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Periodic Table Table Poster Post

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ray-smullyan-did-not-live-in-vain dept.

TheodoreGray writes to mention his Artsy Periodic Table Poster. Others here have discovered his Periodic Table Table and his sodium-in-the-lake party. He concludes, "And if I post about posters again, I could be a Periodic Periodic Table Table Poster Poster."

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  1. Ooo.. by onion2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    "And if I post about posters again, I could be a Periodic Periodic Table Table Poster Poster."

    Ooo.. ooo.. please! Go on! I'm on the edge of my seat here!

    (On a side note, HTML really needs a sarcasm tag.)

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    1. Re:Ooo.. by MP3Chuck · · Score: 4, Funny

      "HTML really needs a sarcasm tag."

      Perhaps <blink> could have a use after all!

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  2. Sodium metal by rbarreira · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like his server has just been blasted by the /. element.

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    1. Re:Sodium metal by Otter · · Score: 4, Informative
      Coral Cache link -- I love the Slashdotter FireFox extension! (And kudos to Theodore Gray for a really nice poster.)

      As long as I'm posting, I'm reminded of the article I read recently about how some public school was so poorly funded that their periodic table was from 1996 and didn't have the very newest element! Whatever the financial situation in the school, I found it at least as alarming that "activists" thought that was seriously holding back high school chemistry education, let alone that a reporter and editor (WSJ, no less, IIRC) agreed with them.

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    2. Re:Sodium metal by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's nothing, at my high school in North Carolina in the early 80's our periodic table contained only Earth, Water, Air and Fire. They didn't even have the update for Ether.

      Serious note, in 6th grade we were all supposed to bring in an example of an element. I don't recall what I brought in (probably coal for carbon), but it amazed and shocked me how many people brought in wood. I guess nowadays that wouldn't surprise me.

      By the way, my high school was actually pretty good and my chemistry teacher, Mr. Merritt, was an especially good teacher. I learned a lot in 11th grade chemistry.

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  3. Four years to make a poster by DavidHOzAu · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and I think it is now safe to say that you can read more about him here.

  4. I like ..... by ajs318 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's very pretty. Nice use of images ..... especially the Noble gases. Even pictures of the scientists after which some of the *cough* harder-to-obtain elements were named! I'm going to order one of the 68x134 ones if they can be shipped to the UK.

    If you like this, you'll probably also like Kalzium.

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  5. Holy slashvertising batman! by QuantumFTL · · Score: 4, Funny
    Check out the new formula, folks:
    • Step 1: Create product made for /.ers
    • Step 2: Use Slashdot's Slashvertisement Submission Form
    • Step 3: Get server completely slashdotted before ten posts.
    • Step 4: /.ers are annoyed at you and never buy any of your stuff.
    • Step 5: ???
    • Step 6: At least you are not as bad as Roland.
  6. Re:Oh no... by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that we've got Pluto kicked off the list of planets, we can work on getting Cesium kicked off the periodic table.

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  7. Re:Sodium by nizo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah I was thinking the same thing. On the flip side, I am considering selling sodium on ebay by the pound, and then shipping buyers two pounds of salt. Just think of the free chlorine as an added bonus!

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  8. Shameless plug, yes by TheodoreGray · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I would just like to say in my defense that in the form I submitted the story it wasn't just a shameless plug for my poster. It was a shameful plug disguised with interesting links to the recent Brainiac alkali metal explosions fiasco, which I'm genuinely surprised didn't get any attention on slashdot. Sorry about the server, again. It was supposed to be able to handle it. Unfortunately they have their hands around my bandwidth neck because for some reason our sysadmin department feels it's more important to keep wolfram.com running than my periodic table table site. Where is the appreciation for fine art in this world? If only people would buy my poster, I could afford more bandwidth for sodium explosions. There, now you have a truly shameless plug to complain about.

    1. Re:Shameless plug, yes by nblender · · Score: 4, Interesting
      Ignore the other self-righteous wankers. I am continuously amused by the things you get up to, and enjoy your little pieces in popsci.. My favourite is still the Iridium incident with the batshit crazy russians....

      http://georgelazenby.livejournal.com/195942.html

      So hey, Thanks.

  9. Re:Oh no... by BakaHoushi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why Cesium? Let's get rid of mercury. I mean, first of all, it's supposed to be a metal, but it's LIQUID at room temperature. It thinks it's so cool, 'cause it's rebelling against its "solid" parents. Secondly, it poisons people. Oh yeah, real nice. Sure, lead can poison us, too, but only if we consume it. If someone tried to consume parts of me I'd poison them, too, but Mercury can just be in the area. Have you touch it. I think it's time to get rid of Hg once and for all, and replace it with something more useful. Like Chocolate. No one ever complains about liquid chocolate, after all.

  10. Note to purchaser: by Wilson_6500 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Some disassembly required."

  11. More than two pounds... by ClayJar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, the atomic weight of chlorine is 35.4527, and the atomic weight of sodium is 22.989768. That being the case, you'll have to ship just over 2.54 pounds of salt in order to ship a pound of sodium.

    To be kind, you should also include the disassembly instructions -- "Heat in crucible (sold separately) until molten. Insert suitable electrodes (sold separately) and apply direct current. Collect sodium."