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    Owen Smith replied to the thread Amusing Items.
    That's the problem with the US legal system, you can sue for anything. We're in danger of going the same way, but we do have the concept...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Assume v. Presume.
    I know, I spotted that too :sleep:
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Hummy Arms Word Game v4.0.
    Ten years on??!! (double-interrobang) What's all this archaeology?
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    Owen Smith replied to the thread Amusing Items.
    No that's for CO2 which is quite a lot heavier than air, you can simply descend into a tank full of it.
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    Owen Smith replied to the thread Amusing Items.
    CO is about the same overall density as air so it spreads far and wide, which is one of the reasons it is so dangerous.
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    Owen Smith replied to the thread Amusing Items.
    There's a famous court case from the US where a woman took a microwave oven manufacturer to court. She'd microwaved her dog to dry it...
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    Owen Smith reacted to antipodean's post in the thread Driving and Roads with Like Like.
    This is one reason why small vacuum tubes like the Nuvistor were developed, tubes are inherently radiation hardened while semiconductors...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Amusing Items.
    It's not just the mass of the constituent atoms, you also have to consider the overall volume those atoms occupy.
  • gomezz
    gomezz replied to the thread Amusing Items.
    By simple reasoning a molecule of CO is heavier than a molecule of O2. But by that same reasoning a molecule of water H2O is much...
  • gomezz
    gomezz replied to the thread Driving and Roads.
    Karts do not have sophisticated electronics to run. As long as there is power to the spark plug then they are good to go.
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    Rick88 reacted to EEPhil's post in the thread Amusing Items with Like Like.
    Well, that's confusing. Try.. https://pksafety.com/blogs/pk-safety-blog/is-carbon-monoxide-heavier-than-air
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    antipodean replied to the thread Driving and Roads.
    This is one reason why small vacuum tubes like the Nuvistor were developed, tubes are inherently radiation hardened while semiconductors...
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    antipodean replied to the thread Amusing Items.
    I believe it is heavier than air, that is why one needs to take serious precautions when cleaning tanks and other containers where you...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Amusing Items.
    Is CO heavier or lighter than air?
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Amusing Items.
    Seen in the instruction pamphlet for a Kidde CO alarm: 'Scuse me, but I don't need telling to keep away from nappy buckets (whatever...
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