i think you should patent all your fractional element before got  
brought by UTX...
On Sep 8, 2017, at 8:41 AM, Douglas Pauls wrote:

> My esteemed colleague refers to another of the half fractional  
> elements,
> Thursdium (Tu-10.5), which is a very odd element, even for the half
> fractionals.  Thursdium, as Dave indicates, is a highly reactive  
> element
> and acts as a sort of elemental scavenger.  When it picks up half a  
> proton
> (physics of this still being investigated at Iowa State  
> University), it
> becomes sodium, which many of you have mistakenly guessed.  When it  
> loses
> half a proton, it becomes Neon.  Thursdium is often used as the  
> alloying
> element in Keurig coffee machine heating elements, and Thursdium  
> chloride
> is the secret ingredient in Old Bay seasoning. Both of these items  
> are in
> my kitchen right now.
>
>
>
> The key hint for this is that Dave let out the quiz question on a  
> Thursday,
> which is the day when Thursdium was first characterized by the  
> great Dr.
> Snorfindel Glux, Grinnell University.  Dr. Glux was also an amateur
> archeologist, studying the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose, which,  
> together
> with Thursday, became Thursdium.  Using a small cyclotron and copious
> amounts of granulated pig snout, he was able to briefly get  
> Thursdium into
> its pure state.  As Dave said, the material is extremely reactive and
> Grinnell students to this day make wide detours around the Glux  
> Crater,
> knowing if they walk across the crater, they will fail their next  
> exam.
>
>
>
> Thursdium has been identified in the spectral analysis of the  
> atmosphere of
> Mercury by the eminent spectral experts Richard O. Gray and  
> Christopher J.
> Corbally.  Originally, they felt their instrumentation was out of  
> whack as
> the spectral line for Thursdium kept drifting.  The extreme heat of  
> Mercury
> obviously makes the elemental proton scavenging exponentially  
> higher.  At
> one point Gray was heard to remark to Corbally “something goofy is  
> going on
> here”.  Truly a hallmark statement in science.
>
>
>
> So Dave, what do I win this week?  And no crap about disqualifying me
> because you personally have not been to Mercury to confirm this…..
>
>
> Doug Pauls
> Principal Materials and Process Engineer
> Rockwell Collins
>
> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 2:21 PM, David Hillman <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>>
>> The Question:
>> This element is the 6th most abundant of Earth element but is  
>> never found
>> in its pure form due to its reactivity. This element has thousands of
>> commercial uses - you have two of this element's compounds in your  
>> kitchen
>> right now. This element derives its name from an Egyptian word.  
>> Mercury's
>> atmosphere contains a fair amount of this element. This element is
>> essential for human life. Which element is being described?
>>
>>
>> The winner of the 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 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
>> Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
>> Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
>> Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
>> Week 3 John Burke
>> Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
>> Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!
>> Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
>> Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
>> Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
>> Week 8 Leland Woodall
>> Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
>> Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
>> Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
>> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
>> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
>> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and  
>> Assembly
>> Week 13 No Quiz,
>> Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and  
>> Assembly
>> Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA
>> Week 16 John Maxwell
>> Week 17 Leland Woodall
>> Week 18 Leland Woodall
>> Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
>> Week 20 Robert Kondner
>> Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
>> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC
>> Week 23 Juliano Ribeiro, DATACOM
>> Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems
>> Week 25 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
>> Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International
>> Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose
>> Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA
>> Week 28 Leland Woodall
>> Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
>> Week 30 Leland Woodall
>> Week 31 Leland Woodall
>> Week 32 Steve Gregory
>> Week 33 Leland Woodall
>>
>> Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
>> - You can have the boys fly into Philadelphia.  They can help load  
>> the
>> Calibration Certificates into our system and update the Cal date.   
>> After
>> that maybe they can help audit work instructions.
>>
>> Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
>> - assisted with ????
>>
>> Week 36 ????
>> - assisted with ????
>>
>>
>> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>>
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
>> [log in to unmask]
>>