Evidently, a few X-Box(s) got toasty and Microsoft decided to go pro-active and organized a recall campaign. Our replacement power cable arrived a few days ago and it is beefy. Over-engineered with integral sensors and warning LED as well as built-in circuit breaker, test and re-set buttons. It came with an 11 page “X-Box Protection Cord Manual” too. This assures that my son’s gaming platform won’t go up in flames. Good liability insulation. In the bigger scheme of things, I wonder if their action (fix) will raise the bar and (all/most) future consumer appliance will now come so equipped.

Heck. FORD (singed by it’s SUV roll-over controversy) is now recommending that tires be replaced every _____ months regardless of wear and tear (!). How long before the other car owners manual has adopted similar fine print.