Peter, It's simple.......you get very bucky playing with iridium....It's called accidental science.
John G. P. J. Alling wrote: > How the hell do you build buckyballs out of iridium? > > graywolf wrote: > >> Try a radioactive iridium one-foot diameter buckyball meteor with an 160 >> million year old atmosphere eating virus inside. From a 2004 novel by a best >> selling author. >> >> You don't have to go back to the 1930's to find authors who make up science >> from buzzwords in the popular press. >> >> >> >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >>> He seems to take the Rule of Thumb, and applies an incomplete >>> understanding of the underlying theory to produce very poor baffelgab, >>> (a science fiction term for complete nonsense dressed up in scintillator >>> or engineering sounding terms). This makes his technical stuff read like >>> particularly poor 1930's Science Fiction. >>> >>> Peter Jordan wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I hope for the sake of your health, that his knowledge of his specialist >>>> subject isn't better than your doctor's! >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> Rebekah wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> How informative. His handwriting is worse than my doctor's! >>>>> >>>>> rg2 >>>>> >>>>> On 9/15/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> He has a "Diffraction page", and I am very afraid. >>>>>> >>>>>> Peter Jordan wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> It's a bit like my dog explaining quantum mechanics. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mtf.htm >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thew most accurate and understandable line in the whole piece? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "MTF is way beyond the scope of this website" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Out of the mouths of babes, sucklings and kenny boy! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Remember, it's pillage then burn. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
