Reply to: Urban myth debunked?

[d000hg]

Another fun fact about microwaves-- take the turn table out and cook something. You can work out the wavelength from the cooking pattern it leaves.

Apparently you can use a microwave and some sticky toffee pudding or something to measure the speed of light.

I did something similar to this for a school project.

Microwaves are just radio waves like any other, the word 'radiation' is used as 'scare-shot'.

x-rays, gamma rays and UV (not to mention plain old heat) are also 'just' radio waves. Radiation of most wavelengths can be dangerous... if you don't think your microwave has the potential to be dangerous, think about how much energy it's putting into your pudding.

[EternalOptimist]

Never look into this one -



Source: Directed-energy weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Every home should have one for self-defence.

denial of service weapon ? probbly designed to blow out the crystals in an enemy radar or radio - possibly

possibly a jammer. it doesnt have a parabolic dish

[EternalOptimist]

ah well
I used to work on radar, the big worry was always getting yer nads fried.
If we ever had to stand in front of the dish, we used to hold up a flourescent tube. If the kit is transmitting, the tube will light up. spooky, like something out of doctor who or something.

[TimberWolf]

Two to 2.5 megawatt, high efficiency, continuous wave (CW) 95 gigahertz millimeter wave source system

Dwarfs your 40 watt pulsed plasma rifle then.

[AtW]

Does it output more than 40 watts?

Two to 2.5 megawatt, high efficiency, continuous wave (CW) 95 gigahertz millimeter wave source system

[TimberWolf]

Never look into this one -



Source: Directed-energy weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Every home should have one for self-defence.

Does it output more than 40 watts?

[AtW]

Never look into this one -



Source: Directed-energy weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Every home should have one for self-defence.

[TimberWolf]

A night security guard at a US weather station (or somewhere similar ?) used to sit in front of a microwave transmitter on the roof, to stay nice and toasty on cold nights.

One day they told him the power was being upped, and he mustn't do this again. Whether he forgot, or thought it wouldn't make any difference isn't known, but the next morning they found him stone dead and completely cooked. Perhaps whoever told him didn't make it clear they were upping the energy by a factor of 10

snopes.com: Microwaved Workman

[NotAllThere]

Don't bother drying your clothes in the microwave, it doesn't work. They catch fire and are still wet when they come out...

Ah, I'm not the only one to have done it.

personal experience? sorry but LOL.

Yep- It wasn't well thought through.

[EternalOptimist]

Is it still dangerous to look into a microwave oven while it's cooking something?

Just wondered like...

Not too sure, but I hear you cant get pregnant if you do it standing up

[Arturo Bassick]

Please god lets not get on the kahunas/cojones thing again

Mmm-mmmm. That is a tasty burger. Vincent, ever have a Big Kahuna Burger?

[SimonMac]

Who tagged this thread with "roasted guinea pigs"? Own up. If you dare face Pogle...

Dunno but if they do own up (and verified by mods) I will +VE rep them

[BrilloPad]

Who tagged this thread with "roasted guinea pigs"? Own up. If you dare face Pogle...

[SimonMac]

Did better than that. Suggested it was her job to be chained to the sink and not only am I still alive I got a lot of (anonymous!!) +ve for it. Big kahunas me....

Please god lets not get on the kahunas/cojones thing again

[northernladuk]

Electrocuted by the sink? I hope you suggested to Cojak she's not cut to be a domestic goddess

Did better than that. Suggested it was her job to be chained to the sink and not only am I still alive I got a lot of (anonymous!!) +ve for it. Big kahunas me....