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Hai, what are your favorite elements?

Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
thorium, beryllium.

-Aut

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24 Responses to “Hai, what are your favorite elements?”

  1. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 11:57 am, "Autymn D. C." <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > thorium, beryllium.

    > -Aut

    As the universe expands a certain relation of element to element
    occurs, causing the relative masses element to element.  And the best
    possible combination as the art is my choice.

    I start with a little quanta of choice and the fifth element.  And
    make a sequence.

    Causing my little own chart of the nuclides. So six quanta can cause
    the set, a whole chartlet.

    So Hydrogen and i forget five.

            H1+E5
            H1_E5-1c
            H1-E5-2c
             .
             .
             .     …nc

    where c is an atomic mass unit

  2. admin says:

    Rhodium, copper, phosphorus, vanadium, manganese, silver.

  3. admin says:

    "Autymn D. C." wrote:

    > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > thorium, beryllium.

    > -Aut

    Idiot troll.

    Shitanium, unobtainium, cavorite, jellium, cosmium, and phlogiston.


    Uncle Al
    http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
     (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
    http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/lajos.htm#a2

  4. admin says:

    Uncle Al wrote:

    > Idiot troll.

    > Shitanium, unobtainium, cavorite, jellium, cosmium, and phlogiston.

    What?  No Illudium Phosdex, "the shaving cream atom"?

  5. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 2:22 pm, Uncle Al <Uncle…@hate.spam.net> wrote:

    > "Autymn D. C." wrote…

    > Idiot troll.

    Actually, it’s been bugging us for a while over in rasfs (trimmed). My
    general belief is that the reponses aren’t intelligent enough for a
    troll, and it’s likely an Eliza-clone. Everybody sing with me, "And
    you and me, are free to be, content-free…"


    Brian Davis

  6. admin says:

    In article <46043B1A.AD775…@sonic.net>, Mark Thorson <nos…@sonic.net> wrote:
    >Uncle Al wrote:

    >> Idiot troll.

    >> Shitanium, unobtainium, cavorite, jellium, cosmium, and phlogiston.

    >What?  No Illudium Phosdex, "the shaving cream atom"?

    Illudium Pu 36 is a better member of the family.

  7. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 10:57 am, "Autymn D. C." <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > thorium, beryllium.

    Atomic numbers 123 to 128, I suppose ;-)

    No, I’m being flippand: Osmium, Lanthanum, Freon, Hydrogen, Iron, and
    Lawrencium.

  8. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 4:57 pm, "Autymn D. C." <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > thorium, beryllium.

    > -Aut

    Nitro, Iron, Carbon, Rb, Neon, Germanium.

  9. admin says:

    On 3/23/07 8:57 AM, in article
    1174665453.479695.106…@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com, "Autymn D. C."

    <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
    > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > thorium, beryllium.

    > -Aut

    This proves that stupid questions do indeed exist.

    Bill
    — Fermez le Bush–about two years to go.

  10. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 3:44 pm, Salmon Egg <salmon…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > On 3/23/07 8:57 AM, in article
    > 1174665453.479695.106…@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com, "Autymn D. C."

    > <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
    > > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > > thorium, beryllium.

    > > -Aut

    > This proves that stupid questions do indeed exist.

    Yes, but it’s far better than most of his posts, so why not humour
    him?

  11. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 10:57 am, "Autymn D. C." <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > thorium, beryllium.

    > -Aut

    Muonium, positronium, protonium, antihydrogen, phlogiston, and
    polywater (even though it is a chemical compound and not simply an
    element – it outranks orgone in my list).  I am also partial to
    electron holes.

    Tom Davidson
    Richmond, VA

  12. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 11:22 am, Uncle Al <Uncle…@hate.spam.net> wrote:

    > "Autymn D. C." wrote:
    > > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > > thorium, beryllium.
    > Idiot troll.

    You’re the only idiot [mòròn] troll here.  I would kill you to save
    these groups.  Shut up or die, shitspawn.

    -Aut

  13. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 12:48 pm, "Brian Davis" <brda…@iusb.edu> wrote:

    > On Mar 23, 2:22 pm, Uncle Al <Uncle…@hate.spam.net> wrote:

    > > "Autymn D. C." wrote…

    > > Idiot troll.

    > Actually, it’s been bugging us for a while over in rasfs (trimmed). My
    > general belief is that the reponses aren’t intelligent enough for a
    > troll, and it’s likely an Eliza-clone. Everybody sing with me, "And
    > you and me, are free to be, content-free…"

    Correction: Your belief isn’t intelligent yenoh for trollspotting, nor
    can it spot intelligent inputs and corrections when they strike your
    client.

  14. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 3:38 pm, "WizWom" <wiz…@gmail.com> wrote:

    > On Mar 23, 10:57 am, "Autymn D. C." <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > > thorium, beryllium.

    > Atomic numbers 123 to 128, I suppose ;-)

    > No, I’m being flippand: Osmium, Lanthanum, Freon, Hydrogen, Iron, and
    > Lawrencium.

    Where is this freon?

  15. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 4:53 pm, "Madalch" <tress…@gmail.com> wrote:

    > On Mar 23, 3:44 pm, Salmon Egg <salmon…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > > On 3/23/07 8:57 AM, in article
    > > 1174665453.479695.106…@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com, "Autymn D. C."
    > > <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
    > > > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > > > thorium, beryllium.
    > > This proves that stupid questions do indeed exist.

    You can’t prove a thing.

    > Yes, but it’s far better than most of his posts, so why not humour

    mest
    humor

    > him?

    There is no him, blind illiterate cretin.

  16. admin says:

    Autymn D. C. wrote:
    > On Mar 23, 12:48 pm, "Brian Davis" <brda…@iusb.edu> wrote:
    >> On Mar 23, 2:22 pm, Uncle Al <Uncle…@hate.spam.net> wrote:

    >>> "Autymn D. C." wrote…
    >>> Idiot troll.
    >> Actually, it’s been bugging us for a while over in rasfs (trimmed). My
    >> general belief is that the reponses aren’t intelligent enough for a
    >> troll, and it’s likely an Eliza-clone. Everybody sing with me, "And
    >> you and me, are free to be, content-free…"

    > Correction: Your belief isn’t intelligent yenoh for trollspotting, nor
    > can it spot intelligent inputs and corrections when they strike your
    > client.

    but it’s intelligent enough to spell properly.  unlike you.

  17. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 7:57 am, "Autymn D. C." <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > thorium, beryllium.

    Lutetium.

    Not only is the name cool, but like me, it is the heaviest of the rare
    earths.

    Dangerous Bill

  18. admin says:

    On 3/23/07 8:10 PM, in article
    lpOdndbP3b9cC5nbnZ2dnUVZ_rXin…@speakeasy.net, "jim beam"

    <spamvor…@bad.example.net> wrote:
    > but it’s intelligent enough to spell properly.

    Does that mean that dictionaries are intelligent while most people are not?
    — Fermez le Bush–about two years to go.

  19. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 8:57 am, "Autymn D. C." <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    > thorium, beryllium.

      Interesting choices. Mine:

      Ag

      Os

      Ir

      Pt

      Au

      (money metals)

      I can’t decide on a sixth; I read that Ho has "unusual magnetic
    properties" but can’t seem to find details.

      I also vaguely remember some claims that either Tc or As would make
    wonderfully light, strong steel alloys except for the minor half-life
    issue.

      Just kidding. Favorite elements are those that I can eat (C, H, O,
    N). Traces don’t count. ;>)

      Mark L. Fergerson

  20. admin says:

    In article <1174721219.510978.206…@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,

    nu…@bid.nes <Alien8…@gmail.com> wrote:
    >On Mar 23, 8:57 am, "Autymn D. C." <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
    >> Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    >> thorium, beryllium.
    >  I also vaguely remember some claims that either Tc or As would make
    >wonderfully light, strong steel alloys except for the minor half-life
    >issue.

    Technetium is an implausibly good corrosion inhibitor; you can keep
    normal steel in 50-micromolar pertechnetate solution for twenty years
    and it doesn’t rust.

    I like scandium, gallium, and most of the middle row of the transition
    elements, particularly the noble ones; every so often I check to see
    if anyone has made the Doc Smith superalloys analogous to steels but
    based on ruthenium and niobium rather than iron and vanadium, and if
    they have Doc Smith super-properties.  I have samples of gallium,
    tantalum, molybdenum and diamond on my mantlepiece; scandium’s a bit
    expensive and the rare earths aren’t really quite air-stable enough
    for me to want to have lumps of them around the house.

    I work in crystallography, where almost all the heavy metals turn up
    at some stage thanks to despairing ‘soak the protein crystal in
    solutions of hexammineeverything and see if it binds’ experiments, and
    almost all the light metals turn up for actual biological reasons,
    except scandium and gallium.  Looking at an ion channel full of
    thallium makes it very clear why the stuff is so toxic.

    Tom

  21. admin says:

    my favourite are:

    Osmium

    Cesium

    Uranium

    Aurum

    Francium

    Radium

    All have special properties… a good interface to share ideas…. any
    comment on these selections will be appreciated.

    i and Autymn still await this "freon". what is it?
    thanx

    Regards,
    Divij

  22. admin says:

    In article <1174665453.479695.106…@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
    Autymn D. C. <lysde…@sbcglobal.net> writes
    >Pick at most six.  Here are mine: rhenium, tin, bismuth, caesium,
    >thorium, beryllium.

    >-Aut

    As an amateur gardener, I get three by reflex action: Nitrogen,
    Phosphorous, and Potassium. I guess I should add Hydrogen, Carbon, and
    Oxygen to get six.
    ObSF: the short-short $1.98, by Arthur Porges, in which a man earns a
    favour from a (very small) god, anything he likes up to the value of
    $1.98.

    (I read it in the very good compilation: 100 Great Fantasy Short Short
    Stories").

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    The last paragraph of the story is

    The clipping itself, a mere filler, read: "At present prices, the value
    of the chemical elements which make up the human body is only $1.98."

    A.G.McDowell

  23. admin says:

    Dear Divij Rao:

    "Divij Rao" <divij_urdb…@yahoo.co.in> wrote in message

    news:1174741267.963901.230590@l75g2000hse.googlegroups.com…

    - Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -

    > my favourite are:

    > Osmium

    > Cesium

    > Uranium

    > Aurum

    > Francium

    > Radium

    > All have special properties… a good interface to
    > share ideas…. any comment on these selections
    > will be appreciated.

    > i and Autymn still await this "freon". what is it?

    Fluorinated hydrocarbons.  Take a light hydrocarbon you may know
    and substitute fluorine for one or more hydrogens.

    David A. Smith

  24. admin says:

    On Mar 23, 2:38 pm, "WizWom" <wiz…@gmail.com> wrote:

    > No, I’m being flippand: Osmium, Lanthanum, Freon, Hydrogen, Iron, and
    > Lawrencium.

    Osmium?  Have you ever worked with osmium compounds?  They stink.

    Seriously- I worked with a fellow who was making organoosmium
    complexes, and any time he’d make his starting material, I’d spend the
    day in the library because the stench was overpowering.  I’d rather
    work with trimethylphosphine, or pyridine.

    And freon’s not an element.

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