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trthing
04-29-2004, 10:57 AM
"...A team of researchers based in Tucson, Arizona, announced Monday that a study of the use of green tea extracts for polishing the magnetic heads in hard-disk drives has yielded a compound that works three to four times faster than conventional compounds. If the findings can be reproduced in an industrial setting, the compound could reduce the cost and environmental impact of hard-drive manufacturing, the researchers said...."

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63268,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6
erilaz
04-29-2004, 11:44 PM
Damn straight. :beer:

And it's good for drinking too!
Dennik
04-30-2004, 02:54 AM
Whats the smiles all about Erilaz? No more cheap green tea for you!
;)
hypercube
04-30-2004, 03:16 AM
Heh I know they researched this in a completely normal fashion while coming up with cleaners, but when I read the headline I couldn't help imagining some kind of Reese's peanut butter cup style accident that caused them to figure this out..

"Hey! You got your tea in my hard drive!"
"You got your hard drive in my tea!"
"Wait a minute..this is great!"

:p
trthing
04-30-2004, 03:38 AM
Absolutely ;)

Wait for the next generation of discoveries related to bodily fluids... :buttrock:
erilaz
04-30-2004, 04:02 AM
Bah... I did this research years ago. Drinking tea, watering plants with tea, stain-surfacing wood with tea, fixing skin conditions, washing hair, removing dried cornflakes from cereal bowls, "improving" the circuitry of my stereo, bathing in it, wiping disks, as a motor lubricant, fortune telling...
The list goes on.

Well, okay, I didn't bathe in it.:)
LunaticSymphony
04-30-2004, 04:41 AM
Is plain leafed tea too domestic for ya? Or is it still in training, awaiting for initiation into the Green Tea Berets?
erilaz
04-30-2004, 05:49 AM
On the contrary, ceylon tea is one of the better types for drinking, but green tea is better for cleaning disks. :wise:
danylyon
04-30-2004, 09:52 AM
Originally posted by erilaz
Well, okay, I didn't bathe in it.:)

You didn't? That's actually something great.
You can get Mixtures in "New Age" stores especially for that.
noisewar
04-30-2004, 09:55 AM
This is waaay off topic but from a fellow tea fan to a fellow tea fan....

hey erilaz have you tried Pi Luo Chun? It's a slightly expensive oolong a touch on the green side, very delicious, sweet bouquet, flowery, and knocks the crap outta all these Tazo blends and wierd nu-tea movement junk.

Anyways, it's about $40-$60 a pound if you're buying the right stuff, over $80 for the best stuff, and while I don't know if it'll clean your harddrive, it'll sure make you seppuku next time you walk past Liptons. Cheers! :thumbsup:
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