What I Learned Today - Page 16

Pie · 03-10-2006, 09:36 AM

There's a guy at my office that's out with the mumps. I didn't know you could still get that!

Trilby · 03-10-2006, 12:25 PM

Today, I learned that there are many, many parasites one can host if one goes to Africa. Like, the hookworm! Or, the guinea worm! I also learned that one half of the earth's population is infected with some sort of parasite or other.

If I had to choose, I'd like the parasite that lets me eat HUGE quantities of pasta salad and not gain weight, please. I would be good to this parasite and feed it filet mignon as often as possible. However, if I DID indeed have this parasite I'd have to be on ativan and xanax and buspar as well.

so, take heart, labrat! I know you feel like death, but, honey, at least you don't have a nasty old worm inside you!

dar512 · 03-10-2006, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

so, take heart, labrat! I know you feel like death, but, honey, at least you don't have a nasty old worm inside you!

That we know of.

mrnoodle · 03-14-2006, 11:49 AM

Oh yay. Finally some younger groupies!

j/k

/not really

barefoot serpent · 03-21-2006, 05:33 PM

I learned that those novelty glow-in-the-dark coackroaches from toy stores will begin to melt plastic objects that you leave them on over time. Apparently the beta particles from Radium decay are sufficient to breakdown the atomic structure of plastics.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-21-2006, 07:11 PM

It may not be the beta particles. Some types of plastic, especially the rubbery kind, will melt other harder plastics. The "rubber" (plastic) worms they sell for fishing have to be kept in a "worm proof" plastic tackle box.

Those "rubber" worms will melt the clear polyurethane finish on furniture, too.

glatt · 03-22-2006, 07:31 AM

And don't use Vaseline for lubrication when using a condom. Same reason, with bigger potential consequences.

Rock Steady · 03-22-2006, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

I learned that those novelty glow-in-the-dark coackroaches from toy stores will begin to melt plastic objects that you leave them on over time. Apparently the beta particles from Radium decay are sufficient to breakdown the atomic structure of plastics.

No, glow-in-the-dark products do not contain radioactive materials.

phosphorescence, in which the energy from absorbed photons undergoes intersystem crossing into a state of higher spin multiplicity (see term symbol), usually a triplet state. Once the energy is trapped in the triplet state, transition back to the lower singlet energy states is quantum mechanically forbidden, meaning that it happens much more slowly than other transitions. The result is a slow process of radiative transition back to the singlet state, sometimes lasting minutes or hours. This is the basis for "glow in the dark" substances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoluminescence

Only photons are radiated in these products.

As for the meltdown, some plastics can be dissolvers of other plastics.

barefoot serpent · 03-22-2006, 04:16 PM

OK, thanks guys... I won't have to worry about radiation from my roaches any more!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-22-2006, 07:15 PM

HTML Code:

No, glow-in-the-dark products do not contain radioactive materials.

Some do, but should be clearly labeled. I'm sure these roaches do not.

capnhowdy · 03-23-2006, 07:32 PM

Today I learned a lot about glowing roaches.

Kagen4o4 · 03-23-2006, 08:03 PM

today i learnt how to read and learnt that this thread can teach me nothing.

now thats a paradox!

Rock Steady · 03-23-2006, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kagen4o4

today i learnt how to read and learnt that this thread can teach me nothing.

now thats a paradox!

I seriously doubt you ever heard of triplet states before. Otherwise, you must have read about it. You don't even know what a paradox is.

lame

With your new found skills, read some E. B. White, take an asprin, and send email to /dev/null in the morning.

Dr. RS

PS: This is as funny as Alanis's Ironic song that had no understanding of the word.

Kagen4o4 · 03-24-2006, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rock Steady

I seriously doubt you ever heard of triplet states before. Otherwise, you must have read about it. You don't even know what a paradox is.

lame

With your new found skills, read some E. B. White, take an asprin, and send email to /dev/null in the morning.

Dr. RS

PS: This is as funny as Alanis's Ironic song that had no understanding of the word.

triplet states? isnt that more of a bio chem thing?

i know what a paradox is, for example: in maths a set A is in A iff A is not in A. (i can sound smart too)

another more topical paradox would be how you became "Dr." RS.

Look at me!! Im Dr RS! everyone else is LAME!

if you have some opinion then explain it rather than trying to make yourself sound smarter by quoting some term that sounds technical followed by some guy that wrote childrens stories in an attempt to make me look stupid.

MaggieL · 03-24-2006, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kagen4o4

...rather than trying to make yourself sound smarter by quoting some term that sounds technical followed by some guy that wrote childrens stories in an attempt to make me look stupid...

Erm...there's a bit more to White than <cite>Charlotte's Web</cite>. <cite>The Elements of Style</cite>, for example.

Not that I'm attempting to make you look stupid.

I suspect that by "triplet states" perhaps was meant ternary logic

03-10-2006, 09:36 AM	#1
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	There's a guy at my office that's out with the mumps. I didn't know you could still get that! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-10-2006, 12:25 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Today, I learned that there are many, many parasites one can host if one goes to Africa. Like, the hookworm! Or, the guinea worm! I also learned that one half of the earth's population is infected with some sort of parasite or other. If I had to choose, I'd like the parasite that lets me eat HUGE quantities of pasta salad and not gain weight, please. I would be good to this parasite and feed it filet mignon as often as possible. However, if I DID indeed have this parasite I'd have to be on ativan and xanax and buspar as well. so, take heart, labrat! I know you feel like death, but, honey, at least you don't have a nasty old worm inside you! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-14-2006, 11:49 AM	#4
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Oh yay. Finally some younger groupies! j/k /not really __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

03-21-2006, 07:11 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It may not be the beta particles. Some types of plastic, especially the rubbery kind, will melt other harder plastics. The "rubber" (plastic) worms they sell for fishing have to be kept in a "worm proof" plastic tackle box. Those "rubber" worms will melt the clear polyurethane finish on furniture, too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-22-2006, 07:15 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	HTML Code: No, glow-in-the-dark products do not contain radioactive materials. Some do, but should be clearly labeled. I'm sure these roaches do not. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-21-2006, 05:33 PM	#5
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I learned that those novelty glow-in-the-dark coackroaches from toy stores will begin to melt plastic objects that you leave them on over time. Apparently the beta particles from Radium decay are sufficient to breakdown the atomic structure of plastics.

03-22-2006, 07:31 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	And don't use Vaseline for lubrication when using a condom. Same reason, with bigger potential consequences.

03-22-2006, 04:16 PM	#9
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	OK, thanks guys... I won't have to worry about radiation from my roaches any more!

03-23-2006, 07:32 PM	#11
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Today I learned a lot about glowing roaches. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-23-2006, 08:03 PM	#12
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	today i learnt how to read and learnt that this thread can teach me nothing. now thats a paradox! __________________ something we both can enjoy??

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