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Sandia's Laptop Heatpipes Closer To Market
mckennabluedot.com writes "Laptops aren't truly portable until you can stand to sit with one on your lap for more than 30 minutes. Sandia National Labs has
developed small copper 'wicks' to transport methanol--and waste heat--from one area of a computer to another, where it can be dispersed more efficiently, comfortably and compactly than with heat sinks. The technology is being licensed to an undisclosed startup." So this stuff (mentioned here previously) might soon make it to a lap near you.
like i said - where are yall?
This article was confusing to me. Well, the headline was anyway. I wouldn't want hot pipes anywhere near my laptop! I remember when I was young, I grew up in an apartment that had a boiler and radiators. Those were some hot pipes! They would bang and clang, and release a sort of watery smoke sometimes. Even the smoke was hot! Who wants that from their laptop? Not me, no sir! Don't sign me up for one of THOSE! Not to mention the banging and clanging -- think your neighbor would appreciate that if you were using one on a plane? Think again my friend! As I am fond of saying, next! Kikoman is good on shrimp!
The worst terrorist attack in recorded history occurred in September 2001, followed by a WAR against Islam in Afghanistan and now we're about to be involved in ANOTHER war against Islam in Iraq, and you people have the gall to be discussing laptop heat problems and their possible solutions???? My *god*, people, GET SOME PRIORITIES!
The bodies of the thousands of innocent civilians who died (and will die) in these unprecedented events could give a good god damn about obscure science fiction, your childish Lego models, your nerf toy guns and whining about the lack of a "fun" workplace, your Everquest/Diablo/D&D fixation, the latest Cowboy Bebop rerun, or any of the other ways you are "getting on with your life" (here's a hint: watching Cowboy Bebop in your jammies and eating a bowl of Shreddies is *not* "getting on with your life"). The souls of the victims are watching in horror as you people squander your finite, precious time on this earth playing video games!
You people disgust me!
HahhAhaHAh! StErile From Yuor haWt P0warbook! Yuo ar verry funneY!
Honestly, you SHOULD try shoving your Powerbook up your ass. That's gonna be HOT!
death to Monkey Bush
If they used ethanol to cool the laptops, people would bore holes in the case to drink the coolant.
:-/
Same would, presumably go for isopropyl...
or methanol for that matter.
I'll stop now.
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
Are you trying to justify the amount of money paid to this woman? Is she your mother or something? 2.6 million dollars for third degree burns seems reasonable to you? Regardless of what it was reduced to, she was awarded 2.6 million dollars for spilling coffee, a liquid that is known to be hot most of the time, in her lap. How much of the 480,000 she actually recieved went towards medical bills. There is no way more than 60,000 of it was for medical.
How about LiGNUx? Lignux. I might even have a silent 'g'.
This is not a political statement. This is not legal advice. It's a frick'n Slasdot post. However: I'm Running For
Hmm? I drink my coffee at 180F.. right on the edge of scalding, like it should be. Every time I go buy coffee, I have to tell 'em to make it 180 degrees, otherwise it's just too cold.
...si hoc legere nimium eruditionis habes...
This reminds me - does anyone know how to check the processor temperature in os x?
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Frivolous lawsuits like these highlight the lack of personal responsibility of the end user. I mean seriously, if you put a cup of coffee between your legs, you run the risk of it burning you. Case closed. Okay, McDonalds' coffee WAS too hot, this-in and of itself did not directly cause her burns, it was her own action of not caring for obviously hot coffee.
As a slightly off-topic side note, and the reason I post this anonymously is to say that I knew the grandson of this woman. He seemed quite pleased about the entire McDonalds case. Even worse, he recorded over a clearly labelled tape of mine in a video class. It seems that a lack of awareness and personal responsibility runs in the family.
And to the author of the parent I say, understanding people isn't quite as easy as just reading some stories and knowing some facts.