Darwin award :D

[ghoule211]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/xbox_teen/

[delanvital]

heh, if he managed to remove himself from the gene pool he would definitely be a candidate.. or have been

[smite]

Good water cooling idea that.... Might give it a go.

[T-Bag]

Mineral Oil would have worked....ionised water, no.
I mean come on even if he'd done a good job of water-proofing it first, it would have leaked at some point. And then best case senario he wrecks his X-Box.

[Gorion]

stupidity at its best :S

[Bk]

When I read the title of that article I must admit I was hoping for some sort of halfways humanly conceivable explanation, but instead, I get "A North Carolina teenager who decided the best way to cool his Xbox's overheating power supply was to stick it in a bowl of water".
Jesus Christ, what a waste of space.