Who, Me? Lab worker built a fake PC to nuke his lunch
Who, Me?
The office sink is always a horror. Managers worried this one glowed
WHO, ME? Welcome to a fresh, tasty, instalment of Who, Me? It’s The Register’s reader-contributedcolumn in which readers confess about things they did at work that probablydeserve to remain a secret.
This week,meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Ray” who told us he once worked in a researchlab repairing nucleonic instruments.
We understand they’re gadgets that use very short half-lifeisotopes that emit just enough radiation it’s possible to measure thebackscatter. According to the WorldNuclear Association this is helpful to measure the level of coal in ahopper, or the thickness of paper!
Like many workplaces, the lab Ray worked in had a microwaveoven staff could use to warm their lunches, and a coffee machine too.
The difference in this lab was that the appliances lived nextto a sink used to wash the nucleonic kit.
Ray’s manager decided...
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