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The (probably soybean) oil is a fine lubricant, but the constant motion should cause the egg proteins to coagulate. How long did it operate before you replaced
by dsr_ 6y ago
The (probably soybean) oil is a fine lubricant, but the constant motion should cause the egg proteins to coagulate. How long did it operate before you replaced the fan properly?
- emeraldd 6y agoI can't help smiling at this analysis. It feels like something you'd hear from a sci-fi story engineer working on an rundown ship that just keeps going no matter what ...
- staticvoidmaine 6y agoThat book is Expeditionary Force
- novaleaf 6y agobooks 1 to 3 are awesome. after that the author forgets how to advance the plot while still churning out a new book more than once/year. I gave up on book 7, so yeah, I tried sticking with it.
- munificent 6y agoSo you're saying the plot seized up and the author wasn't able to engineer a solution?
- novaleaf 6y agoIn the forward of one of the books the author mentions he quit his day job after the first book was a hit, so I can understand his financial need to churn out more books. Unfortunately there is little plot advancement, perilous situations more contrived, and needless exposition/filler the norm.
- treeman79 6y agoExpeditionary is my cleaning audiobook. As in, if I’m cleaning and have nothing else interesting to listen too. Some occasional good laughs. Dinosaur holding a plunger badge. :)
- ndesaulniers 6y agoThat or he too ran out of mayonnaise.
- gknoy 6y agoThat feels like the Honnor Harrington series to me. :-( I thoroughly enjoyed the first N books I read (5? 6?), but the next one or two seemed like watching a series TV show that never resolves tension points, because if they did there'd be no reason for Season N+1.
- ethbro 6y agoI read the first 100 pages of the first book and then literally threw it into a fire. I believe the "Nope" sentence was something akin to "{character} thought that {thing} because {thing}." Jesus Christ. Would it kill you a little to show instead of tell? (And lest people believe I'm not a fan of some good * opera, I'm not ashamed to admit I've read my fair share of BattleTech, Barsoom, and even Lost Fleet, among less highbrow works)
- unclesaamm 6y agoYou literally threw it into a fire?
- ethbro 6y agoI stand by my decision. The world is a better place.
- michaelt 6y agoEthbro thought that the book was not good because of the writing.
- ethbro 6y agoYou laugh, but that's exactly how jarring it was. It sticks in my memory because I remember being somewhat annoyed at the writing level hitherto, reading through that sentence, realizing what I'd just read a few sentences later, going back to double-check, then chucking the book. And don't get me wrong, I've got space for some crappy writing in my sci-fi (looking at you, Foundation).
- garettmd 6y agoWell thanks for that recommendation. Added to my reading list
- wojciii 6y agoI'm reading the series to the end no matter what.
- kijin 6y agoThe egg proteins are already quite coagulated. I'd be more worried about the vinegar component. You need to neutralize that acid with something.
- dsr_ 6y agoThe egg proteins are coagulated but dispersed in the colloidal solution. The motion brings them out of solution. You can try it at home by warming up some mayo in the microwave and then rubbing it between your hands: you'll get a stringy oily mess.
- asguy 6y agoTo play this discussion out further: it depends on the heat and it depends on the motion. I’ve made plenty of Hollandaise (which is a sibling of Mayonnaise) in the blender with “boiling” butter poured in, and it stays quite hot... especially when it continues to warm on the stove top. If I microwaved it from cold, it would break almost instantly.
- ggrrhh_ta 6y agoHaha :-), I want this dialogue performed in Space Janitors or something of the sort
- tzs 6y agoIt's also got corn syrup. Would that cause any problems for this application? Here's the ingredient list for Wendy's mayo: Soybean Oil, Water, Egg Yolks, Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Mustard Seed, Calcium Disodium EDTA (To Protect Flavor)
- cnasc 6y ago> It's also got corn syrup. Would that cause any problems for this application? Over time, the server would expand to be 4U rather than 2U
- Corrado 6y agoIt probably lasted long enough to get a replacement fan installed the next morning.
- stronglikedan 6y agoWhy would it need to be replaced now that its working again? ;-)
- eigenvector 6y agoThat reminds me of the time I found an appropriately shaped bolt installed in a fuse-holder - presumably someone did not have a replacement fuse and improvised. Except that it had been 5 years since the last maintenance in this place and it was a protection panel for a large synchronous generator in a power plant. After you make a heroic temporary fix, please, ensure the permanent fix is applied later!
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago> After you make a heroic temporary fix, please, ensure the permanent fix is applied later! I've known people who would, depending on exactly how bad the failure was, outright refuse to apply temporary fixes precisely because they didn't believe that the business would fix things properly if the issue wasn't forced. And having watched how that particular company handled things, I can't say that they were wrong.
- dylan604 6y agoThere's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.
- vangelis 6y agoIt's a slow blow
- shuntress 6y agoI've seen it said on this forum before and it also aligns with my experience: Most fixes that are 'just for now' are actually 'forever'
- coding123 6y agoMaybe it was vegan mayo? Oh wait, 1999.
- tempestn 6y agoReminds me of the foosball table in our old engineering students' society room. You can buy special lube for foosball bearings. OR you can just rub popcorn butter on the bars. Guess which one we had in ample supply.