"Cold heat" soldering?

[James]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, James wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, John Foust wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I'd seen the commercials for this instant-on battery-powered
> > soldering iron and wondered if I should add it to my tool box.
> > 
> > I saw this FAQ on Thinkgeek:
> 
> I fucking thought so. I've been trying to figger out how it works and the 
> only answer I could come up with is that there is no heat, just a dead 
> short that makes the object-to-be-soldered get hot.


I appologize for my language, I thought I was replying to a different list 
where such language isn't uncommon.