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Elements 116 and 118 are Bogus?
prostoalex writes "In this era of corporate misbehavior and overstatement of results who can you trust? Scientific sources, of course. Well, turns out people at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory lied about their discovery of elements 116 and 118. Associated Press has the story, quoting the lab officials charging the researchers with "scientific misconduct"."
I have this sinking feeling prior earnings may have been overstated...
Beta only seems to work for Google. Such a shame.
And in related news... Element 142 nicknamed CowboyNealium has been discovered by a crack team of wallruses in antarctica.
At least they didn't go shredding atoms.... [rimshot]
Looks as though they at least get the message that belated honesty is better than none at all.
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I just ordered a new case for my dual Athlon Linux box made of Ununhexium with Ununoctium details! Man did I get screwed...
Here is the /. story.
Stock in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory plummeted in afternoon trading, while the head researcher vigorously denied rumors that Arthur Andersen had provided proofreading services for the paper in question...
"The best argument against democracy is a five minute chat with the average voter."
--Winston Churchill
Despite much funding from nestle:
Choctonium:
Atomic Number: 118
Atomic Weight: Delicious
will now have to be eliminated from the table.
So what you're really saying is that they HAVE discovered Unobtanium and Younoseeum!
Microsoft has claimed the patent and IP on the element Carbon. This in effect stomps out two things.
It makes it so that Microsoft owns everyone, BUT they are only going to charge 1/1000c per year to use each carbon atom. This means that each person only owes a million or so a year. This also helps them control the judges, as they can now technically "own" them too.
A smaller note: now they can sue apple for using the name "carbon" for their OS products.
Tibbon
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I create element 120 in my kitchen sink. Look for my research to be published next month. I plan to call it slashdotium.
Very silly to pin the blame on one individual in the research group. Don't these guys read? Don't they know disgruntled physicists, especially when they're disgraced atomic/nuclear scientists, always come back as super-villains to wreak their vengeance on their enemies and an unsuspecting world?
How long before their suspect builds himself an atomic-powered titanium alloy suit with miniature particle accelerator blasters?
Krabappel:"Who can tell me the atomic weight of bolognium?"
Martin: "Delicious?"
Krabappel: "Correct. I would also accept snacktacular."
If Nalgene water bottles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nalgene water bottles.
So when should I expect to see the girls of Lawrence Berkley issue of Playboy?
And furthermore, the results were falsified (and then retracted) by the growing international conspiracy against fair use of used textbooks, forcing first year physics students to buy new editions every year.
My next sig will be ready soon, but friends can beat the rush!
So, thanks to this dimwit, we have the re-number all the elements after 118...just freakin' great...that makes me real happy, since I just memorized every element in the PT and its number...now I have to relearn them all over again. ;-)
social sciences can never use experience to verify their statemen
The new names for these elements will be
"Fibbium" and "Bogusium"
Table-ized A.I.
He probably realized "Ununbium" was a dumb-ass name and wanted to try again.
...Arthur Anderson was supposed to audit the research, right?
"Lord, grant that I may always be right, for Thou knowest that I am hard to turn" -- A Scots-Irish prayer
In related news, an increasing number of scientists are coming to acknowledge the growing body of science which proves that the conclusions drawn from the field of "evolutionary biology" have been based on fabricated research.