Comments on: It doesn’t have to melt, you fool. http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2007/03/31/it-doesnt-have-to-melt-you-fool/ One random geek's view of the world around him Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:04:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: kirsten http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2007/03/31/it-doesnt-have-to-melt-you-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 kirsten Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:49:06 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=253#comment-1795 I love preaching to the choir! The nods of affirmation make you feel so good. Second best feeling in the world! :D I love preaching to the choir!
The nods of affirmation make you feel so good.
Second best feeling in the world! :D

]]> By: Pauley http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2007/03/31/it-doesnt-have-to-melt-you-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-1794 Pauley Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:39:37 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=253#comment-1794 Yep, though you're preaching to the choir -- I already trusted that that was the case. :) -- Pauley Yep, though you’re preaching to the choir — I already trusted that that was the case. :)

– Pauley

]]> By: kirsten http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2007/03/31/it-doesnt-have-to-melt-you-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-1793 kirsten Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:15:46 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=253#comment-1793 Adiabatic burn temperature of Jet-A fuel is around 2,000 degrees C more than enough to weaken A572 Grade 50 Plate and Structural Carbon steel to high failure under load... Adiabatic burn temperature of Jet-A fuel is around 2,000 degrees C
more than enough to weaken A572 Grade 50 Plate and Structural Carbon steel to high failure under load…

]]> By: Pauley http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2007/03/31/it-doesnt-have-to-melt-you-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-1791 Pauley Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:17:36 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=253#comment-1791 Easy now. Friends don't let friends (not) drink (coffee) and type. :) -- Pauley Easy now. Friends don’t let friends (not) drink (coffee) and type. :)

– Pauley

]]> By: Pauley http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2007/03/31/it-doesnt-have-to-melt-you-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-1790 Pauley Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:16:20 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=253#comment-1790 True, but what's happening here is she's telling only partial truth and supposing other random crap to fill in the blanks. The steel probably didn't melt into liquid. The point is, it didn't have to melt into liquid -- it just had to get hot enough to lose strength. From the article: <blockquote>Steel melts at about 2,750 degrees Fahrenheit—but it loses strength at temperatures as low as 400 F. When temperatures break 1000 degrees F, steel loses nearly 50 percent of its strength.</blockquote> The problem with having an on-staff physicist is that these shows don't exist to be factually accurate, they exist to get ratings and ad revenue. Combine with on-air talent with <a href="http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11173" title="FrontPage magazine.com :: Bush Derangement Syndrome by Charles Krauthammer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BDS</a> and a political agenda, and this is what you get. -- Pauley True, but what’s happening here is she’s telling only partial truth and supposing other random crap to fill in the blanks. The steel probably didn’t melt into liquid. The point is, it didn’t have to melt into liquid — it just had to get hot enough to lose strength. From the article:

Steel melts at about 2,750 degrees Fahrenheit—but it loses strength at temperatures as low as 400 F. When temperatures break 1000 degrees F, steel loses nearly 50 percent of its strength.

The problem with having an on-staff physicist is that these shows don’t exist to be factually accurate, they exist to get ratings and ad revenue. Combine with on-air talent with BDS and a political agenda, and this is what you get.

– Pauley

]]> By: kirsten http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2007/03/31/it-doesnt-have-to-melt-you-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-1787 kirsten Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:56:36 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=253#comment-1787 Sorry, sub in "Rosie" for "Oprah" above, got my talk show hosts mixed up! See, this is what happens when you have jet lag and start keying away in the early AM before that first cup of coffee! (I am away from home and am afraid to use the little hotel supplied in-room coffee maker and pre-processed packets of (yep, you guessed it, Maxwell House coffee! UGH! YUK!) in it. I think I will go downstairs to the Hotel AM Buffet and see if I can locate something drinkable! Sorry, sub in “Rosie” for “Oprah” above,
got my talk show hosts mixed up!
See, this is what happens when you have jet lag and start keying away in the early AM before that first cup of coffee! (I am away from home and am afraid to use the little hotel supplied in-room coffee maker and pre-processed packets of (yep, you guessed it, Maxwell House coffee! UGH! YUK!) in it.
I think I will go downstairs to the Hotel AM Buffet and see if I can locate something drinkable!

]]> By: kirsten http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2007/03/31/it-doesnt-have-to-melt-you-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-1786 kirsten Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:48:03 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=253#comment-1786 You know, This kind of ignorance just amazes me. The problem is that fools like this get airtime and millions believe this S*it! I, I personally, have melted STRUCTURAL steel in the labs with fire! (OK, it was in a high Oxygen environment,) but if you get either the temperature high enough (African tribesmen in the veldt were able to do so, many century's ago with nothing more than charcoal and a bellows!) or the oxygen level up, steel will burn and melt like WOOD! You know, every (audience participation) show has a panel of lawyers and "continuity" (censors) personnel monitoring everything that goes out over the air, they should also add to the team a PHYSICIST as well to block the junk science from getting out to the public! I personally know (have met at conferences etc...) at least half a dozen physicists who would love to work with Oprah and help clean up her act! You think she is even remotely interested? Naaaaaa... You know,
This kind of ignorance just amazes me. The problem is that fools like this get airtime and millions believe this S*it!

I, I personally, have melted STRUCTURAL steel in the labs with fire! (OK, it was in a high Oxygen environment,) but if you get either the temperature high enough (African tribesmen in the veldt were able to do so, many century’s ago with nothing more than charcoal and a bellows!) or the oxygen level up, steel will burn and melt like WOOD!

You know, every (audience participation) show has a panel of lawyers and “continuity” (censors) personnel monitoring everything that goes out over the air, they should also add to the team a PHYSICIST as well to block the junk science from getting out to the public!

I personally know (have met at conferences etc…) at least half a dozen physicists who would love to work with Oprah and help clean up her act! You think she is even remotely interested? Naaaaaa…

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