On Monday 30 August 2004 13.48, James Knott wrote:
peter Nikolic wrote:
Hope you use an NON Torchable type alcohol could be fun if not one spark and bingo out goes the 911...
Actually, alcohol, though flammable is quite safe, in that it takes a fair bit to get it burning, when in liquid form. In fact, it's so safe that it's used for stoves on small boats, where you don't want any propane or gasoline fumes floating around.
A similar situation occurs with kerosene. Way back when, one of the proponents of jet engines had a little demo. He'd stand in a puddle of jet fuel and drop a lit match into it. He'd then challenge someone who claimed jet fuel was dangerous, to try the same thing with gasoline.
It all depends on how volatile the fuel is. Gasoline is volatile, alcohol is not.
Excuse me guys.. But aren't we getting a BIT off track here?? My original question was NOT on the flamability of fluids, but on a unstable SuSE 9.1 Linux/KDE setup. (Not that i haven't enjoyed some of the OT answers..) I still haven't gotten the system stable even after following the few advises on settings received in this thread.. Still at it though -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@norweb.se Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 735 05 51 01 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >