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Date:      Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:22:35 +0000
From:      "B. Estrade" <estrabd@gmail.com>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dust out your heat syncs!
Message-ID:  <20071214232235.GY25282@bc1.hpc.lsu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20071214174209.e1a90a92.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
References:  <20071214221631.0AE8645014@ptavv.es.net> <20071214174209.e1a90a92.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 05:42:09PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> wrote:
> >
> > This is a bit off topic, but I have commented on the issue of dusty heat
> > syncs in the past. With the recent discussion of the high temps generated
> 
> [snip]
> 
> "sink"  They are not "heat syncs".  They are "heat sinks".
> 
> Sorry, but it was like fingernails on a chalkboard ...

I don't know.  If you consider that different hot components use a single chunk of metal to reach some sort of equilibrium temperature, I don't think it is a stretch to call it a sync :)

> 
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> Bill Moran
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