[HN Gopher] Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches (1994)
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Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches (1994)
Author : shepherdjerred
Score : 63 points
Date : 2022-07-01 19:14 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.pmichaud.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.pmichaud.com)
| CivBase wrote:
| Thankfully this article uses GIF thumnails instead of the full
| sized images. Thanks to that, I was able to load the page very
| quickly with my 500 Mbps bandwidth.
| kloch wrote:
| In the mid 1990's someone in my office put pop tarts in the
| microwave and mis-typed the time by an extra digit or something
| and walked back to his desk.
|
| The entire 7 story building was evacuated and the fire department
| called because of the smoke. There was so much smoke everyone
| thought the building itself was on fire.
| hervature wrote:
| I assume you commit seppuku at that point to restore your
| honor.
| thecolorblew wrote:
| No, just sudoku
| CoastalCoder wrote:
| Puzzling response.
| jkubicek wrote:
| In the late 90s, someone in my house decided to put an orange
| in a microwave for 30+ minutes just for the hell of it.
|
| Nothing happened for the first 20 minutes or so, but then the
| orange cracked open and belched out thick black smoke that
| smelled _disgusting_.
|
| At some point I'm going to sacrifice an old microwave and
| recreate this experiment outside; I'm desperate to know what
| the heck is going on with that microwaved orange.
| chiph wrote:
| A niece did something like that as her high school science
| fair project. She got a cheap microwave from Walmart, then
| tested theories on how long various items would last before
| becoming a smoking pile, based on their sugar, fat, and
| protein content.
| userbinator wrote:
| One of many interesting articles from a time when "clickbait" had
| not been invented (although the title is itself somewhat
| attractive.) I can certainly imagine what it would look like if
| this article were written today.
|
| _Last Updated: 2G August 1994_
|
| For a second I thought that was a 6, but it's actually a _G_. I
| wonder if there 's any significance to that?
| supportengineer wrote:
| This is the web I really miss!
| beej71 wrote:
| Right?
|
| The crazy thing is I remembered the title from way back then as
| soon as I saw it in my RSS feed. The web was a small place.
| andrewmg wrote:
| > (At this point the researchers became somewhat concerned that
| the noise from the toaster would wake the neighbors and attract
| undue attention. However, we decided that we were already
| committed to the experiment and that the neighbors would be able
| to sacrifice some sleep in the name of science.)
|
| Problematic to conduct human research without any noted IRB
| approval.
| noja wrote:
| pmichaud is the original author of the excellent
| https://www.pmwiki.org/
| iasay wrote:
| Now I feel old. I remember reading that in about 1997 on a Pipex
| dialup.
| jwilk wrote:
| (1994)
| dang wrote:
| Added above. Thanks!
| audozeawayy wrote:
| There is a surprising amount of energy in food. It's also
| possible to make a thermic lance using materials such as
| spaghetti or bacon:
|
| https://hackaday.com/2011/02/11/thermic-lance-made-from-spag...
| jwilk wrote:
| Discussed in 2018:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17745313 (33 comments)
| ashton314 wrote:
| > At this point, the researchers also realized that the heat
| could inadvertently melt the adhesive cellophane and cause the
| flaming SPTs to suddenly eject from the toaster. Unfortunately,
| this did not occur.
|
| Sounds like a good opportunity for some follow-up research!
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