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Author Topic:   using your cd-rom to test for anthrax
kjsimons
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Message 10 of 45 (301528)
04-06-2006 11:36 AM
Reply to: Message 6 by jar
04-06-2006 11:11 AM


Re: sorry but this one seems just plain funny.
Bake in an oven at 75o F? Right. Go look at the temp dial on your oven. Why not just leave it on a counter top for 20 minutes. Most homes are 70o or so.
Well down here in Orlando it's in the upper 80's today, my air is set at about 77, so I guess I would just have to crank the air down a couple of degrees.

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kjsimons
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Message 22 of 45 (301638)
04-06-2006 3:07 PM
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04-06-2006 2:59 PM


Re: Thank God
I found a link to a very short article about this here:
Error 401 - Intranet | Swinburne University of Technology
It seems that the CD isn't blank but has some sort of pattern of data on it and different substances would scatter the light differently, so there might be some way of identifying what was on the disk. The thing is, if it were anthrax, the last thing you would want to do is handle it, much less spin it around at very high speeds. It would be slung all over the place if the cd wasn't sealed properly. It seems to be still in the research phase at any rate and may use special equipment not just any old cd drive as the article does refer to "new CD sensor technology".

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