In this episode, we talk about the bridge collapse in Minnesota. Then we talk about a $4,000 action figure sold on eBay. Jen provides a re-cap of her night in Harry Potter hell and then we finish things up by comparing sound-alike songs.

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5 comments op “HN 079 - Hooks And Bridges”

  1. Andy Melton said:

    Harry Potter, the biggest thing since the Bible!

  2. Dave Calderbank said:

    At first i thought you made up the term “heat saturation” while talkin’ about the collapse of the Twin Cities bridge, but it turns out you didn’t. Check this out, Einstein :)

    “Heat Saturation Time of Solid Spherical Regenerator of HTAC
    LU;Qing-heng;CHENG;Su-sen;YANG;Tian-jun
    Abstract:

    In order to control the heat saturation time, the temperature field of the regenerators of high temperature air combustion (HTAC) technology after reheating furnace was studied. A one-dimensional unsteady mathematical model was established and discretized through finite difference method. The relationship between the heat saturation time and some factors was determined through the calculation of a program developed by language C. The heat saturation time decreases with the increase of heat convection coefficient, however, the increase of heat capacity, density and radius of regenerator all increase the heat saturation time approximately linearly.[著者文摘]
    Key words:

    solid spherical regenerator; heat saturation time; mathematical model”

  3. Shawno said:

    Yeah, I can totally recite the laws of HTAC right off the top of my head. Srsly.

  4. Paul Roberts said:

    Your British pronounciation is terrible, we don’t talk like that, even with a stiff upper lip!!!

    I just found out the BBC has a pronunciation unit blog
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/pronunciation_unit/
    and a book
    http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-BBC-Guide-Pronunciation-essential/dp/0192807102

    BTW: You scooped the BBC and the London papers on the bridge collapse story!

  5. Dave Calderbank said:

    And there’s still room for sodomy. Amazing!

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