[geeks] OT: Q. about Lava Lamps...

[Michael-John Turner]

On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 01:11:07PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> I've got a Lava Lamp on my desk at work (one of the older ones, from the
> mid-eighties), and it is all original (oil/wax/etc.), and I haven't had
> it on for years. Well, I plugged it in (after getting a new 40 watt
> appliance bulb for it), and now if I leave it on for 24+ hours, the wax
> tends to form a large ball, sitting on th ebottom of the "bottle". Up
> until that point, the wax flows as you would expect, but some where close
> to 24 hour out, it forms this ball. If I leave it on, I think the ball
> will break up, but I amnot sure...
> 
> Is this normal activity for a Lava Lamp? Should I just let it go and see
> what happens?

Check out the FAQ at http://lavarand.sgi.com/care.html. SGI use a bundle of
'em to generate random numbers :) (see http://lavarand.sgi.com/).

-mj
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