Retiring my GPU

[Batalov]

Our local fitness' sauna is always rigged - a plastic bottle with cool water is placed on the tip of the official sensor. With that in place, it easily reaches 90C (194F) but then stops (without rigging it cycles at 160-170F... deplorable!) I still have to stand up on the bench to get the good temperature.

The volunteers weren't comfortable in those conditions and each drank several litres per hour but they survived without any short term or long term ill effects.

They are all dead now, though.
...As are all people who ate cucumbers (born between 1800 and 1899). And some people say that there's no harm in cucumbers! Ridiculous!

[xilman]

Originally Posted by chalsall

I would argue Homo sapiens are remarkably good at surviving high temperatures even with high humidity, so long as enough drinking water (and salt) is available.

Even if most of the sweat doesn't evaporate, if it drips off you it is carrying away heat.

There's high and there is high, both in terms of temperature and humidity.

Speaking from experience, it is much more comfortable to be at 100C and 20% humidity than at 50C and essentially 100% humidity for any length of time. Some heat is indeed lost by pumping water at 37C out of the body but evaporation is a greatly more efficient way of transferring heat.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Batalov

Our local fitness' sauna is always rigged - a plastic bottle with cool water is placed on the tip of the official sensor. With that in place, it easily reaches 90C (194F) but then stops (without rigging it cycles at 160-170F... deplorable!) I still have to stand up on the bench to get the good temperature.

I believe that is closely correlated with the litigious nature of US society.

Originally Posted by Batalov

They are all dead now, though.
...As are all people who ate cucumbers (born between 1800 and 1899). And some people say that there's no harm in cucumbers! Ridiculous!

Are you sure of that? There are quite a few people still alive who were born in the 19th century. I'd be surprised to learn that none of them have ever eaten cucumbers.

The previously oldest British man died yesterday at age 110. Not quite old enough to meet your criterion but there are surely older people still going.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by xilman

Speaking from experience, it is much more comfortable to be at 100C and 20% humidity than at 50C and essentially 100% humidity for any length of time. Some heat is indeed lost by pumping water at 37C out of the body but evaporation is a greatly more efficient way of transferring heat.

To use the modern vernacular... Well, duh....

[kracker]

I thought you would die when boiling, with or without water.

Or Else your skin get's....

[bsquared]

Originally Posted by xilman

The previously oldest British man died yesterday at age 110. Not quite old enough to meet your criterion but there are surely older people still going.

There are at least ten:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_..._people_living

[bsquared]

Originally Posted by kracker

I thought you would die when boiling, with or without water.

Ah, but ambient air temperature != body temperature. It's a question of heat transfer. Put Xilman in a vat of 97C water and his story would be decidedly different....

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by bsquared

Ah, but ambient air temperature != body temperature. It's a question of heat transfer. Put Xilman in a vat of 97C water and his story would be decidedly different....

@Xilman... Hot tub test?

[Batalov]

A necessary note: you cannot put Xilman in a hot tub! It's a string of six letters!

Also, even if you tried the real person who is behind these six letters, he would probably show you a series of digits (with his digits) of which I envision "4" ("[FONT=Arial Narrow]oo1oo[/FONT]") used copiously.