I just watched Gordon Ramsay do a shot with

[MatthewT]

loved the episode where they were cooking in the alley and had to move everything when a car drove by

[FOXXXONE]

I think I would di the shot if I was there .

[MatthewT]

yeah

once

[HOLIC]

[DrivenByDemons]

Cool, never saw that one. Science is cool.

[MatthewT]

er, why isn't the conclusion that the octopus ain't dead? i ate one alive once

[MatthewT]

12 year old breastfeeding vid

[HOLIC]

er, why isn't the conclusion that the octopus ain't dead? i ate one alive once

its missing about half a foot of its body

[DrivenByDemons]

er, why isn't the conclusion that the octopus ain't dead? i ate one alive once

It's soul was gone. You couldn't see that?

[gwartney]

I hope your new generator doesn't put a 60 cycle flicker in your TV when it's running.

[DrivenByDemons]

I hope your new generator doesn't put a 60 cycle flicker in your TV when it's running.

As opposed to the 60hz utility power? What are you tying to say?

[gwartney]

As opposed to the 60hz utility power? What are you tying to say?

Sometimes generators will put a flicker in your tv. I don't really know what causes it but it used to cause us all kinds of problems when I was running service for cable tv. Probably a grounding problem or lack of.

[gwartney]

Those inverters ran off of 12 volts were even worse.

[DrivenByDemons]

Sometimes generators will put a flicker in your tv. I don't really know what causes it but it used to cause us all kinds of problems when I was running service for cable tv. Probably a grounding problem or lack of.

Hmmmm, I need to look that up. See what the deal is. Are you talking old analog tv???

[gwartney]

Hmmmm, I need to look that up. See what the deal is. Are you talking old analog tv???

You know, actually I am. I hadn't thought of that. Although my battery backup on my digital TV does the same thing.

[DrivenByDemons]

You know, actually I am. I hadn't thought of that. Although my battery backup on my digital TV does the same thing.

Well, put a scope on that inverted output and you'll see it's not a true sine wave. The higher order harmonics needed to make a true sine are difficult to create and expensive. Spinning magnets don't have that problem.

[gwartney]

Well, put a scope on that inverted output and you'll see it's not a true sine wave. The higher order harmonics needed to make a true sine are difficult to create and expensive. Spinning magnets don't have that problem.

I knew it was something like that. I just got it to keep the voltage from fluctuating and cover any little on/off/on outages we get once in a while.

[DrivenByDemons]

Actually, I might have that backwards. You need the harmonics to create square waves. I can't remember.

[gwartney]

Actually, I might have that backwards. You need the harmonics to create square waves. I can't remember.

I just know the voltmeters cost lots more.