Re: Chicken Stock gone sour ...cold.... I had let my stock... cool at room temperature for a few hours before putting it in the ... Although refrigerator temperature might NOT ... (rec.food.cooking)
Re: cold enough ... but does really cold affect silicon circuits.... The read-out electronics may or may not operate at room temperature -- some are rated for room temperature, some have to be cryogenic before you are allowed to turn them on. ... So you can design a chip, or even a system, that will operate from room temperature down to 77K -- but you can't expect a consumer device to be happy much below 0C, and even military devices must be carefully designed to make it down to -55C without problems. ... One of their suppliers is small and got some covert snickers when they admitted to testing parts with dry ice dumped in a styrofoam cooler. ... (sci.electronics.design)
Re: Using the Car Boot as a Cooler. ... dish of cooked turkey legs in the car boot *overnight* to cool before ... being properly refrigerated if eaten cold!... If we left it out overnight it'd be tapping on the door by ... the refrigerator, I have no ... (rec.food.cooking)
Re: cold enough ... but does really cold affect silicon circuits.... 77K is a _very_ popular temperature for cooled infrared detectors, the modern versions of which involve a focal plane of exotic semiconductor diodes laminated to a fairly ordinary read-out circuit made of silicon. ... The read-out electronics may or may not operate at room temperature -- some are rated for room temperature, some have to be cryogenic before you are allowed to turn them on. ... So you can design a chip, or even a system, that will operate from room temperature down to 77K -- but you can't expect a consumer device to be happy much below 0C, and even military devices must be carefully designed to make it down to -55C without problems. ... (sci.electronics.design)
Re: Urban Surprise: More Bicyclists Means Fewer Accidents ... You are depriving yourself. ... American Lager should be drunk cold; stout should be drunk at room ... That's a few degrees cooler than room temperature,... Unless we're talking about overheated US rooms - but when you're talking about over-air-conditioned US rooms, the beer should probably be /warmer/! ... (rec.arts.sf.fandom)