catbirdseat Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 You can talk about Darwin Awards all you want, but what I was thinking was this. Did this guy have even a rudimentary understanding of physics, and if he did, would it have made any difference? Does curiosity always trump common sense? Quote
leejams Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Saw that on the news last night. To fill in the blanks, guy figures he would put his lava lamp on the stove to see if the heat would make the goo move more??? Well hmmmmmm it exploded and killed him. Quote
catbirdseat Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 Another way of putting it is a little heat is good, but a lot of heat can be bad. Story Quote
iain Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 wow that's sad. Â goes to show you need to keep your molten lava out of reach of your kids. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 i heard that on the news last night, too. i was wondering if he had put it on the stove because it wasn't working properly. what a freak accident. Quote
olyclimber Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 shard through the heart Lava Lamps to blame They give love A bad name Quote
catbirdseat Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 i heard that on the news last night, too. i was wondering if he had put it on the stove because it wasn't working properly. what a freak accident. I gotta believe that the guy didn't have any idea of the principle. Apparently the lamp in the base wasn't working or wasn't generating enough heat. As designed the lamp doesn't get anywhere near hot enough to boil water. But on a stove you have a closed vessel filled with superheated water. As soon as the glass breaks, the water flash vaporizes into steam and you have, essentially, a bomb. Quote
iain Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 yeah what a moron I bet he didn't even consult his MSDS sheets or determine the eutectic of the colloidal suspension in question. and heating a closed system! dear me. Quote
catbirdseat Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 Silly boy, oil and water do not mix, hence no azeotrope (or as you you metalurgists would say eutectic) will form. Quote
iain Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 yes but you have to admit it sounded good, immiscible or not Quote
Chriznitch Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 there must've been some really cool bubbles and formations before it blew Quote
bunglehead Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 That's a fucked up way to go. Dude probably had enough time before he died to realize what a stupid idea that was. Quote
iain Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 any time you are in contact with red hot lava you have made a mistake somewhere along the line. Â However, you would get the chance to scream out "the lava, it burns", a dream of countless sci-fi afficianados. There's always a bright side I suppose. Quote
catbirdseat Posted November 30, 2004 Author Posted November 30, 2004 Was it the movie Forbidden Planet where Robbie the robot saves people by carrying them through a stream of molten lava? Quote
iain Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 I think you are mistaking it with that one dr. who episode featuring the 4th doctor and the giant squid that turns out to be a part of the key to time (revealed by the sonic screwdriver) Quote
bunglehead Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Or that part in the Movie "Volcano" Where that utility worker guy sacrifices himself to save the other guy. Quote
olyclimber Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Or that part in the Movie "Volcano" Where that utility worker guy sacrifices himself to save the other guy. Â The Tommy Lee Jones movie? That was a classic. Quote
iain Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 or dante's peak where they try to drive across the lava flow in a land rover. Fortunately they had the snorkel attachment so the engine did not stall when the engine bay was flooded with molten lava. Quote
bunglehead Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Or when they pushed that boat across the lake as the boat was dissolving from the acid water? Quote
iain Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Eiieeeeee, the acid! I couldn't watch. I heard that was not filmed on location, but was actually at the willamette river portland superfund site. Quote
Dru Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 What about the lava that Gollum falls into carrying the Ring in Mount Doom Quote
cj001f Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 Or that scene in Episode 3 where Anakin becomes Darth... Quote
Bogen Posted November 30, 2004 Posted November 30, 2004 I have a friend who regularly gets laid using lavalife Quote
JayB Posted December 1, 2004 Posted December 1, 2004 Sucks. Â I know tons of people who have done things quite a bit more foolish than this guy who have lived. Including myself... Quote
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