[Wolves] Chris : Midlands Today

[Steve Parkes]

On 14 Apr 2005, at 17:20, Kevanf1 wrote:

> On 4/14/05, Steve Parkes <sparkes at westmids.biz> wrote:
>>
>
>> The bits that make the internet work are spread all over the place and
>> it was designed to route past bits that didn't work so it would out
>> survive you ;-)
>>
>
> But...do you remember a couple of years ago?  The fire that affected
> parts of the infrastructure in Manchester?  Communication via the
> internet was severely curtailed.  This is what made me think of this
> subject after watching the news report.

It was more to do with the fact BT lost a large chunk of it's 
infrastucture.  It knocked out phone lines (and associated services) 
along with the leased lines to some of the biggest datacentres in the 
country

>
>
>> Pretty much every bit of electronics has to be tested to make sure it
>> isn't buggered by radio waves and doesn't emit too many radio waves to
>> the extent you could probably microwave your laptop for a minute and
>> then (after cooling) turn it on with minimal effect ;-)  try this with
>> your own gear, not mine.
>
> Ah, I did once try microwaving a mug full of tepid tea.  The sparking
> from it was fantastic.  It had a gold design on it and it was arcing
> all over the place.  I don't think I'd be tempted to try a nice laptop
> :-))))  mind you, we could try Jono's Powerbook ;-)
>

that's the effect that causes chips to die ;-)

crossing back to the other conversation one of the most dangerous 
effects you can cause in a microwave is to cause a standing wave which 
could turn something as inecent as water to become on the fringes of 
becoming plasma.  This is the cause of lots of scalding.  A broken 
turnable and distilled water can be heated past boiling point and can 
rapidly expand as it boils on contact with something like instant 
coffee and standing waves in infra sound are one theory for evp and 
other electronic tricks in places that claim to be haunted.  Effects of 
infra sound waves like this on people include visual disturbances, 
hearing things and feeling sick.  Things lots of people say they 
experience in haunted locations.  Wierd how two totally different 
conversations can converge like this ;-)

sparkes