scott wrote:

> Those IR thermometers work by assuming the object you're pointing at has 
> a specific emissivity (which is hard-wired in on cheap models), and also 
> a certain temperature of environmental radiation.  Unless you set those 
> two accurately for each thing you measure you'll never get an accurate 
> temperature reading using IR.

Of course, what I *really* wanted is one of those thermal imaging 
cameras which visually show you how hot things are... but I have no idea 
where the hell you can buy those. :-(

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