Sorry, Betty, I should have included the link; Slashdot comments are definitely fun.
Thank you, Mark Snyder -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of b_s-wilk Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:30 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] BSoD Cooking >>From SlashDot: > "Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO of Microsoft, is self-publishing a cook > book with scientific underpinnings. The man who presided over the > original iterations of Windows has built a laboratory kitchen > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/science/17prof.html> , hired 5 chefs, > and plays with misplaced lab equipment: using an autoclave as a pressure > cooker, using a 100-ton hydraulic press to make beef jerky, and using an > ultrasonic welder for... he's not sure yet. The article includes a > video on how to cryosear and cryorender duck. 'It's basically like a > software project,' Dr. Myhrvold said. 'It's very much like a review we > would do at Microsoft.' Is it possible to BSoD food?" Mark - why didn't you include the Slashdot link? The comments, as usual, are "funny" and "insightful". - ...After you consume it, 2 ports will open spontaneously and you will be ejecting data for days. - ...Can we have a Windows 7 release party in his kitchen? - ...Now, if Microsoft-style food makes your stomach unstable, that's just because you can't expect the creator of the food to test it in every possible stomach, and I'm sure they'll fix it in one of the service packs... http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/17/1538245/Former-Microsoft-CTO-Builds-Kitchen-Laboratory?art_pos=1 My BSoD victim saucepan is still sitting on my stove until I figure out how to restore it to its original beauty and functionality. [Blue--really--almost blue as in grape jam] Betty ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
