On 17/11/2023 17:48, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> In message <9htelilplhoqh8pvh0p2hjbnpbm8i3ccr9@4ax.com> at Fri, 17 Nov
> 2023 14:36:27, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> writes
>>
>> It involved removing all the microwave oven's external coverings and
>> inside I found a lightbulb of short stature which in its last gasp had
>> shattered all its completely blackened glass shards everywhere. Still,
>> not bad for an incandescent lightbulb which had been in use for over
>> 40 years.
>>
>> Nick
>
> Needless to say, I hope you didn't power it with the covers off. I've no
> idea what the radiation pattern of a magnetron is under such
> circumstances, but I imagine it could be dangerous or lethal.
>
The other day I opened my microwave to remove a freshly zapped lunch and
a fruit fly flew out. Tough little blighters fruit flies. Or I've
created a mutant monster.

--
Ric

On 20/11/2023 19:27, Joe Kerr wrote:

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> The other day I opened my microwave to remove a freshly zapped lunch and
> a fruit fly flew out. Tough little blighters fruit flies. Or I've
> created a mutant monster.

Could it be something to do with the wavelength?

--
Steveski

On 19/11/2023 19:40, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

>>
> FWIW: for Windows users (I don't know if IV is available under other
> OSs),

It's not, but it does work very well with WINE.

> IrfanView has the ability to rename photos to the date and time
> they were taken, and can batch do it (i. e. do lots of images in one
> go). I'm pretty sure it can retain the original name as part of the new
> one, too, so if you've named some of them, you can still do the
> rename-to-date-and-time without losing that effort, though I haven't
> used that aspect. Bit it certainly helps if you have lots of files
> called something like DSL0001, DSL0002, etc..
>
> Assuming, of course, you set the date and time in the camera. These days
> that's less of a problem as the camera tends to be a smartphone, and I
> think those automatically have the date and time - although some images
> my American cousins shared with me after our day or two in Norfolk
> _didn't_ have date information in them, and they _were_ taken on a
> smartphone.

--
Ric