Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches (1994)
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Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches (1994)
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#2(1994)
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#3Discussed in 2018:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17745313 (33 comments)
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#4In the mid 1990's someone in my office put pop tarts in the microwave and mis-typed the time by an extra digit or something and walked back to his desk.
The entire 7 story building was evacuated and the fire department called because of the smoke. There was so much smoke everyone thought the building itself was on fire.
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#5> (At this point the researchers became somewhat concerned that the noise from the toaster would wake the neighbors and attract undue attention. However, we decided that we were already committed to the experiment and that the neighbors would be able to sacrifice some sleep in the name of science.)
Problematic to conduct human research without any noted IRB approval.
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#6In the mid 1990's someone in my office put pop tarts in the microwave and mis-typed the time by an extra digit or something and walked back to his desk. The entire 7 story building was evacuated and the fire department called because of the smoke. There was so much smoke everyone thought the building itself was on fire.
I assume you commit seppuku at that point to restore your honor.
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#7pmichaud is the original author of the excellent https://www.pmwiki.org/
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#8Now I feel old. I remember reading that in about 1997 on a Pipex dialup.
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#9> At this point, the researchers also realized that the heat could inadvertently melt the adhesive cellophane and cause the flaming SPTs to suddenly eject from the toaster. Unfortunately, this did not occur.
Sounds like a good opportunity for some follow-up research!
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#10One of many interesting articles from a time when "clickbait" had not been invented (although the title is itself somewhat attractive.) I can certainly imagine what it would look like if this article were written today.
Last Updated: 2G August 1994
For a second I thought that was a 6, but it's actually a G. I wonder if there's any significance to that?