WARNING- Don't Use Your iPOD Software To Navigate Your Airplane.

Seriously, did I have to fucking tell you that?

I'm not even shitting you. I bought an ipod this week and the user agreement / license  had me laughing my ass off.  Yes, fuckhead I actually read those 4,000 page bullshit agreements because you never know when they might slip a little "we own your soul and will be connecting our computer to yours permanently to use it as a host for illicit activities." clause in there.

Most of this one was the usual bullshit. "we make no warranty expressed or implied....merchantability or fitness of purpose... blah blah blah."

Then came the part that made me snort beer out my nostrils. (Damn that stings)

THE iPOD SOFTWARE AND iPOD SOFTWARE UPDATES ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES...

I really want to know what caused this disclaimer to be needed. Was Homer Simpson on duty one day, bored out of his mind and thought that if he used that shitty iTUNES software to control the core temperature of the reactor it might pulsate to the beat of the nearest Bob Marley tune? What. The. Fuck.  This is akin to buying a blender and having a disclaimer on it that reads "Warning this blender will not shingle your doghouse with pancakes. However, if you were driving your boat down the road and all four wheels fell off, what would you do for a Klondike bar?"

It gets better:

...AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

Seriously. The first time I board an Airbus A-320 that says "This flight deck software  by iTUNES" on the side I think I will leap from the jetway to my death and save myself from the inevitable slow spiral to the ground  that is bound to ensue as soon as some asshole turns on his cellphone. As soon as Apple and Microsoft can make software for a home computer that wont crash and has 100% reliability and quadruple redundancy, we can talk about life and death applications. Speaking of death....

LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE iPOD SOFTWARE OR iPOD SOFTWARE UPDATES COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.

What team of lawyers got paid to write this disclaimer? Honestly. Who had to sit around and think of every ridiculous way someone could try and use this software? If I'm on life support, trust me it won't say "POWERED BY ITUNES"  Coors maybe...

What the fuck kind of overly litigious society do we live in where Apple has to tell people not to use a tiny piece of software to run life support equipment or fly a plane. This is beyond ludicrous.

Originally Posted  6-17-07