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General Science / Can I use rice cooker to cook other things, for example... ?

« on: 24/04/2013 21:42:07 »

I was given rice cooker as a present, cheap one from supermarket and I was wondering why it says I should not cook other foods in it , especially alkaline or acidic foodstuffs. I was wondering what would be the problem with cooking vegetables for example,  in the rice cooker. I know a lot of them are alkaline ... the ones I would most like to use are broccoli , cauliflower and green beans. Anyway, I am thinking there will be some reaction with the inner pot which is okay with me as long as there are no health ramifications. I do not mind if the usage of the product is the  only reason not to cook other stuff. Appreciate any advice on this. Thanks.

model no. CFXB15GS

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That CAN'T be true! / More possible chess moves than atoms in the observable universe?

« on: 22/04/2013 12:12:53 »

I have been playing chess online  for over 10 years now and heard about this statistic a long time ago and assumed it was just some sort of joke. That there are more possible chess games or continuations than atoms in our observable universe!! Many years later Garry Kasparov (one of the greatest players ever) mentioned this fact !? in a TV interview and so of course I googled, and it  appears to be statistically consistent. I can understand its a statistical thing made possible by many repeating moves and situations but still it does not sit right with me and I am hoping it is refuted somehow in the future. To think of the amount of atoms in a grain of sand then to think of the amount of atoms in the universe .... surely somebody did not carry the 1 in their calculations. Maybe its all above board but I do not like it!