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July 29, 2011

Nifty Science Video Thread
— LauraW

You know what? The current political drama is pluckin' my last nerve so much it sounds like bluegrass music. Need a little break.

Fun Video Friday

Is this something? Oh, you bet your bippy it is.

I'ma try this tomorrow. Bet it works better when you soak the clay pots first.

Please post links to other cool fun stuff in the comments, and we will verbally abuse and delight you.

Thanks to scott.

Posted by: LauraW at 07:25 AM | Comments (52)
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1
in!

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at July 29, 2011 06:57 AM (sqkOB)

2 Pot?

Posted by: cherry π at July 29, 2011 06:58 AM (OhYCU)

Madam, are you insulting the simple genius of Bluegrass music by comparing it to the discordant kabuki dance of clowns?

OK.

Posted by: kevlarchick at July 29, 2011 07:00 AM (TNuqz)

4 It really is a fun idea. I'd like to stash one of these constructions in the woods near our favorite little lake spot so we didn't have to haul a cooler every time.

Problem: clay pots will break outdoors in Winter.

Posted by: lauraw at July 29, 2011 07:01 AM (0n71M)

5 Pulling the post temporarily so that Drew can get some air around his new one- bbl

Posted by: lauraw at July 29, 2011 07:01 AM (0n71M)

6 Didn't watch to the end but it will never get colder than the dewpoint. Not so great in places like Houston.

Posted by: Bob Saget teabagging hobbits on the debt spiral of doom at July 29, 2011 07:03 AM (F/4zf)

7
hahaha @ "ancient technology"

sounds funneh

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at July 29, 2011 07:04 AM (sqkOB)

8 Time to build a summer home. Walls constructed of two layers of porous masonry with sand between them, and a wet tarp over the top.

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2011 07:05 AM (PN91e)

9 Hey, could have used this info 2 weeks ago when our POS GE fridge (all of 7yrs old) finally died. Replaced under warranty. Sometimes it pays to buy the extended warranty regardless of what my hubby says. The new one, a Kitchenaid was delivered yesterday. Yeah!!!

Posted by: California Witch or Nitwit, whichever you prefer at July 29, 2011 07:11 AM (Pbji2)

10 Is that my Mexican Pot!?

Posted by: Mr. Furhley at July 29, 2011 07:28 AM (GD1c9)

11 I guess huncbacks are more into rap or something.....

Posted by: Alamo at July 29, 2011 07:33 AM (m/tN9)

12
hey, you know what?

I'm no scientist but something tells me that this thing works best in arid regions.

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at July 29, 2011 07:33 AM (sqkOB)

Timothy Giethner comments on the debt ceiling debate:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2dldptk

Posted by: DPR VIII at July 29, 2011 07:34 AM (FdAuW)

14 Care for a little Suburban Housewife rap?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8aWhKmHjA0

If you're at work, you'll want to keep your sound low...

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 29, 2011 07:34 AM (Zi+FQ)

15 so why is there a chick in the thumbnail yet i only saw a dude? how does this deceptive youtube work?

Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at July 29, 2011 07:36 AM (n0JPF)

Haven't watched...and probably won't watch the video.

But the screencap girl?

I'd hit it.

Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2011 07:36 AM (GD1c9)

17 A friend in New Mexico was complaining about the failure of his swamp cooler (a similar-principle evaporative AC unit). Works well if you have the conditions for it, but not so practical here where humidity is relatively high during the hot months.

Posted by: nickless at July 29, 2011 07:38 AM (MMC8r)

There's nothing like a little Foggy Mountain Breakdown to soothe one's soul.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 29, 2011 07:39 AM (4q5tP)

19 so why is there a chick in the thumbnail yet i only saw a dude?

Yeah, what the fuck? Major disappointment.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 29, 2011 07:39 AM (7+Jsh)

20 This could really be good for camping trips where you want to bring perishable food, or have cold drinks, but are too far from a town to get ice every day. Very nice!

Posted by: rockmom at July 29, 2011 07:40 AM (lSyyU)

That cooler works on the same priciple as a "swamp cooler." Evaporative cooling. Don't work too well in a swamp, though.

Posted by: Tommy Gunnarson at July 29, 2011 07:40 AM (ybA9f)

22 Laura, thanks for trying to get us over this hump.

Posted by: Bill H at July 29, 2011 07:42 AM (FKMW3)

23 So if I try this in central Florida right now, when relative humidity is , it'll get down to a crisp 85 degrees in that thing.

Posted by: weew at July 29, 2011 07:42 AM (7RbIF)

24 This budget debacle has everybody on edge.

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 29, 2011 07:44 AM (Hx5uv)

25 My folks got a stand-alone full size freezer when I was a few months old. I forget the brand, I think it was one JC Penney's was offering at the time. There's an amusing story about how much it cost us (nothing), but I won't bore you with it.

We still have it. And it still works fine. Forty years later.

See if you can say that about that crap at Best Buy in 2051. (Assuming we have the infrastructure to support such miracles...)

Posted by: F--- Nevada! (I'm AoSHQ's DarkLord©, and I approve this message) at July 29, 2011 07:45 AM (GBXon)

26 This cannot be science! He's showing us his data!

Posted by: No Whining at July 29, 2011 07:46 AM (YAJZH)

27 So if I try this in central Florida right now, when relative humidity is , it'll get down to a crisp 85 degrees in that thing.

Posted by: weew at July 29, 2011 11:42 AM (7RbIF)

Who knew that in order to function properly, evaporative coolers needed moisture to actually, um, evaporate? What if we in the sub-tropical south could build a machine that removes moisture from the enclosed space while at the same time cooling it? That would do well to keep food fresh longer.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 29, 2011 07:48 AM (4q5tP)

28 We still have it. And it still works fine. Forty years later.

Oh, you big dummy. Don't you know that Electronics Gnomes just sit around waiting for people to say shit like that??

/superstitious

Posted by: lauraw at July 29, 2011 07:49 AM (0n71M)

29 As others have stated, this simply will not work if there is significant humidity.

Posted by: killjoy at July 29, 2011 07:49 AM (RurGt)

30 16 so why is there a chick in the thumbnail yet i only saw a dude? how does this deceptive youtube work?Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at July 29, 2011 11:36 AM (n0JPF)

The cooling of your ardor to "hit it" is the scientific principle at work for this refrigerator.

Posted by: No Whining at July 29, 2011 07:49 AM (YAJZH)

31 Excellent idea! I think we can work on banning air conditioning units now!

Posted by: B.H. Obama at July 29, 2011 07:51 AM (SWgtT)

/superstitious

Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Universe!

Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2011 07:51 AM (GD1c9)

33 so why is there a chick in the thumbnail yet i only saw a dude?

I thought there would be boobies. I want my money back. Riots in the streets, yo.

Posted by: cherry π at July 29, 2011 07:52 AM (OhYCU)

34 My folks got a stand-alone full size freezer when I was a few months old. I forget the brand, I think it was one JC Penney's was offering at the time. There's an amusing story about how much it cost us (nothing), but I won't bore you with it.

We still have it. And it still works fine. Forty years later.

See if you can say that about that crap at Best Buy in 2051. (Assuming we have the infrastructure to support such miracles...)
Posted by: F--- Nevada! (I'm AoSHQ's DarkLordÂ©, and I approve this message) at July 29, 2011 11:45 AM

I'm 55 years old. My dad still has the chest type freezer he and my mom bought used before I was born. It's still working like a champ.

Posted by: huerfano at July 29, 2011 07:52 AM (aZLY2)

<i>The cooling of your ardor to "hit it" is the scientific principle at work for this refrigerator.</i>

Maybe it'd cool down after hitting it.

Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at July 29, 2011 07:53 AM (n0JPF)

36 Evaporation causes cooling. The water takes heat energy from the pot to evaporate into water vapor, which causes the internal chamber temp to fall. The relative humidity where you live will affect the cooling rate and final temp.

Posted by: EC at July 29, 2011 07:54 AM (GQ8sn)

37 We've missed you LauraW, you and your wacky posts.

You should post more often.

But you probably have a life, unlike most of the morons who post here.

Posted by: ed at July 29, 2011 07:54 AM (Y2WVW)

38
Laura, yo, we said we wanted "posts", not "pots". Jeesh.

Posted by: cherry π at July 29, 2011 07:55 AM (OhYCU)

if i put this device in an oven/microwave, would it work even better?

Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at July 29, 2011 07:55 AM (n0JPF)

40 Pot posts tops, spot stops

Posted by: F--- Nevada! (I'm AoSHQ's DarkLord©, and I approve this message) at July 29, 2011 08:03 AM (GBXon)

41 40

if i put this device in an oven/microwave, would it work even better?

Yes. If you bake this device at 350 degrees for two hours, anything you place inside will experience time travel.

Posted by: lauraw at July 29, 2011 08:11 AM (0n71M)

Yes. If you bake this device at 350 degrees for two hours, anything you place inside will experience time travel.

in the direction i want though

Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at July 29, 2011 08:16 AM (n0JPF)

Yes. If you bake this device at 350 degrees for two hours, anything you place inside will experience time travel.

in the direction i want though

That's harder than you might think, actually.

Posted by: The Doctor at July 29, 2011 08:23 AM (GBXon)

44
You know what this reminds me of? G Gordon Liddy.

In his autobiography, he talked about serving his Watergate sentence in a run-down prison where sewage pipes dripped into the mess hall serving line. To stay healthy, he only ate cold cereal and boxed milk stolen from the mess hall, and he built a small evaporative cooler to keep the milk cool using a stolen fan, bucket & towel.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 29, 2011 08:28 AM (71Fka)

45 You're the greatest coblogger, Laura! I can't even see the video here at work, but I do know it's better than the endless stream of debt ceiling posts elsewhere on the site. No offense to the proprieter, or the rest of his minions, but I'm skipping anything and everything related to that topic.

Posted by: Mr. Fire at July 29, 2011 08:37 AM (TOk1P)

46 I used to be stationed at Edwards AFB in the high desert of California (dry lake beds and all that...) Base housing there was equipped with swamp coolers. they were good for about 25 degrees F delta from ambient (and this is a BEST case since this was a desert after all). The problem was that temps in the summer would get to about 115 F! That leaves your lovely home at about 90 F.

Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at July 29, 2011 08:50 AM (91XRk)

I loves me some bluegrass music. Really. And this is hilarious:

http://tinyurl.com/y5fsyhc

Posted by: Don at July 29, 2011 08:55 AM (rnjU5)

48 The problem was that temps in the summer would get to about 115 F! That leaves your lovely home at about 90 F.

Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at July 29, 2011 12:50 PM (91XRk)

Luxury, that. We were so poor we had to live in a flaming tar pit!

Posted by: A Yorkshireman at July 29, 2011 08:57 AM (4q5tP)

49 What is this, LGF?

Just kidding, thanks for the break.

Posted by: cardboard bear at July 29, 2011 09:04 AM (ePB3J)

50 "As others have stated, this simply will not work if there is significant humidity."

Yeah, it'll work, just won't get as cold, but it will work. Since moisture will still evaporate even at 90% humidity, it may not get as cold, but it will last much longer.

Posted by: Sgt. York at July 29, 2011 11:15 AM (DjaKp)

51 Hello! Y'all need a break from the budget debacle. If you're in the Denver area (Longmont), come on out to a free classic rock and roll concert and be sure to say hello to me. Details posted at the Yahoo group.

Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2011 12:50 PM (ICYJU)

52 There are so much to learn from your post here, Uma, well done.

Posted by: Just Kids Audiobook at July 29, 2011 06:00 PM (qKLlr)

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