Fun With Microwaves
And here you thought that monkeying with microwaves was for professionals.
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And here you thought that monkeying with microwaves was for professionals.
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Fun With Microwaves
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It will, however, cook you if you're dumb enough to stand there long enough.
One of the two valuable lessons The Tubes song "What Do You Want from Life?" taught me was "don't watch the food cook". The other was the description "a baby's arm holding an apple".
One of the two valuable lessons The Tubes song "What Do You Want from Life?" taught me was "don't watch the food cook". The other was the description "a baby's arm holding an apple".
Was very disappointed the minute of blackness at the end didn't come to anything.
Otherwise, very insightful. I now know how microwaves work and know not to put nothing in a microwave. I also know how big Laserdiscs are now. Who the hell though they were a good idea?
Calumon: It's bigger than me! D:
Otherwise, very insightful. I now know how microwaves work and know not to put nothing in a microwave. I also know how big Laserdiscs are now. Who the hell though they were a good idea?
Calumon: It's bigger than me! D:
And here I was thinking I knew how microwaves worked. I would be interested in what Cam majored in in college to learn this. Chemical engineering maybe.
Science Cam is Science Paul's arch-nemesis.War Penguin said:I now want a segment called "Science with Cam."
OT: That minute of darkness tricked me into thinking there were more! D:
You mentioned dry marshmallows, what happens to a wet marshmallow in the microwave?
"So, while it's obviously a terrible idea to take your microwave's grill off, it's not the instant death ray you may think."
There goes that world domination plan
"So, while it's obviously a terrible idea to take your microwave's grill off, it's not the instant death ray you may think."
There goes that world domination plan
When laserdiscs came out, the 12" LP was still a very popular music format. The laserdisc fit in the same bins that people were buying music from, so it seemed natural from a marketing standpoint. They also didn't look so comically large in that context.Jack and Calumon said:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk]
And first gen tech is ALWAYS huge. Floppies were eight inches across and hard drives were the size of sporting events [http://catb.org/jargon/html/W/washing-machine.html].
Everyone who didn't like the quality of VHS. Ah, those were the days. Better quality, but rare, expensive, and then there was panic about "laser rot".Jack and Calumon said:
And first gen tech is ALWAYS huge. Floppies were eight inches across and hard drives were the size of sporting events [http://catb.org/jargon/html/W/washing-machine.html].
Well, the microwave was a re-purposed radar antenna from the late 50's early 60's. The primary materials a microwave is used to excite are water, fat, and protein. Failing that, microwaves will go for sugar molecules causing them to expand. A wet marshmallow will expand as a marshmallow does, while it heats up as the water molecules are excited.TimeLord said:You mentioned dry marshmallows, what happens to a wet marshmallow in the microwave?
"So, while it's obviously a terrible idea to take your microwave's grill off, it's not the instant death ray you may think."
There goes that world domination plan
There was surprisingly little complaining about the cleanup required and surprisingly much science by Cam.
If it's any consolation, you could still use a microwave magnetron to fry electronics at a distance. And the world needs electronics.TimeLord said:You mentioned dry marshmallows, what happens to a wet marshmallow in the microwave?
"So, while it's obviously a terrible idea to take your microwave's grill off, it's not the instant death ray you may think."
There goes that world domination plan
I really learned something today. I wouldn't mind seeing a science segment because it was actually interesting.
