New technology found
Robert J. Kolker
M Fielding wrote:
> Our researchers have come across a new metal in Papua Guinea. 15x
> stronger than steel.
No doubt left by the Aliens when their flying saucers took off.
Bob Kolker
Francis Harrington
"M Fielding" <mfie...@2ndemail.net> wrote in message
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> Our researchers have come across a new metal in Papua Guinea. 15x
> weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
> any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
> machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
> wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
> lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
> satisfied.
Yes, I've heard of this stuff. The PG001 will fire a round of bullshit
out to a maximum range of about 17 feet.
Francis Harrington
1,000 what? 1,000 pieces of donkey doo-doo?
Bruce
mfie...@2ndemail.net (M Fielding) wrote:
>Our researchers have come across a new metal in Papua Guinea. 15x
>stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
>weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
>any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
>machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
>wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
>lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
>satisfied.
I'll buy all 1,000,000 after verifying your claims.
Uncle Al
>
> Our researchers have come across a new metal in Papua Guinea.
Riiight. Whose butt did you mine?
> 15x
> stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
> weapons for any army.
Riiight. 15X stronger than which steel? What does "stronger" mean?
> These weapons will work longer and harder than
> any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
> machine guns.
Riiiight. You made and stockpiled a weapon not under contract, using
money out of your own pocket. Riiiight. Given that each gun assembly
occupies merely one cubic foot of crate volume, you then have some
38,000 cubic yards of crated inventory. Riiiight.
> We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each.
10^3 WHAT each? A yen isn't the same thing as a Euro. What caliber,
Poindexter? What ballistic specs, Nimrod?
> Any one
> wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
> lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
> satisfied.
You may not sell military hardware without first receiving an end-user
certificate signed by at least an embassy official. If you do,
somebody expecting a Federal pension will flush your remains down a
sewer.
--
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Uncle Al
>
> The metal we found is more of an alloy. With nuclear facilities around
> the spot of the find the metal must have mutated for years before we
> found it. This metal is dense and weight about 1/2 as much as steel.
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Frank Logullo
"Uncle Al" <Uncl...@hate.spam.net> wrote in message
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> M Fielding wrote:
> >
> > The metal we found is more of an alloy. With nuclear facilities around
> > the spot of the find the metal must have mutated for years before we
> > found it. This metal is dense and weight about 1/2 as much as steel.
>
> http://w0rli.home.att.net/youare.swf
> http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/sunshine.jpg
>
Frank
Mark Palenik
> according to laws of physics like would it be appropriate in a science
> fiction book or something? I mean real sci fi not fantasy stuff.
>
Well, first of all, metal isn't alive, so it can't "mutate".
Repeating Decimal
mfie...@2ndemail.net wrote on 11/30/03 2:53 PM:
> Our researchers have come across a new metal in Papua Guinea. 15x
> stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
> weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
> any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
> machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
> wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
> lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
> satisfied.
This alloy was on the first and only cargo plane sent to fulfill cargo cult
expectations. Because it crashed upon landing, the program was ended early.
That was the entire stock.
Bill
Mu-Pi
> stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
> weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
> any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
> machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
> wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
> lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
> satisfied.
Crank.
*Plonk*
Josh Halpern
M Fielding wrote:
>OK making and selling the stuff was a joke but would it be possible
>according to laws of physics like would it be appropriate in a science
>fiction book or something? I mean real sci fi not fantasy stuff.
>
Define stronger. Refer it to the application. Now do you see
why this is crap.
josh halpern
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>Our researchers have come across a new metal in Papua Guinea. 15x
>stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
>weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
>any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
>machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
>wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
>lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
>satisfied.
>
>These guns use Pressured gas To increase the speed of the bullets. The
>bullets are made from Guineaum which is very dense and will travel
>through certain areas on high grade metal. New Technology center in
>the middle of nowhere in Papua guinea tested these new weapons. 99/100
>times they pierced the armor but they did not go through the tank
>completly the 1/100 time back fired and killed the tester. These
>weapons are highly powerful and have great kick these weapons will not
>go through the thickest part of the tank but will go through some
>areas.
>
>The metal we found is more of an alloy. With nuclear facilities around
>the spot of the find the metal must have mutated for years before we
>found it. This metal is dense and weight about 1/2 as much as steel.
>
>Recently we found a new use for Carbon Monoxide. The gas chamber in
>our guns is able to compact Carbon Monoxide easier allowing for better
>effiency and less back fires it still is not 100% efficient but it is
>on its way and it is capable to go through tanks easier but not the
>thicker sections on the armor.
>
>These are not small bullets. They are about 1in. They can pierce the
>weaker areas of a tank not the dead center where all the armor is. It
>can pierce weaker areas of tanks
>
>
Chris
> stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
> weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
> any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
> machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
> wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
> lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
> satisfied.
Gregory L. Hansen
M Fielding <mfie...@2ndemail.net> wrote:
>Our researchers have come across a new metal in Papua Guinea. 15x
>stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
>weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
>any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
>machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
>wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
>lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
>satisfied.
Although a metal that's 15x stronger than steel would be impressive and
desirable, why would anyone think a machine gun would be improved by it?
Don't sell machine guns, sell the metal.
--
"Don't try to teach a pig how to sing. You'll waste your time and annoy
the pig."
Chris
something constructive.
> according to laws of physics like would it be appropriate in a science
> fiction book or something? I mean real sci fi not fantasy stuff.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Our researchers have come across a new metal in Papua Guinea. 15x
> stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
> weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
> any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
> machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
> wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
> lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
> satisfied.
Ok a metal 15x stronger then steel. You don't metion its weight if it weighs
15x as much as steel I don't want to lug it around. But lets for the moment
assume that it has a weight equal to steel. There are much better uses then
guns. Guns work find the way they are, but areospace could use a few new
materials.
> These guns use Pressured gas To increase the speed of the bullets. The
> bullets are made from Guineaum which is very dense and will travel
> through certain areas on high grade metal. New Technology center in
> the middle of nowhere in Papua guinea tested these new weapons. 99/100
> times they pierced the armor but they did not go through the tank
> completly the 1/100 time back fired and killed the tester. These
> weapons are highly powerful and have great kick these weapons will not
> go through the thickest part of the tank but will go through some
> areas.
All guns use pressurized gas to fire there amunition. The gun powder burns
releasing gasses which force the bullet out to escape. Is Guineaum the name
of the new metal. We already have armor piercing rounds based on depleated
uranium, a very dense metal. Note these guns are 30 mm cannons. And second I
don't want a gun that is going to kill me after fireing 100 shots.
> The metal we found is more of an alloy. With nuclear facilities around
> the spot of the find the metal must have mutated for years before we
> found it. This metal is dense and weight about 1/2 as much as steel.
Metal does not mutate. Mutation suggests a living being. Since you metion
nuclear some materials decay, turning from one element or isotope into
another. As far as I know it does not work in reverse.
> Recently we found a new use for Carbon Monoxide. The gas chamber in
> our guns is able to compact Carbon Monoxide easier allowing for better
> effiency and less back fires it still is not 100% efficient but it is
> on its way and it is capable to go through tanks easier but not the
> thicker sections on the armor.
I don't know what to say here. I know some weapons are gas cooled. And what
is a back fire.
> These are not small bullets. They are about 1in. They can pierce the
> weaker areas of a tank not the dead center where all the armor is. It
> can pierce weaker areas of tanks
Are you thinking of the length of the bullet that comes out of the barrel or
the entire round. a .50 caliber round is over an inch long before fireing
and it can't penetrate a tanks armor. If you mean an inch wide then yes you
may hava an AP round but you wouldn't have a weapon you could carry around.
Overall your writting feels more like a spam internet ad then it does a
story. If that is the effect you are looking for you have captured it.
Also a better newsgroup would be rec.arts.sf.science
Bruce Sinclair
"New technology found" ... isn't that the message you get in Master of
orion (MOO) when you first discover an artifact planet ? :) :)
It's classic gaming stuff to me :)
Bruce
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If it was Us, what did that make Me ? After all, I´m one of Us. I must be.
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Repeating Decimal
wrote on 11/30/03 6:55 PM:
> All guns use pressurized gas to fire there amunition. The gun powder burns
> releasing gasses which force the bullet out to escape. Is Guineaum the name
> of the new metal. We already have armor piercing rounds based on depleated
> uranium, a very dense metal. Note these guns are 30 mm cannons. And second I
> don't want a gun that is going to kill me after fireing 100 shots.
I gues you have not heard of rail guns, electron guns, caulking guns, water
guns, and a host of other kinds of guns.
Bill
Harry Conover
> The metal we found is more of an alloy. With nuclear facilities around
> the spot of the find the metal must have mutated for years before we
> found it. This metal is dense and weight about 1/2 as much as steel.
Kid, stop bothering us and go do your homework!
Harry C.
David Canzi
>
>99/100
>times they pierced the armor but they did not go through the tank
>completly the 1/100 time back fired and killed the tester.
A machine gun that, on one out of a hundred shots, kills the
machine gunner. Hmm. With a *lifetime* warranty. Hmm.
--
David Canzi
Double-A
> stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
> weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
> any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
> machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
> wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
> lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
> satisfied.
What country are you running these guns out off?
Double-A
Chris
"Repeating Decimal" <salm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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of guns mentioned.
Randy Poe
wrote:
>The metal was mutated
Advice: Get some input from a physicist before spamming a physics
newsgroup. You're sounding like a bad Star Trek episode.
Hint 1: metal doesn't "mutate". Only organisms do.
> because of the electrons of steel
Hint 2: Steel is not a naturally occurring substance. You perhaps
wanted to refer to the element of which steel is made. The name of
that element is left as an exercise to the spammer.
> and the
>electrons of uranium were fused
Hint 3: "The electrons were fused" is meaningless. That's not
something electrons do.
> by the nuclear waste
Hint 4: You should look up something rudimentary on radioactivity and
find out what it is, and what effects it has on surrounding material.
You won't find "fusing the electrons" any more than you'll find
"fusing the dilithium crystals of the tachyon drive".
> Papua Guinea was
>trying to hide in these caverns. It is very dense and is party
>radioactive. It at high speeds will cause serious damage to its
>target.
So will a rock.
> Using it in buildings for support beams would be useful. The
>downside is that people may develop cancer if they are exposed to this
>metal for extended periods of time making this metal better for
>weapons.
"Bang! OK, buster, you're gonna have a serious cancer in that arm in
30 years. Unless of course you have surgery to remove my bullet. Or
you shoot me first with that perfectly ordinary gun that you're
pointing at my... <bang>"
- Randy
jmfb...@aol.com
Randy Poe <rpo...@removethis.yahoo.com> wrote:
>On 30 Nov 2003 20:52:01 -0800, mfie...@2ndemail.net (M Fielding)
>wrote:
>
>>The metal was mutated
>
>Advice: Get some input from a physicist before spamming a physics
>newsgroup. You're sounding like a bad Star Trek episode.
>
>Hint 1: metal doesn't "mutate". Only organisms do.
<ahem> I don't think the OP will know what an "organism" is.
Why does the OP sound like Art Bell made a sale?
<snip>
/BAH
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Gregory L. Hansen
M Fielding <mfie...@2ndemail.net> wrote:
>The metal was mutated because of the electrons of steel and the
>electrons of uranium were fused by the nuclear waste Papua Guinea was
>trying to hide in these caverns. It is very dense and is party
>radioactive. It at high speeds will cause serious damage to its
>downside is that people may develop cancer if they are exposed to this
>metal for extended periods of time making this metal better for
>weapons.
Another hint: if you want to discover a new metal in a mountain, that's
fine. But know when to stop giving the reader technical details. Think
of Star Wars versus Star Trek. In Star Trek they did a lot of talking,
and their scientific competence was obvious. In Star Wars they didn't
even try to explain how light sabers or energy shields or things of that
nature work, they just used them.
--
"In any case, don't stress too much--cortisol inhibits muscular
hypertrophy. " -- Eric Dodd
Uncle Al
>
> OK making and selling the stuff was a joke but would it be possible
> according to laws of physics like would it be appropriate in a science
> fiction book or something? I mean real sci fi not fantasy stuff.
The Periodic Table doesn't have any gaps. Larry Niven has already
explored Puppeteer indestructible hulls. Amorphous alloys won't work
because gun barrels get hot - hot enough to sag in real world use.
Pentagonal alloys would get the job done. That is a matter of
engineering design, not exotica. HIP a Ti carbonitride
dislocation-pinned pentagonal alloy synthesized in an attritor like
oxide-pinned nickel superalloys. Or grow singel crystal gunbarrels
like high performance turbine blades.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Our researchers have come across a new metal in Papua Guinea. 15x
> stronger than steel. With hard work we have made the top of the line
> weapons for any army. These weapons will work longer and harder than
> any ever. We have 1,000,000 in stock of speacial top of the line
> machine guns. We call them PG 001 They go for 1,000 each. Any one
> wanting to buy our weapondry may do so by posting and they will have
> lifetime warranty on our items so get your money back if you are not
> satisfied.
That's horrible crap.
> These guns use Pressured gas To increase the speed of the bullets.
That's bullshit. Liquid propellant and multiple explosion barrels
have been examined to death in the real world. You can buy off the
shelf standard rifles whose rounds are still supersonic 1000 yards
downrange. One shot, one kill. Most armed conflict occurs within
100-200 yards. The trend is toward small rounds and carrying more of
them, plus no more "full auto." A three shot burst is all that can be
justified in anything smaller than crewed weapon. If a million North
Koreans (aka Red Chinese) are storming your position, handheld weapons
won't save you. How many tons of bullets would you need to kill a
million soldiers? Lots. Use bigger stuff.
> The
> bullets are made from Guineaum which is very dense and will travel
> through certain areas on high grade metal.
Sheeeit. Use depleted uranium. It surface sloughs as it travels
through armor plate, lubricating its way through. When it exits the
white-hot remains pyrophorically explode into a burning metal
fireball.
> New Technology center in
> the middle of nowhere in Papua guinea
which is all of New Guniea
> tested these new weapons. 99/100
> times they pierced the armor but they did not go through the tank
> completly the 1/100 time back fired and killed the tester.
You do not have a salable weapon.
[snip]
> Recently we found a new use for Carbon Monoxide. The gas chamber in
> our guns is able to compact Carbon Monoxide easier allowing for better
> effiency and less back fires it still is not 100% efficient but it is
> on its way and it is capable to go through tanks easier but not the
> thicker sections on the armor.
Horrible crap.
> These are not small bullets. They are about 1in. They can pierce the
> weaker areas of a tank not the dead center where all the armor is. It
> can pierce weaker areas of tanks
How thick do you think a long rod penetrator is? During the recent
rumble in Iraq we were taking out Iraqi armor with .30 cal depleted
uranium rounds fired from Hummers. "A jeep killed my tank."
Unfeign
along the lines of DNA? incredible find there out in ol' New Guinea.
On 30 Nov 2003 15:24:35 -0800, mfie...@2ndemail.net (M Fielding)
wrote:
>The metal we found is more of an alloy. With nuclear facilities around
Repeating Decimal
Uncl...@hate.spam.net wrote on 12/1/03 9:17 AM:
> How many tons of bullets would you need to kill a
> million soldiers? Lots. Use bigger stuff.
i figure that if you can get one whoever per round, 30 tons should do it. It
depends upon the particular rounds used. One tank weighs more than that.
Bill
Robert J. Kolker
Repeating Decimal wrote:
>
> i figure that if you can get one whoever per round, 30 tons should do it. It
> depends upon the particular rounds used. One tank weighs more than that.
The world war II stats for the allies indicate that nearly 10,000 small
arms rounds were expended for each enemy soldier shot. Most of the shots
went to keep the heads of the enemy down.
Bob Kolker
Steve Turner
>Another hint: if you want to discover a new metal in a mountain, that's
>fine. But know when to stop giving the reader technical details. Think
>of Star Wars versus Star Trek. In Star Trek they did a lot of talking,
>and their scientific competence was obvious. In Star Wars they didn't
>even try to explain how light sabers or energy shields or things of that
>nature work, they just used them.
And that's why, IMO, Star Wars was not science fiction but rather an
interplanetary Western.
Steve Turner
Real address contains worldnet instead of spamnet
Gregory L. Hansen
Steve Turner <srtu...@spamnet.att.net> wrote:
>glha...@steel.ucs.indiana.edu (Gregory L. Hansen) wrote:
>
>>Another hint: if you want to discover a new metal in a mountain, that's
>>fine. But know when to stop giving the reader technical details. Think
>>of Star Wars versus Star Trek. In Star Trek they did a lot of talking,
>>and their scientific competence was obvious. In Star Wars they didn't
>>even try to explain how light sabers or energy shields or things of that
>>nature work, they just used them.
>
>And that's why, IMO, Star Wars was not science fiction but rather an
>interplanetary Western.
And Star Trek isn't science fiction, either. But Planet of the Apes
was, even though the neat-o keen new rocket was never actually explained.
--
"Don't try to teach a pig how to sing. You'll waste your time and annoy
the pig."
holog
M Fielding wrote:
> The metal we found is more of an alloy. With nuclear facilities around
> the spot of the find the metal must have mutated for years before we
> found it. This metal is dense and weight about 1/2 as much as steel.
yea the ProGlow 001 , you through it in the enemies camp and even
before they can load it they get cooked. good idea.
similar to the strontium 90 campfire set we had for sale, seems none
of those were ever brought back either.
holog
Paul R. Mays
The piercer of choice is the self forging
penetraters... A shaped charge is wrapped
around a tungsten carbide core that, as the round
gets close to target, explodes and forges a
dart that impacts at terminal velocity plus
the kinetic kick of the HE forging and directing
the dart into the target. The impact of the dart
can be 10 times the projectile velocities....
These are also used in the multiple independently
magnetically targeting sub munitions fired from
120mm pieces and air dropped canisters...
These beauties separate from the main munitions
and deploy chutes on each one. Just above the targets
the explode and forge a dart that hits armor from
above ( weakest areas) ... Each sub munitions has a
magnetic sensor that aims the dart independently and
can take out up to 6~10 tanks over a football field area
in one shot....
What's really kewl is when you mix a batch of the self
forgers with anti personnel mines and cluster canisters
in a cruse missile and fly it over the battle area and
hit the tanks... keep going to lay a mine field... keep going
and cluster fuk the HQ and then fly on to impact their
HE war head into a nice fat munitions factory...
Randy Poe
> glha...@steel.ucs.indiana.edu (Gregory L. Hansen) wrote:
>
> >Another hint: if you want to discover a new metal in a mountain, that's
> >fine. But know when to stop giving the reader technical details. Think
> >of Star Wars versus Star Trek. In Star Trek they did a lot of talking,
> >and their scientific competence was obvious. In Star Wars they didn't
> >even try to explain how light sabers or energy shields or things of that
> >nature work, they just used them.
>
> And that's why, IMO, Star Wars was not science fiction but rather an
> interplanetary Western.
I once saw Star Wars compared almost scene by scene to
a particular western (including the scene where the hero
finds his relatives' ranch burned out by the bad guys)
but I can't remember what the title was. It was a very
close match.
- Randy
Robert J. Kolker
Randy Poe wrote:
> I once saw Star Wars compared almost scene by scene to
> a particular western (including the scene where the hero
> finds his relatives' ranch burned out by the bad guys)
> but I can't remember what the title was. It was a very
> close match.
There is also such a scene in -Gladiator-.
Maximus! Maximus! You go, Crowe!
Bob Kolker
Gregory L. Hansen
Doesn't surprise me. That's pretty much what Star Wars is, except with
spaceships instead of horses.
How did they escape the tractor beam in the western?
--
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and say, 'Step off, bitch. This is my party and you're not invited.'"
-- Chris Shugart, _Testosterone Magazine_
Richard Herring
<poespa...@yahoo.com> writes
So which westerns were based on tales from the Classics? If Shakespeare
didn't borrow it first, it's probably from somewhere in Virgil or Homer.
--
Richard Herring
Robert J. Kolker
Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
> How did they escape the tractor beam in the western?
Have you ever heard of the lasso.
Bob Kolker
>
>
Gregory L. Hansen
Robert J. Kolker <bobk...@attbi.com> wrote:
>
>
>Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
>> How did they escape the tractor beam in the western?
>
>Have you ever heard of the lasso.
Ah, yes, of course!
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Richard Henry
"Gregory L. Hansen" <glha...@steel.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote in message
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> In article <df76407e.03120...@posting.google.com>,
> Randy Poe <poespa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >I once saw Star Wars compared almost scene by scene to
> >a particular western (including the scene where the hero
> >finds his relatives' ranch burned out by the bad guys)
> >but I can't remember what the title was. It was a very
> >close match.
>
> Doesn't surprise me. That's pretty much what Star Wars is, except with
> spaceships instead of horses.
>
> How did they escape the tractor beam in the western?
Let me guess - the hero shot the rope in two with his last bullet.
Nine Stones
<poespa...@yahoo.com> writes>8ai34bc5m18ug...@4ax.com>...
I'd like to see the science fiction version of "Once Upon A Time in the
West".
I think we all want another science fiction film with real meaning and I
know what it can be based on: the computer game "Star Craft". A "2001"
style interpretation of the background and events of this game is what
the world is waiting for.
--
Protoss
http://www.earthpoetry.demon.co.uk
RC
ZZBunker
> On 30 Nov 2003 20:52:01 -0800, mfie...@2ndemail.net (M Fielding)
> wrote:
>
> >The metal was mutated
>
> Advice: Get some input from a physicist before spamming a physics
> newsgroup. You're sounding like a bad Star Trek episode.
>
> Hint 1: metal doesn't "mutate". Only organisms do.
>
> > because of the electrons of steel
>
> Hint 2: Steel is not a naturally occurring substance. You perhaps
> wanted to refer to the element of which steel is made. The name of
> that element is left as an exercise to the spammer.
Steel if very much naturally occuring. Since all it is
a little bit of carbon stuck in a Chinese work farm.
Stainless Steel is not naturally-ocurring. Since
it makes the world go round.
Repeating Decimal
zzbu...@netscape.net wrote on 12/2/03 7:29 PM:
> Steel if very much naturally occuring. Since all it is
> a little bit of carbon stuck in a Chinese work farm.
> Stainless Steel is not naturally-ocurring. Since
> it makes the world go round.
Aren't some meteroites made out of stainless steel like alloy? Ask Eskimos
who used meteorites to make knives.
Bill
William David Thweatt
: The metal we found is more of an alloy. With nuclear facilities around
: the spot of the find the metal must have mutated for years before we
: found it.
Maybe it's transgenic metal?
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William "Dave" Thweatt
Robert E. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow
Chemistry Department
Rice University
Houston, TX
thw...@ruf.rice.edu
dave.t...@us.army.mil
William David Thweatt
: OK making and selling the stuff was a joke but would it be possible
: according to laws of physics like would it be appropriate in a science
: fiction book or something? I mean real sci fi not fantasy stuff.
Well, maybe you could look up single-walled carbon nanotubes. They have a
great deal of tensile strength, but they're still pretty expensive.