Gilded

"i dunno if its mercury any more... to expensive, they've probably come up with some kinda cheaper compound - i dunno that, just guessing!" Sure, there are tilt switches that don't involve mercury. But I think pure mercury is more reliable, and more dynamic.

elastic = rubber clubber

Well the 5th doesn't certainly look like a test but an announcement... Or something. Whatever, doesn't really matter. Anyway, blike will be remembered and celebrated in 3002 for the starting post of the Oh So Magnificent SFN.

I've always liked transparent (glass tube) mercury switches. I should get myself one just so I could watch the mercury sliding in it.

I think killing helpless yeast to make alcohol is terrible. *goes to found Rights For Yeast-foundation*

The previous four were probably test threads. And what makes you think that if that's thread #5, then there are 5 test threads before it?

I'm a natural blonde and I'm the smartest person I know. :<

"a Decisive list of the elements and where to obtain them LEGALY, would make a nice sticky post if done and formatted correctly :)" You can legally get a sample of every element from 1 to 92. Those are the ones that are normally considered as naturally occurring, and I had no intentions about telling people something like "Making plutonium at home through nucleosynthesis".

Infra-red receiver switches? Like a) activated when infra-red signal received b) something's blocking the light causing them to activate? Reminds me of James Bond or something.

Switches, on and off... and stuff. Is there a site where you could learn about different switches (since I'm sort of an engineering/electronics newbie)? I have basic information about reed and mercury switches, but some more complex ones maybe? Please share information about unusual switches.

You know, that sounds like a good idea. We could have a stickied reagent thread as well, you know with all sorts of companies that provide pyrotechnics related material. And about the element collecting, I'd be more than glad to "test" different providers and find new ones.

Back to element collecting: I will try to list here good providers of elements, whenever I can and get experience about them. RGB seems to be very nice (they delivered the iridium pellet to Finland in 3 days, and one day was the delay of the notice arriving!), and I have ordered from http://www.seltenerden.de though that delivery hasn't arrived yet (two packets, one from Austria and one from Germany). Back to offtopic: Have you tested your chilis on the Scoville scale? I bet you are familiar with that. Which is the strongest one on the scale you have? For comparison, jalapeno is usually 3000-8000 and pure capsaicin is something near 16x10^6 if someone didn't know.

The frog would most likely be an interesting pet. "OK, that was the last time you ate my pet beetle. You're going to the ice-cube tray for 6 months!" Edit: Hey Sayo, see if it was a brother of these fellows: http://weta.boarsnest.net/gallery.htm Mating pictures too, whoopee!

Wetas are truly marvellous creatures. I saw on a nature document when the freezing process was taken on video; you could actually see ice crystals forming on the thing. Sorcerer is lucky to live in New Zealand where there are all sorts of cool insects. We don't even have roaches or poisonous spiders or anything like that. :<

In the year 2070, you'll probably get millions for a kilo of zinc.

"just don`t swallow it! :)" If there's something to be told about radiochemistry, that's not swallowing alpha-radiators. "I`ve had my Am241 in alu foil at the base of a plant for well over 5 months now" First of all, you would have to take all of the Am-241 from about 100 detectors (as David Hahn did) for it to be even a visible amount of the substance itself, it's a very minimal amount that's in the detectors. Second, aluminum is a rather crappy neutron emitter, beryllium is WAY better. Third, the neutrons might be moving too fast to be absorbed by the atoms in the plant. Something to try: Mix (even a tiny amount) of polonium-209 with beryllium. Neutron radiation to the max, I say. That should turn YT's chilis into flesh eating megabeasts of doomsday. Or then just kill them. :< By the way, which species do you grow? I'd be more than pleased to taste some homegrown chili if I ever visit England.

From me the thanks go to budullewraagh and YT2095 and other chemistry forum regulars for sharing interesting chemistry info. And thanks to Phi for All for great jokes! For the admins/moderators: Our modz and adminz who art chillin' at SFN, r0x0rs be j00r modpowerz, j00r bans n announcements come, j00 will own teh real life as the forumz. Give us this day our daily moderating, and forgive our spamz n flamingz as we 4give th0se who fl4m3 us or spam. 'n lead us not into other forumz but tell us that "SFN ownz all other forums". 'coz j00r is teh forumz, 'n teh modpowerz and ownage 4ever n ever. Amen.

It's always nice to see that a science-related forum starts with a post about explosions. :> Remember to celebrate SFN in the year 3002!

"I remember the big fluffy red guy that could control peoples minds." That one was great. Dark Archon (?) from Broodwars I think.

"all usable organs to be donated" The left kidney is mine! j/k That Sayo's fired-with-cannon-to-sun idea is nice, but I prefer casket-used-as-nuclear-test-target-funeral. :>

So the nice color is just because of the carbon then?

Just when you were about to throw a party because Gilded stopped posting in the Science Shirts thread, you check it and YIPES!: "There are 10 types of people in the world - Those who understand binary and those who don't" "Hey baby, I'm Chlorine. Wanna be my alkali metal?" "If time traveling is real, expect me to kick your ass five years ago" "Who even needs absolute zero being reached when you can reach Absolut Vodka?" "Being made of nuclear waste of stars sucks"

"The thread has been viewed over 10000 times!" Yay for Jokes thread! Pwning j00 with good jokes - since the first post (can't be arsed to check when it was) Three surgeons discuss about their accomplishments during a conference break. 1st Surgeon: A man got his arms blown off by grenade shrapnels and I fixed them. He is the world's best sniper today. 2nd Surgeon: That's nothing! A woman got his both legs blown off by a mine and I fixed them. She's the world's best dancer today. 3rd Surgeon: OK, those are both great accomplishments but nothing compared to my best work. 1st & 2nd Surgeons: What's that then? 3rd Surgeon: Well, there was an accident at an explosives factory that left behind only a horse's behind and I fixed it. And today, that horse's ass is the president of the United States!

I'm going through high school thinking "I can quit any moment I want to and tell the teachers to go and f*** themselves". No really, I think it's quite fun. And when you consider how just about all schooling in Finland is free, I think it isn't too bright to whine about free schooling.

Oh bloody hell, debates! I would rather watch grass grow because I'm silly.