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Who Says Radiators Have to Be Ugly?

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frigg
03/27/09

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Those radiators could also be sold as laptop trays for people whose underpowered netbooks don't get hot enough to burn their thighs without 3rd party assistance.
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bosskev
03/27/09

@frigg: Or, taking your idea from another direction, just design a simple upright stand for laptops and let it do double duty as a space heater.
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Brian Lam
03/26/09

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not enough surface area on these pieces of junk. Radiators need surface area and power to heat the air.
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Chris Crooks
03/27/09

@Brian Lam: Actually the equasion is a serface area devided by volume ratio that decides how much interes or leaves an object. The larger radiaters had tons of serface area but very little volume, in turn they did not release much rapid eat. This smaller one seems to have a better serface area to volume ratio thus giving a more effecient heating of any room it is in. In turn, one of the many benifits would be that this radiator uses a lot less electricity than previous electrical ones.
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bosskev
03/27/09

@Chris Crooks: Wellcum to Fasebuk yooser Chris Crooks!
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Homerjay is utterly alone.
03/26/09

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And its come full circle- real wood with that faux-wood shelf paper look.
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Ghede
03/26/09

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Sheesh. Every year they define something else that looks perfectly fine as ugly. A radiator. Next year, walls. WHY ARE THEY SO SQUARE! IT NEEDS ROUNDED EDGES TO BE COOL! AND WHATS UP WITH STUDS?

The year after that, ceilings. THEY ARE TOO FLAT.

The year after that, new and expensive houses across the nation collapse, as they decide foundations are passe.
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bosskev
03/26/09

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Radiator? Looks more like something on which you'd serve a hot lunch.

Oh, wait. I guess it can do that too.
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Syrax
03/26/09

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They don't have to be pretty either. They just have to work.
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USB_Humping_Dog
03/26/09

@Syrax: Yeah, but if you could get one that wasn't fugly, why not? Assuming the price isn't astronomical, that is.
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Syrax
03/26/09

@USB_Humping_Dog: It looks Apple chic. I bet it's pretty pricey.
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