Rock boring tool..... Inge <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hi Steve, > > Friday again! What are you doing this weekend? Spring tour with you car to >some awsome valley with picknic basket and camera? >Or just relaxing and reading? Or going home to old parents? Or what? You do >no tell much about your free time. > >I was exposed to a very challenging temptation today. Visited the garage >service that I use for various jobs. This time for going back to summer >tires. The owner had a car that he use no longer. He asked me if I was >interested in a proposal. Why not, I said, and he opened a door and signed >me to step in. This one can be yours for a reasonable price. How much, I >asked. Well, what are you willing to pay, he said. I mentioned a ridiculous >sum of 10,000 USD. OK, it can be yours. The car is a 1988 Corvette >Stingray, white paint, refurbished in all details, red skin, new tires, in >a very good finish in the whole. But I have no garage for it. Such a car >must be locked in every night here. And being inside in the winter. What a >pity! I will never get a chance like that any more. > >Now, Steve, what about giving the clever guys a Friday quiz? Harder to guess >than the last one. > >See you. > >Inge > >-------------------------------------------------- >From: "Steve Gregory" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: den 5 April 2010 04:27ha >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer Is...... > >> Hi Inge, >> >> Here's your thing: >> >> http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/guessing.jpg >> >> I don't have a clue, could be anything. Give us a little hint... >> >> Steve >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Inge >> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 3:58 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer Is...... >> >> Allright, I misunderstood your message. Read it as Group 2, not type 2. >> Otherwise, if it had been Group 2, Polonium had been a viable candidate, >> excep for the elecltron transportation properties. It's not as good a >> conductor, neither a good insulator. If it has semiconductor properties, I >> don't know. >> >> I like your little quiz mails. Good for thinking. More of that, please. >> >> To continue the thread until next Friday, I send a picture to Steve, and I >> ask 'What's that thing?' >> >> >> Inge >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: den 2 April 2010 14:23 >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Answer Is...... >> >>> Hi folks! Here is the answer to the Friday Element Quiz: >>> >>> Question: >>> I am a type 2 semiconductor and a ductile HCP metal. I am radioactive >>> and three of my isotopes are relatively long lived with low energy >>> beta rays and very weak gamma rays that pose only a moderate threat. Who >>> am I? >>> >>> Answer: I am the element Technetium (Tc), #43 on the Periodic Table >>> >>> Bonus points - This element has a characteristic property that is >>> unique/the best of all the metallic elements. What property is it? >>> Hint - it has to do with temperature >>> >>> Bonus points answer: the highest ambient pressure superconducting >>> transition temperature (11.4K) >>> >>> >>> No winner this week so Doug's chair is safe. >>> >>> Hope to see folks at IPC next week. >>> >>> Dave Hillman >>> Rockwell Collins >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> >>> >>> Inge <[log in to unmask]> >>> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> >>> 04/02/2010 01:07 PM >>> Please respond to >>> Inge <[log in to unmask]> >>> >>> >>> To >>> [log in to unmask] >>> cc >>> >>> Subject >>> Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Yes, that is why we speak about thermonuclear weapons.....10exp 6 >>> degrees >>> >>> at least >>> Inge >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "John Burke" <[log in to unmask]> >>> Sent: den 2 April 2010 10:50 >>> To: <[log in to unmask]> >>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz >>> >>>> And of course finds an alternate use as the "target" in atom >>>> bombs...........8-) >>>> >>>> >>>> John Burke >>>> (408) 515 4992 >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Inge >>>> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:23 AM >>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz >>>> >>>> Hi Dave, am not sure, but the NASA people use to speak about Polonium, >>> a >>>> variant of group 2 Radium. No other metal can dissipate so much heat as >>>> Polonium, therefore it is of interest for space vehicles. Just a wild >>>> guess. >>>> Inge >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> From: "Joyce Koo" <[log in to unmask]> >>>> Sent: den 2 April 2010 08:27 >>>> To: <[log in to unmask]> >>>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz >>>> >>>>> You are david make by carbon. Plus other impurities. >>>>> -------------------------- >>>>> Sent using BlackBerry >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> Sent: Fri Apr 02 09:50:34 2010 >>>>> Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz >>>>> >>>>> Hi folks! Seems to be a slow day on Technet so here is a Friday >>>>> Element >>>>> Quiz: >>>>> >>>>> Question: >>>>> I am a type 2 semiconductor and a ductile HCP metal. I am radioactive >>>>> and three of my isotopes are relatively long lived with low energy >>>>> beta rays and very weak gamma rays that pose only a moderate threat. >>> Who >>>> am I? >>>>> >>>>> Bonus points - This element has a characteristic property that is >>>>> unique/the best of all the metallic elements. What property is it? >>>>> Hint - it has to do with temperature >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The winner of the quiz will get Doug's chair (Graham Naisbitt has >>>>> claim to his Diet Mt. 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