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Measuring the Speed of Light With Valentine's Day Chocolate

Posted by samzenpus on from the speed-of-the-sound-of-loneliness dept.

Cytotoxic writes "What to do with all of those leftover Valentine's Day chocolates? — a common problem for the Slashdot crowd. The folks over at Wired magazine have an answer for you in a nice article showing how to measure the speed of light with a microwave and some chocolate. A simple yet surprisingly accurate method that can be used to introduce the scientific method to children and others in need of a scientific education."

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  1. you can use chocolate to measure speed of light by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    although its far more interesting to use chocolate to measure the speed of digestion

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  2. Re:Slashdot doesn't recongnize this holiday! by KharmaWidow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or even, what's this thing called "leftover chocolate?"

  3. Re:Why bother? by Gerafix · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you sure? My Texas School Board Approved textbook says the speed of light is exactly the speed it takes God to wink. Coincidence? I think not.

  4. This experiment is imprecise and delicious. by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Funny

    This experiment has lots of problems. *nom nom nom* First, microwave ovens don't always precisely match the given frequency. *chomp chomp* Second, and more importantly -- *chew chew swallow* -- identifying the hotspots and measuring the distance between them is difficult and error prone. *nom nom* And that's even when the chocolate is fresh! It's worse after it's already been partially melted. *stuff face* So I had to perform many experiments, using fresh chocolate each time, to get an accurate measurement.

    In conclusion, this experiment rules. *nom nom nom nom*

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  5. Sheldon Cooper?? by kai_hiwatari · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this what Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper do on Valentines Day?

  6. Re:Darn you, slashdot! by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I am *horny*. There must still be hope in my case...

    If a microwave, chocolate, and performing an experiment make you horny...

    Let's just hope you never learn what fondue is.

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  7. Re:Why bother? by cheftw · · Score: 3, Funny

    God takes speed to wink... :|

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  8. Re:Why bother? by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anything else I can do for you today ? My car _really_ needs to be washed... and it would also be nice if you could give the interior a "once over" with a perfect vacuum.

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