Fun With Microwaves 2

[Yukikaze]

That makes a lot more sense than what I was thinking. I was trying to figure out if typical Squeaker-speak counted as monotone.

[AwesomeAndrew]

Is it wrong that I think the marshmallow rope looked tastier post-microwaving?

[The R]

Is it wrong that I think the marshmallow rope looked tastier post-microwaving?

You know what? we didn't taste that one... but I had my reasons for not eating anything that came out of that beast. I cannot describe the chemical/sweet/nausiating smell of that microwave after even microwaves 1.

I hope this easter I can find the same type of $1.49 discounted marshmallow rope twist.... but then again, it could have been one of those unique things, when I bought it from the easter clearance at a london drugs it didn't even have a price tag and they couldn't get a price check so they named a price.

Also, for those who mentioned game consoles, I don't know if that would go down very well... we'd probably get lots of nasty hate mail for that.

[orn310]

I've got five suggestions for you guys!
One, Those Blasted Alarm Clocks, You know the one you loath your self for setting each night
Two, Neodymium magnets, as in rare earth magnets. They Should do awesome things when microwaved!
Three, RAM, not something current though, something old like SDRAM (which I have some laying around), RAM Bus, ect.
Four: Batteries, I want to see you guys microwave batteries!
Five: A CPU... I know, it's a wee bit weird, but honestly, DO IT! in fact, have the CPU Pins Up... in fact, there is one more suggestion that I have for you to do, not in a microwave:
Plug in a standard desktop computer, without the case,let it boot up, and run a Processor stress test. About half way thru, remove the processor cooler...
and watch what happens!
have fun !
orn310

[LS]

I actually have to admit that I didn't like this one very much. It was by no means bad, and it was certainly interesting and humorous. But, despite the new things that were microwaved, it really felt like a rehash. Then again, the first one is far from my favorite video, so it's clearly just a taste thing.

Matt's quip about 'not at all because of the (large number) of page views' did make me chuckle a bit.

[kramerr]

Magnets in a microwave oven won't put on any kind of show. Magnets attract microwaves, this may sound cool but it just means they will suck up the radiation and get very hot very fast instead of discharging the energy as a pretty light show. Magnets become demagnetized when they are heated so you'll end up turning a magnet into a very hot regular piece of metal.

It should be possible to focus the microwaves in the oven with a magnet to produce a super hot spot, then use that hot spot to super microwave something else.

[Exachix]

As I said before; Photons don't have an electric charge, and aren't influenced by magnetic fields - only gravitation fields (producing lensing effects about stars/galaxies etc etc).

As such, the magnet wouldn't attract the microwaves, but it may still heat up if there is water in the magnet. Which shouldn't happen.

That said, magnets are still metallic, so you may get arcing.

[Dominic Appleguard]

Is it wrong that I think the marshmallow rope looked tastier post-microwaving?

When I was a kid, I covered Ritz crackers with peanut butter and stuck marshmallows on them. Then, I microwaved and ate them.
They were awesome.

Also, for those who mentioned game consoles, I don't know if that would go down very well... we'd probably get lots of nasty hate mail for that.

Good call. There would probably be some serious faneurysms. Not from me, though.

[Lyinginbedmon]

It should be possible to focus the microwaves in the oven with a magnet to produce a super hot spot, then use that hot spot to super microwave something else.

Like Hershey's Kisses

[hidn_shadows]

you should have sent those microwaves to me, I have some really awesome stuph to put in them! wait, iph I can phind some cheap 'waves, and put homorous stuph in them, would you put it on the site? also, make these longer, the people want moar!

[Lord Chrusher]

Rare earth magnets have very low Curie temperatures. If you heat a ferromagnet past its Curie temperature it loses its magnetic field. Beyond destroying the magnetic field of the the magnet heating a rare earth magnet may cause it to explode.

[Nevrmore]

you should have sent those microwaves to me, I have some really awesome stuph to put in them! wait, iph I can phind some cheap 'waves, and put homorous stuph in them, would you put it on the site? also, make these longer, the people want moar!

Please God tell me you're not planning on keeping up the "ph" substitution thing.

[Yukikaze]

Rare earth magnets have very low Curie temperatures. If you heat a ferromagnet past its Curie temperature it loses its magnetic field. Beyond destroying the magnetic field of the the magnet heating a rare earth magnet may cause it to explode.

That's all I need to know, fire 'em up!

[hidn_shadows]

you should have sent those microwaves to me, I have some really awesome stuph to put in them! wait, iph I can phind some cheap 'waves, and put homorous stuph in them, would you put it on the site? also, make these longer, the people want moar!

Please God tell me you're not planning on keeping up the "ph" substitution thing.

yeaaah, no. even though i'm a loading ready retard, i'm never going to do that again. rest assured!

[Switch_Blaze]

Fun times, gotta go watch a whole lot more. Heard the Penn & Teller hijinks, sounds like a good time (for us voyeurs, lol). Thanks for entertaining, entertainers!

[Lady_Noire]

I actually have to admit that I didn't like this one very much. It was by no means bad, and it was certainly interesting and humorous. But, despite the new things that were microwaved, it really felt like a rehash. Then again, the first one is far from my favorite video, so it's clearly just a taste thing.

I wasn't too fond of it either, although it was interesting, especially the grapes. But I've spent this whole week without a proper LRR fix, and my life feels so empty because of it.

I'm not against a return of the 'Fun with Microwaves' but please, please do it as a bonus, not a Monday update.

[Yukikaze]

Not to worry, next week's video is another CHustle. Fifteen minutes of LRR goodness.

[HomerTheBrave]

I think Junk In Microwave needs to be combined with Man Cooking and Iron Stomach Challenge.

Cook it.

Reheat it.

Eat it.

[Lyinginbedmon]

I think Junk In Microwave...

I think we have our next Man Cooking AND Iron Stomach

[kramerr]

Lord Chrusher can you explain how heating a neodymium magnet will cause it to both lose its magnetic field and explode? I understand how a low curie point will cause it to lose its field at a low temperature, but how does this result in an explosion?

When a magnet is cracked in two the poles of the molecules don't change direction, so the two magnets pull together instead of repelling, so wouldn't it be even harder to magnet a magnet explode than a basic piece of metal?

[Yukikaze]

Heating magnets in general causes them to lose their magnetism. Ferromagnetic materials are so because the atoms are inherently magnetic. Immersion in a strong magnetic field causes a majority of these atoms to become magnetically aligned with the inducing field, which is what causes something to be magnetic.

Heating a magnet causes the atoms and molecules to vibrate, which is what heat is. Too much vibration will cause them to pop out of alignment, weakening and eventually destroying the magnetic field.

Similarly, striking a magnet causes the field to weaken.

I don't know about explosions.

[ExplodingSims]

I wonder what would happen if you microwaved a microwave oven...
Nonetheless great video.

[Terin]

They talked about that on the podcast, and they couldn't find the right mix of a small enough microwave and a large enough microwave to put inside one another.

[ExplodingSims]

Then they weren't trying hard enough!!!

Okay, in all fairness, small microwaves are easy to find, but a larger one might be hard to find. At least, one big enough to fit the small one.

[Megas3300]

How about an old hard drive with and without the cover, I've got a couple here that are expendable.

All the metal and magnetism should be an interesting combo.