How hot is it?

... so hot that the cable on my laptop's AC adapter MELTED. (If any of you is expecting an email from me - this would explain the delay.)

Last night I was typing a summary of the recent rasiRNA/piRNA papers (while playing scorched3D) when my computer switches to battery mode. At that point my wife asks me "do you smell burning plastic?"

(Maybe I can blame that on scorched - a ridiculous game that my brother and I used to play about 15 years ago - little tanks lobing missiles at each other while uttering insults and bizarre quotes - "I love the smell of napalm in the morning". I guess some people missed the game so much that they resurrected it and it is now available free.)

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HI Alex,
Thought this little Perspectives article on evolution "Darwin for All Seasons" by Eörs Szathmáry might be interesting?

Science 21 July 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5785, pp. 306 - 307

Cheers, JenLi

Napalm is not cool. After your anti-neocon rant, I'm surprised. (It's time for me to go home and play Doom ... )

By Acme Scientist (not verified) on 02 Aug 2006 #permalink

Thanks Jen I'll have to take a look at it (PS sorry I haven't emailed back - but we'll be here in Boston that weekend and it would be great to get together).

I'm using our almost-dead desktop. Tomorrow I'll try to get through my emails ...