Werner,
You are too, two, to write, right?
Bob
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Werner Engelmaier
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 7:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
Inge,
Even though things are not logical, it is hard to change them unless forced. People get comfortable with the most absurd habits.
We got 60-second minutes, and 60-minute hours, of which there are 24.
Half the world drives on the wrong [sorry—left] side of the road; I am sure you remember that it took an act of your parliament to switch Sweden over [and you guys did it right, over one weekend].
And then, of course, there is the good old USA as the only country [other than South Yemen, as I understand—we sure keep great company] that still measures things according to various body parts of a long since dead king of an empire that no longer exits and which we threw out in a revolution.
And then further, of course, is the English language—don't get me wrong, it sure is the richest language there is, but just look at the illogically and absurdly different pronunciations of similarly written words [fish could be spelled 'ghoti'].
And what other language has a perfectly understandably sentence when spoken, that cannot be written as spoken.
Could go on forever,
Skoal Werner
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From: Inge <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 5:43 pm
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
Speaking Greece and Rome, it's remarkable what a heritage mess we are living with/in. Hence we have:
Monday : Moon's day
Tuesday: keltic god Tiw
Wednesday: anglosaxian god Wodan
Thursday: nordic god Thor
Friday: nordig got Frey
Saturday: Saturnus day, roman
Sunday: keltic, nordic, a universal mix
January: roman god Janus
February: febreeum or day of purification
Mars: roman war god with same name
April: roman aperire or open (spring)
May: roman Maia, fertility goddess
June: roman Juno, Jupiter's wife
July: of course after emperor Julius
August: ditto Augustus
September: seventh month in roman calender
October: eighth month ditto
November: ninth month ditto
December: tenth ditto
Autumn: roman autumnum, time for harvesting
Winter: welsh goddess Gwyn
Summer: indogermanic zomer
Spring: probably latin spira, a warm wind
Why on earth do we have all these spoky things Year 2010?
Well, who can come with plausible substitutes?
Inge
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From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: den 23 April 2010 12:53
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Subject: [TN] NTC - Friday Element Quiz - The Answers
> Hi folks! Ok, here is the Friday element quiz answers:
>
> The Question:
> I am a ductile BCC metal and one of the few BCC metals that
> has no ductile-to-brittle transition. My elemental name is part of
> Greek mythology.
>
> The Answer: Ta - tantalum
>
> Bonus Points:
> Name this metal's greatest attribute and its melting
> temperature rank with respect to all of the metals.
>
> The bonus points answers: Greatest attribute is the tenaciousness of
> its oxide and Ta has the 4th highest melting point
>
>
> The winner is Joe Kane!
>
> And the really odd thing is that Guy Ramsey is awarded the "almost"
> winner prize. Tantalum was named after Tantalus, the son of Zeus,
> because the difficult efforts to get pure Ta separated from Niobium
> (Nb) reminded them of the punishment inflicted on Tantalus by the
> Greek gods for abusing his guest privileges at the Greek Gods parties.
> The daughter of Tantalus was Niobe - thus the source of the name for
> the element Niobium (which is what Guy submitted).
>
> Joe - you get Doug's desk but I haven't a clue how you will be able to
> claim it.
>
> Everone have a fun and safe weekend
>
> Dave
>
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