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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: Fansome on June 22, 2008, 0033 UTC
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I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself:
http://www.youtube.com/v/V94shlqPlSI&hl=fr
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Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos
YouTube videos that show a group of friends apparently cooking kernels of popcorn with their cellphones have been viewed more than a million times since they were uploaded last week.
The clever parlor trick (see embedded clip) looks amazing enough, but there's a hitch: It's not physically possible, according to University of Virginia physics professor Louis Bloomfield.
"[The videos] are cute," said Bloomfield in a phone conversation Monday. "But that's never gonna happen."
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/cellphones-cant.html (http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/cellphones-cant.html)
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Gee, you're no fun, Chris...