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  2. From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
  4. Subject: Re: Exam mode in version J (var lock?)
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan25.170009.6693@netcom.com>
  6. Date: 25 Jan 93 17:00:09 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan19.164320.14325@doug.cae.wisc.edu> <1993Jan23.030545.24088@netcom.com> <1993Jan23.181227.19615@ugle.unit.no>
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  11. In article <1993Jan23.181227.19615@ugle.unit.no> eyvind@Lise.Unit.NO (Eyvind Bernhardsen) writes:
  12. >In article <1993Jan23.030545.24088@netcom.com>, payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
  13. > > In article <1993Jan19.164320.14325@doug.cae.wisc.edu> kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad) writes:
  14. >
  15. > > >                                                                     They
  16. > > >use a different frequency than radar dishes, though you're quite right that
  17. > > >both are technically microwaves.  (Microwave ovens are tuned to create the
  18. > > >greatest loss tangent in water.)
  19. > > 
  20. > > Really, then why do fats heat so much faster?
  21. >
  22. >Specific heat capacity?  More energy required per unit mass to heat by one 
  23. >degree (pick your unit)?  Think about it... :)
  24.  
  25. No need to think about it. The claim was made that microwaves are tuned to heat
  26. -water-. This is not true. This was the point which I was attempting to address,
  27. unsuccessfully it would seem.
  28.  
  29. > > Rich
  30. >-Eyvind
  31. >     //|                             | DISCLAIMER: I don't HAVE opinions.
  32. >    // |                             | I just repeat what everyone else says!
  33. >\\ //--|miga: There can be only one. |
  34. > \X/   |         eyvind@lise.unit.no | Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!  Ackpth!
  35.  
  36.  
  37. Rich
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  39. payner@netcom.com
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