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From: Vladimir Vassilevsky on 19 Feb 2010 18:45 Joel Koltner wrote: > "Vladimir Vassilevsky" <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:x_GdnbNeQpvYmuLWnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > >> Did you make tea with a pair of razor blades? > > > No, I surely didn't. Please elaborate on how it's done? > http://chemistry-chemists.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=78 Things like that used to be commonplace. Don't know how well it works at 120V. At 220V, water immediately starts boiling between the blades, so the vapor bubbles naturally limit the current. Vladimir Vassilevsky DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant http://www.abvolt.com
From: Jan Panteltje on 19 Feb 2010 18:47 On a sunny day (Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:42:46 -0600) it happened Vladimir Vassilevsky <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in <4B7F21F6.2000301(a)nowhere.com>: > > >Joel Koltner wrote: >> "Vladimir Vassilevsky" <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message >> >>> Did you make tea with a pair of razor blades? >> >> No, I surely didn't. Please elaborate on how it's done? > >http://chemistry-chemists.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=78 > >Things like that used to be commonplace. Don't know how well it would >work at 120V. At 220V, water immediately starts boiling between the >blades, so the bubbles of vapor naturally limit the current. > > >Vladimir Vassilevsky >DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant >http://www.abvolt.com I made hot sausages by putting one between 2 nails on the 220V AC:-)
From: Joel Koltner on 19 Feb 2010 19:12 "Vladimir Vassilevsky" <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:4B7F21F6.2000301(a)nowhere.com... > Things like that used to be commonplace. Don't know how well it would work > at 120V. At 220V, water immediately starts boiling between the blades, so > the bubbles of vapor naturally limit the current. Fascinating... cheaper than any store-bought unit, I suppose!
From: Jim Thompson on 19 Feb 2010 19:30 On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:12:20 -0800, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >"Vladimir Vassilevsky" <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message >news:4B7F21F6.2000301(a)nowhere.com... >> Things like that used to be commonplace. Don't know how well it would work >> at 120V. At 220V, water immediately starts boiling between the blades, so >> the bubbles of vapor naturally limit the current. > >Fascinating... cheaper than any store-bought unit, I suppose! I had one for hot dogs... probably be illegal now ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: krw on 19 Feb 2010 19:35
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:28:22 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >krw wrote: >> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:15:54 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> > >[...] > >>> Then you probably remember their first PC word processor, EasyWriter. >> >> That wasn't their first. The MTST/MCST (Mag Tape/Card Selectric >> Typewriter) was a word processor, too. ...and there were several >> mainframe-based systems for such. Yes, I remember SleazyWriter. ;-) >> >>> That's what I started out with. Later I learned that the programmer >>> wrote it while doing time in the slammer, IIRC for blue-boxing. >> >> ?? >> > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper > Oh, that (didn't remember "blue boxes"). Actually I thought you were talking about the Display Writer (AKA Delay Writer). That was an 8086 box that came out about the same time as the PC. DW came out for the PC somewhat later (the DW hardware was ridiculously expensive). |