I have a coffee table that works just like that - it's incredibly awesome for eating at.

That is to reduce exposure for the folks who are operating the machines 40 hrs a week. Short term exposure isn't an issue, it's continued usage. So, operator exposure to an emergency field unit isn't a real concern considering the shorter exposure times.

I like the method, but I agree the video is way too long. It's a pet peeve of mine - video guides for things better explained in a paragraph or two with a couple pictures. I clicked through the video and it really just took 2-3 frames to see what he did.

Replying to approve. Nice tips

Mass silliness? I don't deny that there is a huge resistance to moving beyond 24 fps for film. But what the public is seeing at higher framerates are home movies, cheaply shot sitcoms, and frames artificially generated in-TV, etc. Not a major motion picture shot on top of the line hardware. You can't reasonably expect…

You're comparing your TV's insertion of interpolated frames to artificially boost framerate with content shot natively, with good glass and sensors, at a much closer to "real life" framerate. Not the same thing.

Evidently it gets even more complicated than that, depending on the particle size. Bottom of this page shows off an impressive array of colors in transmitted & reflected light, as well as UV. [www.webexhibits.org]

The modem bit was what I came to the comments for. We've got several of those USR modems in server room next door, and even more devices with embedded telco connectivity.

Yeah, I'm a fan. Though I didn't hate the old as much as some - it stuck to Android design cues, just ones from the 1.x era. Was a bit of a flashback for me. :D

Explosive decompression is a misnomer, especially when you're only talking about 30,000 feet. Asphyxiation is the danger at that height (and exposure, but that's longer term and certainly a secondary worry). If it were rapid, I would hope the pilot would have the wherewithal to dive to a safe altitude - standard…

It refers back to the prior sentence, "Nobody knows why exactly the pilot was unconscious on what should have been a routine private jet flight from Slidell, Louisiana to Sarasota, Florida."

They produce a high voltage spike of electricity in metal. This exceeds the breakdown voltage of many delicate devices — causes parts that are supposed to insulate to conduct instead. Complexity plays a role - generally more complex devices with smaller components are going to be more susceptible to getting fried.…

Brilliant. #grewupwithjpeterman I was real disappointed when I saw a copy a few years ago and they had normal product photos.

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I just noticed the other day that all the Ikea appliances carried a 5 year warranty. And as far as I can tell, they're mostly just rebranded Whirlpool stuff anyway, so its the same stuff you'd find anywhere, with a longer warranty.

Fair point. The air was still not the combustible thing - the vegetation was.

"It also didn't help that there was actually more oxygen in the atmosphere in the Cretaceous than there is now, and that made the air itself more combustible."

Exactly - I think we can appropriately herd folks like cattle in that situation. :)

It's a special basket for evacuating people from places like highrise rooftops in a fire - they're going for rapid loading so they can get out of a dangerous situation (and possibly go for a speedy round-trip so they can come back for another batch).

I boiled the hardware from my old-school kitchen built-in for 10-15 minutes and got the same result - layers of old paint just peeled right off.