>> I guess I just *assumed* that a safety-critical feature like "don't 
>> burn down my house" would be hard-wired into the device. 
> 
> I don't think CPU temperature is safety critical. The CPU basically 
> burns out before the heat gets high enough to set anything outside the 
> case on fire.

Well, perhaps. But CPU temperature is *utterly* critical to being able 
to continue using your laptop. If it gets hot enough, the CPU will burn 
out, and then your laptop is a very expensive paper weight. (!)

I'd be... kind of "upset" if that happened to me. o_O

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