I bought one of these...

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:04 am

The Romans didn't have our Puritan roots (and branches

) holding them back.

Rusty Knight · Post by **Rusty Knight** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:04 am

Noise Monkey wrote:...USB Tazer.

Imagine sitting in a coffee shop with one of those....

Fun fun fun!
In the sun sun sun!

*tazers himself accidently*

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:05 am

But the Puritans gave us oat treats!

Wait....that was the Quakers...so, Puritans gave us the guys who gave us oat treats!

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:06 am

Rusty Knight wrote:
Noise Monkey wrote:...USB Tazer.

Imagine sitting in a coffee shop with one of those....
Fun fun fun!
In the sun sun sun!

*tazers himself accidently*

A whole new meaning to the tech term "Hot Spot".

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:25 am

My european history professor was always complaining about how our contry was founded by puritans.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:28 am

And Australia was founded by convicts.

You know, I have all the tech knowledge needed to project such things. oo bad that where I live, I'll never get to do anything that fun for living. Still it's cool to finally figure out something my uni has taught me.

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:03 am

cjburgandy wrote:
Jackhass wrote:I had no idea the USB port was so versatile...
And How!

I need to upgrade my computer. Right now.

Stinkywigfiddle · Post by **Stinkywigfiddle** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:56 am

rkolter wrote:http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=0651

It's a USB refrigerator for your cans of soda. It's for work.

Beth thinks it's silly. I think it's neat.

Cute.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:00 am

The Neko wrote:We're just more efficient. Unlike the Romans, we don't need Vomitoriums because we just continue to eat after the point of usefulness or sickness.

Vomitoriums don't have anything to do with vomiting.

Dragoness_Minerva · Post by **Dragoness_Minerva** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:09 am

Wow... I never thought they'd come up with something like a USB fridge.

Montyandwoolley · Post by **Montyandwoolley** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:16 am

I've got a USB mini fish tank thing running off my pc, hubs, mice, keyboard, various other technical crap...

I have a feeling my psu will reach the point where it doesn't want to play anymore and it will give up.

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:16 pm

I am wearing USB pants.

Ahaugen · Post by **Ahaugen** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:43 pm

Mr.Bob wrote:I am wearing USB pants.

does that mean you can charge your iPod while you run?

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:46 pm

When I run I always charge my iBod.

War · Post by **War** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:42 pm

It's pretty useless for cooling drinks, but I can see how it could be useful for keeping drinks cool.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:35 pm

War wrote:It's pretty useless for cooling drinks, but I can see how it could be useful for keeping drinks cool.

Depends -

So long as it actually keeps the chamber in the 40's, and gets it there 5 mins after opening it like it says it does, then for someone like me who often has to run from his desk, it'd be useful - I can put a warm soda in there, go fix some issue, come back and have a cold one.

If you're at your desk allllll the time though, and like to sip your soda all the time, it won't do much - you'll always have warm soda.

War · Post by **War** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:41 am

It'd take several hours to cool a can from room temperature down to 8 degrees, a USB port only provides 2.5W. However if you stick a can already at 8 degrees in there it could maintain that temperature quite easily.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:20 am

War wrote:It'd take several hours to cool a can from room temperature down to 8 degrees, a USB port only provides 2.5W. However if you stick a can already at 8 degrees in there it could maintain that temperature quite easily.

Several hours?

Time to replace your refrigerator.

My refrigerator, which keeps my food at about 8 degrees C, can do the job in 30-40 minutes, tops. This is on par with what Mythbusters found.

Cold air in my refrigerator isn't particularly special; any area of equally cool, generally still air, will do the job in the same amount of time. So it comes down to how long it REALLY takes for the refrigerator to cool the air contained within it, when a warm can of soda is present.

Turnsky · Post by **Turnsky** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:33 am

Jackhass wrote:I had no idea the USB port was so versatile...

you have no idea, my mobile phone can recharge from a USB port.

War · Post by **War** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:09 am

rkolter wrote:
War wrote:It'd take several hours to cool a can from room temperature down to 8 degrees, a USB port only provides 2.5W. However if you stick a can already at 8 degrees in there it could maintain that temperature quite easily.
Several hours?

Time to replace your refrigerator.

My refrigerator, which keeps my food at about 8 degrees C, can do the job in 30-40 minutes, tops. This is on par with what Mythbusters found.

Cold air in my refrigerator isn't particularly special; any area of equally cool, generally still air, will do the job in the same amount of time. So it comes down to how long it REALLY takes for the refrigerator to cool the air contained within it, when a warm can of soda is present.

This is a USB fridge, which draws power over USB. USB ports can provide a max of 5V and half an amp, giving you a grand total of 2.5W. Assuming it's a can of water you'd put in the fridge, it'd require 4.186 watts to cool one cubic centimetre of it by one degree celsius. Cooling a can of water down from room temp would require around 2 hours.

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