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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1875 on: July 20, 2010, 09:01:19 PM »
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:

While there is some fat in milk, which might be a short term substitute for oil, the amount of sugars in milk would almost immediately turn to solid carbon compounds after exposure to the degree of heat inherent to a working engine and seize the mechanical moving parts before you could get far.  I do not think that even a Holstein cow (well known as having the highest fat content in their milk) could keep an engine going for long with her most heavily flowing mucous excretion.

It would be a relatively quick death for that engine.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1876 on: July 21, 2010, 07:53:21 AM »
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1877 on: July 21, 2010, 10:49:26 AM »
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:

While there is some fat in milk, which might be a short term substitute for oil, the amount of sugars in milk would almost immediately turn to solid carbon compounds after exposure to the degree of heat inherent to a working engine and seize the mechanical moving parts before you could get far.  I do not think that even a Holstein cow (well known as having the highest fat content in their milk) could keep an engine going for long with her most heavily flowing mucous excretion.

It would be a relatively quick death for that engine.

I bet it would stink also :zombiefuck:
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1878 on: July 21, 2010, 01:51:03 PM »
Lens assembly for $15 for a digital camera someone gave me, older 8.1 MP but I like the camera buttons are in all the right places :zoinks:.

Lens however is fucked up.  :zombiefuck:

Another thing to take apart. :lol:

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1879 on: July 21, 2010, 03:37:26 PM »
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:
 

I don't know, but it probably wouldn't moove. (ouch)

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1880 on: July 21, 2010, 03:38:29 PM »
Lens assembly for $15 for a digital camera someone gave me, older 8.1 MP but I like the camera buttons are in all the right places :zoinks:.

Lens however is fucked up.  :zombiefuck:

Another thing to take apart. :lol:

Post pics if you have another camera available.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1881 on: July 21, 2010, 03:50:26 PM »
Lots of gas
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1882 on: July 21, 2010, 04:36:25 PM »
Lens assembly for $15 for a digital camera someone gave me, older 8.1 MP but I like the camera buttons are in all the right places :zoinks:.

Lens however is fucked up.  :zombiefuck:

Another thing to take apart. :lol:

Post pics if you have another camera available.

I do.

Just have to wait on the mailman. Gotta love Ebay they have everything. :laugh:

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1883 on: July 21, 2010, 05:05:02 PM »
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:

While there is some fat in milk, which might be a short term substitute for oil, the amount of sugars in milk would almost immediately turn to solid carbon compounds after exposure to the degree of heat inherent to a working engine and seize the mechanical moving parts before you could get far.  I do not think that even a Holstein cow (well known as having the highest fat content in their milk) could keep an engine going for long with her most heavily flowing mucous excretion.

It would be a relatively quick death for that engine.

I bet it would stink also :zombiefuck:

Very distinct stench too.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1884 on: July 21, 2010, 08:28:15 PM »
Lens assembly for $15 for a digital camera someone gave me, older 8.1 MP but I like the camera buttons are in all the right places :zoinks:.

Lens however is fucked up.  :zombiefuck:

Another thing to take apart. :lol:
Congrats on your new toy.  :2thumbsup:

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1885 on: July 22, 2010, 03:56:29 PM »


Nothing, but another Two Tera-byte external. external.

I have had the guys tell me to steer clear of the current 2ts, because of massive failures.  But, I have four of them and I have had no troubles yet.








... this will make number five.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1886 on: July 22, 2010, 04:00:03 PM »
Two TERAbyte? Wow. I want one.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1887 on: July 22, 2010, 06:10:23 PM »
Two TERAbyte? Wow. I want one.

I have mostly music on two of them and  mostly movies on the others.  (I have them all hooked up, but disabled in the BIOS of my main computer - otherwise the stupid thing would try to index each one during the boot process, being USB and all)

My living room plasma (newish last winter) has wi-fi built in and only requires an antenna and I can play any of the many files on the four, two terabyte drives right on the screen, but my bedroom television requires a separate "player, wi-fi device"  in order to access things.  The data is simply recognised within the television as another input (HDMI with the "proper box"  but I just use the net stuff - it kicks ass as well as most of the files I have at hand - my movie files are mostly DVD rips, but as bluray becomes the new standard, I will probably need to replace a great many of my favorite files with rips from true HD bluray discs (OH, I forgot to mention, yesterday - I will need to multiply my storage space by a factor of seven as I move into Bluray rips for all my movies).  Right now, I am happy with upconverting ...), but the television remote will access all my files, via wi-fi/usb/cable modem, etc.  as long as the main computer is up.  (I do not actually use that computer, except as a "server"  or a central connection point.  I am posting on a six month old, store-bought Gateway, that I got for a song in closeout. The one I built recently does the central stuff and - as it rests - my hobby interest graphical renderings. )

So far, it ALL works fine.  (OH, I forgot to mention, I have another setup [same in theory, but somewhat different in protocol] feeding files to my garage/outdoor system as well)

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1888 on: July 23, 2010, 12:38:02 PM »
Very cool, dawg. I'd love a demo of the setups. I've been thinking about setting up something like that but so far it's just a thought.

Me, I've bought this......

DVDs
New maps for the GPS
Electronics solvent
Miniature screwdrivers
ESD wristband thingie

and of course, the D-50  :headbang2:
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #1889 on: July 23, 2010, 02:12:14 PM »
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:
 

I don't know, but it probably wouldn't moove. (ouch)

*groan*

haha that's funny. moo jokes always get me.
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