Random thoughts

[housepicks]

Grab a stick of butter and amaze yourself.

 

[Mudcat]

Of course not. The waves won't radiate equally.

Did you just of course not me?

 

[Archie]

I often do a little soften the butter in the microwave dance.

2-3 secs than check it, another 2-3 seconds, recheck it

once when drunk I put it in for 2 mins and got distracted

that was a mess to clean up

 

[Mudcat]

I do the butter for 37 seconds when preparing for popcorn. That of course liquefies it. Haven't tried it in 37 1-second increments though.

Maybe next time.

That'll teach Rogue "Mr. Physics Guy" Juror a lesson.

Talkin' bout Rogue "Enrico Fermi" Juror

Making reference to Rogue "Wilhelm Roentgen" Juror.


Fokken Rogue "Neils Bohr" Juror over there.

 

[Archie]

40 or more secs for melted butter in a mug for popcorn in this household

 

[Mudcat]

My regular thing is 37 seconds in a measuring cup. Sunday is a regular popcorn night for me so I'll possibly run a test as soon as tomorrow and report back.

That's right - shit just got real.

 

[MrX]

Exciting. Put me down for the one-second bursts getting the job done.

 

[Mudcat]

Wouldn't that be a fine how-do-you-do for Rogue Juror and his plans to have a Quantum Mechanical Constant named after him?

 

[housepicks]

Little tip

You can pop some corn in the microwave in a brown paper lunch bag. ..double fold the top and lay on its side

 

[roguejuror]

Define "getting the job done". :bringit:

 

[MrX]

Comparable to microwaving the same amount of butter 37 continuous seconds.

 

[IAG]

I often do a little soften the butter in the microwave dance.

2-3 secs than check it, another 2-3 seconds, recheck it

once when drunk I put it in for 2 mins and got distracted

that was a mess to clean up

Ha ha...I've done that....fine line.

 

[Mudcat]

The thing which must be understood about this discussion of microwaves is that they are EMR (Electromagnetic Radiation). As such, they are instantly at full speed - which is the speed of light in a vacuum, somewhat slower in air. Point is, there is no period of acceleration. They do not need to "warm up." If there was, then a bunch of one second bursts should transfer less energy than one continuous burst.

But no, instantly at full energy.

It is an amazing phenomenon. Just like a photon of light being given off when an electron changes to a lower energy orbit. It is born at the speed of light.

Given this, a series of 1 second bursts of microwaves should transfer the exact same amount of energy as one continuous longer burst equal to the total on 1 seconders.

 

[Mudcat]

At least I believe it should. The only variable should be the actual timer of the microwave. If 1 second is not actually one second then the more of them you do, the greater the variance. Of course, depending if the timer has long or short seconds, that is just as likely to overcook something as under.

I am also putting my money on the 1 second bursts doing the job.

 

[MrX]

Exactly my thinking. My biggest worry is that you press start, and the microwave is all like, okay, here we go, let's take 2 tenths of a second to start the fan, and a tenth of a second to start the carousel, and, let's make that beeping noise, and, oh yeah, let' fire up the magnatron, and, ooop, time to stop.

 

[Mudcat]

Right. Well it should be a fascinating bit of science soon to unfold, gamelive-style.

 

[MrX]

Thank God. Not enough science here, if you ask me.

 

[Mudcat]

I guess I could do it RIGHT NOW but the thought of all that prematurely melted butter ---> well I just don't know.