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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    05/19/09

    In reply to Little Ionic Winds Stop Laptops From Burning Body Parts
    My MBP Needed this, fucking 7 inch burn 2nd degree burn, evil fucker.
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    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    05/19/09

    In reply to Little Ionic Winds Stop Laptops From Burning Body Parts
    Best illustration ive seen for this technique, hands down.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/19/09

    @GlenTen: I hadn't really studied the illustration until you pointed it out. Now I am so sorry that I did.
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    05/19/09

    In reply to Little Ionic Winds Stop Laptops From Burning Body Parts
    Why would I want to cool the hot microprocessor; wouldn't that spoil the fun of a burning lap tot?
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    05/19/09

    @Software_Goddess: Spell correction = Lap top
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    Image of Cody Cook Cody Cook
    05/19/09

    @Software_Goddess: You spelt it wrong... twice! Laptop. One word. Not two. Uno.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/19/09

    @Cody Cook: Spelled wrong if she was talking about a computer...
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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/19/09

    In reply to Little Ionic Winds Stop Laptops From Burning Body Parts
    Weren't ions those magical creatures that Sharper Image infused in everything from hairbrushes to barbecue tongs?


    I think I still have an ionic keychain from Sharper Image somewhere.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/19/09

    @frigg: And pick up those keys...cool to the touch, aren't they? Proof that this technology works.
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    Image of not_a_virus.exe.vbs not_a_virus.exe.vbs
    03/29/09

    In reply to The Perfect MacBook Mini: Leak, Concept, or Fake, We Love It Anyway
    There already is a netbook that runs OSX, the Dell Mini 9 and 10. They both run OSX perfectly. I think the only limitations are the 1gb of ram and limited I/O ports.
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    Image of SergeIole SergeIole
    03/29/09

    In reply to The Perfect MacBook Mini: Leak, Concept, or Fake, We Love It Anyway
    It's like a MBA, except slimmed down by half an inch on each side. It doesn't make sense for Apple to release a new line of notebooks smaller than the MBA, because the MBA is what it's pushing as the thinnest laptop. Unless of course this is the updated MBA, but then why call it Macbook Mini?
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/29/09

    @SergeIole: Because they are killing the "air" name?
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    Image of raleel raleel
    03/29/09

    In reply to The Perfect MacBook Mini: Leak, Concept, or Fake, We Love It Anyway
    well, i don't speak a lot of russian anymore, but the numbers are clear enough.


    10.4" wxga display doing 1280x768, LED something (backlit I assume)

    267x195x4 (millimeters one would assume)

    19.4 mm (for what, I don't know)

    1.03 of something

    nvidia ION? nvidia mcp79, 533 MHz

    intel atom z740, 1.83 Ghz, 1 meg l2 cache

    2 gigs of ddr3-800 ram

    geforce 9400M

    64 gig ssd

    bluetooth 2.1 + edr, 802.11a/b/g/n

    1 usb, mini display port

    5100 mA battery


    I'll see what else i can pull out of here, but it's been 20 years

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    Image of rrrrrrright rrrrrrright
    03/29/09

    @raleel: Wait wait wait. Does that mean it's 4mm thick? Cause that's like 1/8" or so. My guess would be the 19.4mm would be the thickness, but even then it's like .75 inch.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/29/09

    @rrrrrrright: They are probably saying that it is 4mm thick at the edge of the bezel, and 19.4mm thick everywhere else, the 4mm is really meaningless.
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    Image of Brian Judar Brian Judar
    03/29/09

    In reply to The Perfect MacBook Mini: Leak, Concept, or Fake, We Love It Anyway
    From Russia with love?
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    Image of rcast1986 rcast1986
    03/29/09

    @Brian Judar: From Cupertino with snark.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/29/09

    @rcast1986: From la-la-land with hype.
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    02/10/09

    In reply to The Complete Animated History of the Internet
    Nice, very enjoyable for a Tuesday morning!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    02/10/09

    In reply to The Complete Animated History of the Internet
    When will the video of the comprehensive history of the the intranet be released?


    At least Al Gore wasn't mentioned, much to his dismay, I am sure.

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    Image of Dave Bunting Dave Bunting
    12/18/08

    In reply to Lighters Will Blend, But Also Ultimately Pwn "Will It Blend" Blender
    You can't film in slo-mo, you can only film in real time. You can present in slo-mo.


    Just sayin'.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    12/18/08

    @Dave Bunting: The Grimace can.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/19/08

    @Dave Bunting:
    Presenting slo-mo footage that doesn't look like you're watching a stack of flip-cards requires a high-speed camera which is specifically designed to film footage that will look slo-mo when run at a normal FPS. Therefore, you _can_ film in slo-mo. Sort of.
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    Image of PeterSimpson PeterSimpson
    12/18/08

    In reply to Lighters Will Blend, But Also Ultimately Pwn "Will It Blend" Blender
    I'm having some trouble understanding how the fuel got under the blender in the first place. The lighter(s) are in the blender, covered with a lid (which doesn't even blow off, as I would have expected, once the fireball reached the level of the lid). Those lids seal pretty well, as does the base assembly. So how does the fuel get to the level of the motor?


    I'm suspicious of something added to make the video more dramatic. Like some fuel gas blown into the base, maybe?

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    12/18/08

    @PeterSimpson: I agree. I can understand that the blender motor cools by taking air from under the base and funneling it past the motor and out the base. The only way this would not be Bravo Sierra is that butane is more dense than air. So if they blended it with the little cover on the lid off or replaced with a mesh screen, as it blended, the butane would fill the jug, and flow over the sides, and then get sucked into the motor. It would then get a spark from the motor spinning, and might result in what we see.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    12/18/08

    In reply to Lighters Will Blend, But Also Ultimately Pwn "Will It Blend" Blender
    This ranks right up there with trying to kill the ants in your vacuum cleaner with natural gas.
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    Image of Knirfie Knirfie
    12/18/08

    In reply to Lighters Will Blend, But Also Ultimately Pwn "Will It Blend" Blender
    This looks more like 100 lighters and a few bottles of lighter fluid.


    I've experienced often enough what happens when a lighter breaks or melts (in a fire). And the "explosion" is much smaller and gone within a fraction of a second.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/18/08

    @Knirfie:


    yeah but a regular lighter 'explosion' is just the release of the pressurized propane - even if you shoot a lighter, it tends to just release the gas, no ignite.


    I modify my lighters in a way that allows me to put a thick wire loop on them, so they hang with my keys, and every time i'm filing the requisite grooves into the side i always think, i should probably be wearing safety goggles.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/18/08

    @nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition:


    apologies all around, it's too fucking early to read every single little word in all y'alls comments to avoid redundancies / idiocy.


    to the coffee with me.

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    Image of bboysca bboysca
    12/18/08

    In reply to Lighters Will Blend, But Also Ultimately Pwn "Will It Blend" Blender
    So...what WON'T blend?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/19/08

    @bboysca:
    Mostly stuff that's too big to fit in the blender, or made of material that's harder than the blender blades. Like a depleted-uranium-clad tank.
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