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    Image of yougottabekidding yougottabekidding
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Penny as Heat Sink
    And wearing a tin foil hat will prevent the government satellites from reading your mind. Seriously, were those chips really generating that much heat in the first place to require any kind of heat sync?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/16/09

    @yougottabekidding: Well, considering the metal tab that the pennies are attached to ARE heatsinks, yes, the people who built them felt they needed heatsinks. Those are to-220's, BTW [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Penny as Heat Sink
    I have a large supply of cooling pennies. Willing to sell for $5.99 each....
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    Image of johnnylafontaine johnnylafontaine
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Penny as Heat Sink
    Uh sorry but those "plated" zinc pennies are actually sandwiched (ie veneered)

    /finally get to be the smarty pants word nazi
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/16/09

    @johnnylafontaine: According to the US Mint, they are copper "plated" zinc.


    [www.usmint.gov]

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    Image of NotSoSiniSter NotSoSiniSter
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Penny as Heat Sink
    makes perfect sense because there made of copper. But the pennies have to be before 1985 because after that. Its copper plated with a zinc center.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    01/16/09

    @NotSoSiniSter: oooh, so close. Maybe next time.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Penny as Heat Sink
    I hate pennies. aside from repairing the inevitable RROD on my first 360, they are absolute trash in my book.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/16/09

    @discounteggroll: You just made Abe Lincoln cry....
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    Image of mrtraver mrtraver
    01/16/09

    @discounteggroll: you can send all your pennies to me.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/16/09

    @mrtraver: All his pennys belong to you?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/16/09

    @KHAN!!!_GitEmSteveDave: A pentium for your thoughts...
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    Image of jdbaile3 jdbaile3
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Penny as Heat Sink
    They have a lot of copper in them; no big surprise there.
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    01/16/09

    @jdbaile3: Actually, newer pennies have very little copper in them. Kinda pointless to have the copper in the penny be worth more than the actual penny itself.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/16/09

    @jdbaile3: Anything after 1982 is mostly Zinc, which is why us Elongated Penny Fanatics call them "Zincies". They are horrible for making elongated pennies as the machines are usually calibrated for copper pennies, and Zinc tarnished very quickly, which ruins the shiny look of the coins.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/16/09

    In reply to The Penny as Heat Sink
    And if you toss it down a well, you get 14 extra wishes.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    01/16/09

    @Kaiser 27th Edition Machead: Yes but this one, this one right here. This was my dream, my wish. And it didn't come true. So I'm taking it back, I'm taking them all back.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/16/09

    @Lite bids farewell to KHAN!!!!!!!: Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky penny. Put it anywhere not in your pocket. Or it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin. Which it is.
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