Comments on: The drowned fly goes past every two minutes http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:47:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2754 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:18:37 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2754 Wow. I didn't know that there was a legit term for the way I think about the world. I have to show that to the girlfriend. Security mindset. Cool. Wow. I didn't know that there was a legit term for the way I think about the world. I have to show that to the girlfriend. Security mindset. Cool.

]]> by: Stark http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2743 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:32:05 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2743 Oh, almost forgot: Phrantic veins.... yum.... ;) Oh, almost forgot: Phrantic veins.... yum.... ;)

]]> by: Stark http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2742 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:30:37 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2742 Yeah, the home versions don't get very hot at all. You don't want guests with burned tongues after all. My own experience with these (couple of holiday fondue parties at friends places - its a weird tradition) is that they don't last long enough to become a bacterial issue. Though, if they did sit about for awhile I would be rather frightened of what could grow due to the intrusion of the fingers of the less sanitary of my acquantances. Licking the chocolate off of ones fingers after completely ignoring the fondue forks provided for dipping your item of choice and then returning to the fountain with same said fingers was enough to convince me not to even sample the goods. I stuck instead to the cheese and hot oil fondues - both of which were hot enough to do serious damage to anybody foolish enough to stick their fingers in them. Yeah, the home versions don't get very hot at all. You don't want guests with burned tongues after all. My own experience with these (couple of holiday fondue parties at friends places - its a weird tradition) is that they don't last long enough to become a bacterial issue. Though, if they did sit about for awhile I would be rather frightened of what could grow due to the intrusion of the fingers of the less sanitary of my acquantances. Licking the chocolate off of ones fingers after completely ignoring the fondue forks provided for dipping your item of choice and then returning to the fountain with same said fingers was enough to convince me not to even sample the goods. I stuck instead to the cheese and hot oil fondues - both of which were hot enough to do serious damage to anybody foolish enough to stick their fingers in them.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2741 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:19:14 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2741 I think I speak for all of us when I say, "Phrantic has delicious-looking veins." Re the usefulness of the flowing chocolate as a growth medium for whatever microorganisms happen to find themselves there, it strikes me that "proper" chocolate fountains may operate at a high enough temperature - at least when the chocolate flows past the heating element - that they keep themselves effectively sterile. The "home" sort of chocolate fountain doesn't necessarily run that hot, though. When the "chocolate" is really just chocolate-flavoured vegetable oil, it could easily be heated only to a very nice growing temperature for bacteria. I think I speak for all of us when I say, "Phrantic has delicious-looking veins."

Re the usefulness of the flowing chocolate as a growth medium for whatever microorganisms happen to find themselves there, it strikes me that "proper" chocolate fountains may operate at a high enough temperature - at least when the chocolate flows past the heating element - that they keep themselves effectively sterile.

The "home" sort of chocolate fountain doesn't necessarily run that hot, though. When the "chocolate" is really just chocolate-flavoured vegetable oil, it could easily be heated only to a very nice growing temperature for bacteria.

]]> by: phrantic http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2740 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:29:20 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2740 This is by far the most aptly-named blog on the internet. This is by far the most aptly-named blog on the internet.

]]> by: corinoco http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2739 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:55:02 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2739 @ Dan: Many moons ago a certain university allowed me to be an Architectural Design tutor (bwhahahaha!), which allowed me to ask undergraduates: "Where would you put a machine-gun nest in this design? How would you repel an infantry attack? What is the best spot for an ambush?" Only for the expresions on students faces, and those of my fellow tutors. My current real-world design does not have machine-gun nests, but DOES have a dedicated pyrotechnics deployment platform. Oh, and an eyrie for sea-eagles. And back on topic: walking through QVB yesterday, my fiance looks at a chocolate fountain and says "How do you know that is clean? What happens when they turn it off? Won't cockroaches get into it?" Crunchy Frog, anyone? @ Dan: Many moons ago a certain university allowed me to be an Architectural Design tutor (bwhahahaha!), which allowed me to ask undergraduates: "Where would you put a machine-gun nest in this design? How would you repel an infantry attack? What is the best spot for an ambush?" Only for the expresions on students faces, and those of my fellow tutors.

My current real-world design does not have machine-gun nests, but DOES have a dedicated pyrotechnics deployment platform. Oh, and an eyrie for sea-eagles.

And back on topic: walking through QVB yesterday, my fiance looks at a chocolate fountain and says "How do you know that is clean? What happens when they turn it off? Won't cockroaches get into it?"

Crunchy Frog, anyone?

]]> by: FuzzyPlushroom http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2737 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:16:33 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2737 Hey... let's all send Dan ants... Hey... let's all send Dan ants...

]]> by: chronoso http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2736 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:02:40 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2736 surely this is related to the "hacker" mindset in as much as the "i enjoy taking things apart to see how they work" mindset which..makes me wonder why it would be atypical of engineering mindsets surely this is related to the "hacker" mindset in as much as the "i enjoy taking things apart to see how they work" mindset which..makes me wonder why it would be atypical of engineering mindsets

]]> by: Mr. Peepers http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2733 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:45:17 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2733 After reading the linked article, I want to send ants to my previous employer. Hmmm. After reading the linked article, I want to send ants to my previous employer. Hmmm.

]]> by: Coderer http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2730 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:22:02 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/the-drowned-fly-goes-past-every-two-minutes/#comment-2730 @Dan: Surely, I'm not the only one who made a rough model of their house as their first Half Life map? Right? @Dan: Surely, I'm not the only one who made a rough model of their house as their first Half Life map? Right?

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