Ok, here goes......the paws got white hot from the "keyboard action" IS somewhat misleading. More correctly, the paws got white hot from the friction between the high speed paws and the air around the paws (the same thing would happen if the paws were dropped from space; nothing other than the paws would get hot).Ulysses wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 7:01 amOK, let's dissect your reasoning, if that is the correct term for it.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 6:53 amNot at all. Speed is the key. Go out and light your charcoal grill, wait until the coals are white hot, and notice how you can rapidly lightly touch one of them and suffer no ill effect. For the same reason, the plastic keys do not absorb enough heat to even begin smoking, much less melt.Ulysses wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 6:25 amIf the feline's paws were "white hot from the keyboard action", wouldn't that melt the keyboard?neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 5:15 amThat cat is solid black; its paws are white hot from the keyboard action.
Would that not be pointless too?
First you say the cat's paws are white from the heat of the "keyboard action".
Would that not mean that there was sufficiently long contact to transfer heat from the friction of contact with the keyboard to turn the black fur white?
But then you argue that it's like rapidly touching hot coals without feeling the heat.
The difference of course is that hot coals get that way from being set on fire; most often from being dosed with lighter fluid and then ignited with suitable device (lighter, or those electric heating units, which I've never used). Are you implying that the keyboard is first doused with lighter fluid and then set ablaze? Would that not in turn melt the plastic keys?
Just trying to make sense of your post.
I'd ask my cat about it but she's taking a nap.
There is no friction or heat transfer to the keyboard because of the speed of the paws. The keyboard is not moving at high speed like the paws are. Because of this the keyboard is unharmed. If you were able to hold the white hot charcoal chunks in your hands and type with cat speed, the keys would not get hot, much less melt. This in itself illustrates my initial theory, except in a backward way.....that briefly and rapidly touching a white hot object, in this case the cat paws, will not cause injury to the other object, in this case, the keys on the board.
Keep up the good work.
Let us know what the cat says later.