. Seems like the right way to deal with this, and they've done similar replacements in the past for other power adapters.

They did this for Australia a few years ago.

> white, with no letters in the inside slot

You can identify it by the lack of identifying marks.

Now, to be fair, only a small number of users find being shocked with 240V to be a negative experience...

I'm not positive about that, and would currently direct you to some alternating explanations.

that's quite a shockingly negative view of the world you have, keep current with more positive news would probably make you see watt is important

This is a terrible pun run. I will cleanse myself with a simple mantra:

Ohmmmmm... Ohmmmmm... Ohmmmmm...

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