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Periodic Table Table

Posted by chrisd on from the and-soon-settees-for-science dept.

Ed Pegg Jr writes "Theo Gray, a co-creator of Mathematica, was originally a chemist. Needing a conference table, he created a Periodic Table using a variety of woods." It seems Theo is missing some elements for the table, in case you have any spare europium (in a proper container, of course) lying about. This isn't Theo's first piece of furniture. It looks like he has left a few spots for new elements, and it is nicely modular, in the event an element is found not to exist.

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  1. Wood by willpost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "How much wood would wood glue glue if wood glue could glue wood?" -Vivre Draco

  2. Theo is an asshole by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and OpenBSD is dying !

  3. Things To Do Today by Things+To+Do+Today · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    1. Get job at city morgue

    2. Fuck dead people

  4. FOR MY VEGETARIAN FRIENDS! A TASTY VEGIE WRAP! by RecipeTroll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Grilled Mediterranean Vegetable Sandwich

    Ingredients

    1 eggplant, sliced into strips
    2 red bell peppers
    2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
    2 portobello mushrooms, sliced
    3 cloves garlic, crushed
    4 tablespoons mayonnaise
    1 (1 pound) loaf focaccia bread

    Directions
    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
    Brush eggplant and red bell peppers with 1 tablespoon olive oil; use more if necessary, depending on sizes of vegetables. Place on a baking sheet and roast in preheated oven. Roast eggplant until tender, about 25 minutes; roast peppers until blackened. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
    Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and saute mushrooms until tender. Stir crushed garlic into mayonnaise. Slice focaccia in half lengthwise. Spread mayonnaise mixture on one or both halves.
    Peel cooled peppers, core and slice. Arrange eggplant, peppers and mushrooms on focaccia. Wrap sandwich in plastic wrap; place a cutting board on top of it and weight it down with some canned foods. Allow sandwich to sit for 2 hours before slicing and serving.

    Makes 6 Servings

  5. I AM A MAD GENIUS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have just finished my hat made of jerkied goat scrotums! Can I have a slashdot feature like this?

    1. Re:I AM A MAD GENIUS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I've been selling kangaroo scrotums on eBay forever now. Where've you been?

  6. Re:Doc said... by dimator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What a great movie. In my top 5, for sure.

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    python -c "x='python -c %sx=%s; print x%%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))%s'; print x%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))"
  7. Re:He needs a Lanthanide & Actinide drop leaf by gazbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Trick or Treat? Reach in there for your candy Billy..."
    I say that anyway. It's always a treat for me.
  8. Re:PARENT IS A TROLL by grytpype · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Damn. I was fixin to send him a bunch, too. Thanks for the warning.

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  9. Re:Doc said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I absolutely agree. Of course, I couldn't watch Charlie's Angels without thinking - "Get your damn hands off her."

  10. Is there a spot for... by Zenjive · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    CowboyNealium (Cn)?

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  11. Re:Hmmm. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > Florine gas is very hard to have around

    That's *fluorine*. Not "flourine" or "florine" or even "floorine"!

    (Sorry, one of my pet peeves...)

  12. Re:Id like to see him try to stor the elements.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    which is fine until that kid swallows some..

  13. Re:I too... by wednesdaywar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Try Shakespeare's Hamlet... Oh wait... not quite.

  14. Re:Other periodic tables... by absolut_kurant · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hehe... in the periodic table of presidents, the symbol for Bill Clinton is Hi *grins* cool

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