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Date:         Tue, 08 Apr 1997 11:23:25 -0800
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From:         lars@osicom.com (Lars Poulsen)
Subject:      A true engineering hero: George Goble

An article on the Telecom Regulatory Grapevine (TREG) mailing list directed my attention to the engineering professor at Purdue University who holds the world's speed record for lighting a barbecue, and who describes the process roughly as follows:

- take a large barbecue - put a burning cigarette at the bottom - put 60 lbs of charcoal on top - using a bucket at the end of a pole, pour 3 gallons of liquid oxygen over it - 3 seconds later, 40 lbs of the coal will have burned, and the grill is ready. (It will also be very clean: All old grease will have burned off).

Imagine supplementing the fuel with a magnesium wasserboxer cylinder head!

For a collection of still photos, MPEG video and soundtracks, visit http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/

Remarkably, though, this man's talents are quite varied. In 1981, he designed a multiprocessor version of the VAX-780, which was put into production, and spawned several mini-super-computer companies. And recently, he designed a environmentally safe drop-in replacement for freon-12, with better efficiency than the -12. This is sold as the Autofrost GHG R-406A.

Has anyone on the VANAGGON list used this ? (Does anyone on the VANAGON list have an A/C where the leaks are slow enough that they even bother to keep it operating ?) / Lars Poulsen lars@OSICOM.COM +1-805-562-3158 OSICOM Technologies (Internet Business Unit) (formerly RNS) 7402 Hollister Avenue Manager of Remote Access Engineering Goleta, CA 93117 Internets designed while you wait


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