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michael
on from the pass-the-C2H5OH dept.
PD writes "This page describes some actually existing molecules with strange and unfortunate names. " Don't miss the "molecules you should be aware of" at the bottom of the page. You'll need a class in organic chemistry to get the jokes, though.
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Gnus for Hurds?
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Anonymous Coward
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Okay, funny, and I didn't even need a class in organic chemistry, basic chemistry works;)
I think slashdot should do something to incurage the use of the scince section.. maybe let more articles like this one through.. so people might actually check it out more oftin.
Jeff
-- The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
In case anyone's interested...
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Chocky2
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Re the unununium entry
The temporary systematic names are latinised from the atomic number
Most heavy elements have "real" names, but there are some clashes between the names assigned by the American Chemistry Society, and the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry. The current situation is something along the lines of:
Atomic #| Temporary | Old International | Old American | Current
re: the science secion
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AntiNeutrino
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I think that all articles should be displayed on the main page by default and then people could chose, if they didn't want to see too much science news that these only be displayed in the science section etc. rather than the articles not being displayed at all.
To the artice I have to say, I thought it was really funny. especially the last one...
Neutrino
-- I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from - Bob Dylan
I totally agree with you. Slashdot just doesn't feel as nerdy anymore without the science articles. In fact, today's front-page looks a lot more like that of a political activist site than a news-for-nerd site.
On the bright side, the way it is now the science sites don't get slashdotted as often...
Ahem
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Anonymous Coward
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i hate the following people:
Signal 11 for his little karma whore experiment and thinking he deserves an award for pointing out the fucking obvious, Eunuchs Root for thinking people care to read his over infla ted pseudo intellectualism, famous troll imposters, slashdot-terminal and people with +1 Bonus who post pure shit, moderators, people who care about karma, myself for thinking anyo ne cares to read this fucking shit
Well, you got the last one right...
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No+Such+Agency
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Nobody cares to read an Anonymous Coward with a score of zero. Oh, and didn't anyone ever tell you it's not wise to say nasty things about moderators?
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Okay, funny, and I didn't even need a class in organic chemistry, basic chemistry works ;)
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But interesting? Not really
More science news please
-- Ender, Duke_of_URL
ps: 1st p0$+ d00dz!
I think slashdot should do something to incurage the use of the scince section.. maybe let more articles like this one through.. so people might actually check it out more oftin.
Jeff
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
Re the unununium entry
The temporary systematic names are latinised from the atomic number
1=un 2=bi 3=tri 4=quad 5=pent 6=hex 7=sept 8=oct 9=enn 0=nil
element 106 whould be unnilhexium
Most heavy elements have "real" names, but there are some clashes between the names assigned by the American Chemistry Society, and the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry.
The current situation is something along the lines of:
Atomic #| Temporary | Old International | Old American | Current
104 | Unnilquadium Unq | Dubnium Db | Rutherfordium Rf | Rutherfordium Rf
105 | Unnilpentium Unp | Joliotium Jl | Hahnium Ha | Dubnium Db
106 | Unnilhexium Unh | Rutherfordium Rf | Seaborgium Sg | Seaborgium Sg
107 | Unnilseptium Uns | Bohrium Bh | Nielsbohrium Ns | Bohrium Bh
108 | Unniloctium Uno | Hahnium Hn | Hassium Hs | Hassium Hs
109 | Unnilenium Une | Meitnerium Mt | Meitnerium Mt | Meitnerium Mt
I think that all articles should be displayed on the main page by default and then people could chose, if they didn't want to see too much science news that these only be displayed in the science section etc. rather than the articles not being displayed at all.
To the artice I have to say, I thought it was really funny. especially the last one...
Neutrino
I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from - Bob Dylan
I totally agree with you. Slashdot just doesn't feel as nerdy anymore without the science articles. In fact, today's front-page looks a lot more like that of a political activist site than a news-for-nerd site.
On the bright side, the way it is now the science sites don't get slashdotted as often...
i hate the following people:
Signal 11 for his little karma whore experiment and thinking he deserves an award for pointing out the fucking obvious, Eunuchs Root for thinking people care to read his over infla ted pseudo intellectualism, famous troll imposters, slashdot-terminal and people with +1 Bonus who post pure shit, moderators, people who care about karma, myself for thinking anyo ne cares to read this fucking shit
Nobody cares to read an Anonymous Coward with a score of zero. Oh, and didn't anyone ever tell you it's not wise to say nasty things about moderators?
Freedom: "I won't!"