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Comment Re:Can Blizzard Top StarCraft? (Score 1) 144

by FirienFirien on Friday June 01, 2007 @08:20AM (#19350079) Attached to: Can Blizzard Top StarCraft?

Your short answer is one character longer than your long answer!

Microwave Experiments Cause Sponge Disasters 517

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 25, 2007 @05:38AM from the can-it-dry-a-wet-cat dept.

gollum123 writes "Reports about a study that found microwave ovens can be used to sterilize kitchen sponges sent people hurrying to test the idea this week — with sometimes disastrous results. A team at the University of Florida found that two minutes in the microwave at full power could kill a range of bacteria, viruses and parasites on kitchen sponges. They described how they soaked the sponges in wastewater and then zapped them. But several experimenters evidently left out the crucial step of wetting the sponge. "Just wanted you to know that your article on microwaving sponges and scrubbers aroused my interest. However, when I put my sponge/scrubber into the microwave, it caught fire, smoked up the house, ruined my microwave, and pissed me off," one correspondent wrote in an e-mail to Reuters."

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