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Pleonasmatistexpialidocious?

Ed Popielarski
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-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Creswick
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 7:09 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question

Guy,

Hey, don't push it!!  Haven't had my tea or Dew yet!

Hmmm, don't think they would give me a cameo on Big Bang Theory with that one

Although, I wonder if such could be used to describe Politicians, in general.  If such a word existed.

Steve C


-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Ramsey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:46 AM
To: 'TechNet E-Mail Forum'; 'Steven Creswick'
Subject: RE: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question

New word, Pleonasmatist.  

-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Creswick
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:36 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question

Thanks Brian,

At least I learned a new word today [pleonasm], and I can use it in public!

Steve C

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Ellis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:25 AM
To: TechNet E-Mail Forum; Steven Creswick
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question

Which is why thiosufate (used as a fixer in chemical photography) is a pleonasm.

Brian

On 26.07.2013 16:08, Steven Creswick wrote:
> Hmm.  I clueless, but Greek for sulphur/sulfur is "thion", if that 
> counts....
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 7:30 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question
>
> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element has allotropic behavior. One of its allotropic forms acts 
> like dry ice and sublimates. This element was known, as part of some 
> ores,  by the Chinese, Greeks and Romans as far back as 3600 BCE. The 
> primary source of this element today is as a by-product of nickel and 
> copper smelting. What element is being described?
>
> Bonus Question:
> Provide the Greek word from which the modern element name was derived.
>
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy 
> and Kloumpios for the week.
>
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
>
> Past Quiz winners/tasks:
> Week 1 Dick Krug,  Spartan Complex Systems Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC 
> Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Week 3 Pat 
> Goodyear, PGE Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory Week 5 
> Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 6 Steve Gregory 
> Week 7 Phil Kinner Week 8 Brian Ellis Week 9 James Head, Crowcon 
> Detection Instruments Limited Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik Week 13 Leland Woodall, 
> CSTech Inc.
> Week 14 Brian Ellis
> Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 16 Steve 
> Gregory Week 17 Phil Kinner Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems Week 19 
> Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
>
> Week 20 Denny Fritz
> - My first thought for Clumpy and Kloumpios was to ask if they knew 
> how to
>
> drain swamps.  It has rained here in Indiana almost every day for 10 
> days and is forecast to thunderstorm for almost ten more.  Any chance 
> Kloumpios
>
> has any biblical roots and is related to Noah of Ark fame??  At the 
> very least, please have Graham Naisbitt ship some wellies (Wellington
> boots) here to Indiana for the coming week. Only slightly more 
> seriously, what do
>
> Clumpy and Kloumpios know about counterfeit components?  Any day, I 
> expect
>
> to be thrown into that messy topic to support the Department of Defense.
> And, what clearance do the guys have - confidential, secret, top 
> secret, or keep-from-telling-Doug?. Can either run an XRF or SEM?  I 
> presume they have eagle eyes, so they can observe components through our optical microscopes.
> Finally, is either carrying a small spare lead-acid battery?
>
> Our UPS unit protecting the instruments from the too frequent 
> lightning surges crapped out last week.
>
> Week 21 Amol Kane
> - the boys can help me with optimization and qualification of Process 
> Equipment like stencil printer and wash. In their spare time they can 
> enjoy the fine TX summer
>
>            Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
> - the boys can stay 2 days with me and as I've always said "a man's 
> home is his castle, in a manor of speaking". I'll be training them in 
> stand-up comedy dealing with the dichotomy of Technet humor. Their 
> names and act will be " Grim and Stellar".
>
>            David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs
> - since I will be out next week, they can take those 2 days off.  
> Everybody deserves a weekend once in a while.
>
> Week 22 Phil Kinner
> - assisted with ?
>
> Week 23 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
> Everyone have a safe week!
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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