Saying it has no biological role, rules out Magnesium (Carmen Electra) and Calcium (Goddess of fertility). Dewey -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eva J Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 9:16 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Question Magnesium On Sep 28, 2012 12:03 PM, "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Doug - your response has been reviewed by the Friday Element Quiz > Arbitration Board (FEQAB) and they provided me their decision. Your > information on the use of Exhaustium in the vehicle exhaust system was > incorrect. Exhaustium is used in muffler belts as a reenforcing material > and in automobile turn signals blinker fluid as a stabilizing agent. Due > to these response inaccuracies, they ruled your response to be incorrect. > > However you are making some progress with the FEQAB - since no one > provided a response to the Bonus question, they decided your answer could > receive honorable mention - you don't get the services of Clumpy and > Kloumpios but they didn't totally discount your response as they are still > researching if there is possibly a Roman Goddess Exhausta. > > Dave > > > > Douglas O Pauls/CedarRapids/RockwellCollins > 09/28/2012 08:26 AM > > To > TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]> > cc > > Subject > Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Question > > > > > > > The answer to today's quiz question is "Exhaustium", another of the half > fractional elements, this one in the Lanthanide series. Exhaustium has > two distinct isotopes with vastly different properties. One isotope has > the effect of retarding chemical reactions. It is often incorporated into > catalytic converters in automobiles so that the catalyzing reactions do > not proceed too quickly and cause your car to burst into flames. In the > case of the low energy light bulbs, the Ex in the current path slows down > the degradation of the filaments, creating longer life. > > The other isotope DOES have an effect on biological organisms, but is not > necessary for life. I have found, through finely tuned chemical > analysis, that my kitchen table has a coating that is laced with > Exhaustium. Each night after dinner, my wife puts a hand to her head, > says "I'm Exhausted" and leaves the room, leaving me to do the dishes. So, > the second isotope obviously causes energy drain in nearby biological > units. My sons also do homework at the table each night, and always claim > to be too exhausted to do said homework. It is not until they go outside > that their energy "magically" reappears in sufficient quantity to throw a > football. To be fair, I have also found that my recliner in the family > room has fabric also laced with Exhaustium, creating an almost magnetic > attachment to my butt, preventing me from yard work. It has been theorized > that the difference is due to additional leptons in one isotope and weak > quarks in the other. > > Interestingly, I did the same chemical test on the table in Hillman's > house (it's hand to have that spare key) and found it likewise laced with > Exhaustium. Explains the state of his kitchen. > > Exhaustium is refined from the ore - Bushite. If you have every heard the > term - I'm Bushed - this is where it comes from. Bushite induces extreme > weariness in those that mine it, making it almost impossible to mine by > anyone over the age of 30. The only known method to effectively mine > Bushite is to use teenagers, given 2 cases of Red Bull, and told they were > forbidden to mine this material. This practice is considered barbaric in > most portions of the world and the US Congress is considering adding to > the list of Conflict Minerals. > > Exhaustium was first isolated by Gunter Ven Der Schlorglobin, a Dutch > chemist working in South Africa. It is hard to pinpoint the date of the > isolation because Dr. Ven Der Schlorglobin was to tired to write up his > research until about 20 years later. It is an urban myth that he had no > time because he was always washing the dinner dishes. > > The link to Roman Mythology is very obscure, and I am amazed that the > Luddite Hillman knew of it. The goddess Exhausta was the patron goddess > of sleep. The few statues sculpted of her always show her to be reclining > and asleep. She was the wife of Neptune. Neptune was reputed to be often > cranky, as he was left to do the dinner dishes each night. > > I now sit back to find out what new/creative/bogus reason Hillman comes up > with to disqualify this brilliant bit of lore. > > Doug Pauls > > > > From: "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 09/28/2012 07:27 AM > Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Question > Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> > > > > Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz question: > > The Question: > > This element has two major environmental benefits: (1)it is part of our > vehicle exhaust systems; (2) it is part of low energy light bulbs. This > element plays no biological role. The oxide of this element is found in > your kitchen. What element is being described? > > Bonus Question: > What is the link of this element to Roman mythology? > > > > The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and > Kloumpios for the week. > > So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have: > > Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings > - accomplished nothing (drank lots of coffee) > > Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM > - conducted REACH material testing > > Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. > - Solderability testing and mowed the lawn > > Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich > - had an epic journey of travel > > Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global > - unknown > > Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab > - unknown > > Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon > - Were tackling dummys for Dallas Cowboys > > Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > - Cleaned gutters and painted window trim > > Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division > - unknown > > Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits > - unknown > > Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs > - descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch! > > Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation > - assisted with AS9100 quality management systems requirements audit > > Week 12 Steve Creswick of Balanced Enterprise Solutions > - Acted as Steve's "go fer" due to a broken leg! > > Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi > - conducted a plasma pre treatment Taguchi DOE for a sealing process > > Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted with a tin pest investigation/test > > Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted Bev shoveling snow > > Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs > - assisted with reflow profiling > > Week 17 Brian Ellis, rumored to be retired > - assisted with rewiring the house, had a tractor accident and found his > cousin Kloumpios > > Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC > - assisted with tin whisker inspection/examinations > > Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > - assisted with scraping barnacles, boat paint and boat engine maintenance > > Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya > - assisted with weather observations (70F to snow) and resolving > electrochemical migration failures > > Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > - assisted with commercial aircraft galley inspection > > Week 21 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired, and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, > Space and Security > - assisted with root cause corrective action tasks > - assisted with nothing but catching up with the family > > Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. > - assisted with metallographic cross-sections and Dye & Pry testing > > Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted with a creep corrosion project and the setting up of an oxygen > bomb > > Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits > - unknown > > Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser > - assisted with stencil aperture data analysis and split/stacked firewood > > Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi > - assisted/participated in the Kokomo Airshow Race Event > > Week 27 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired > - assisted with tedious website work and family home cooking > > Week 28 Nigel Burtt > - abandoned Nigel and were rumored to be involved in UK News Corps/News > International cellphone/journalism/politics scandal > > Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS > - unknown > > Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 > - assisted with a hot tub refurbishment for post work day de-stressing > - assisted with SIR and Cleanliness testing > > Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC > - assisted with lab testing > - assisted with tin whisker investigations > > Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired > - attempted to provide both US Congress and EU lawmakers "engineered" > solutions > > Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya > - unknown > > Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > - assisted with new model qualifications,updating supporting > documentation, strain gaging, performing cross sections, verifying a new > selective soldering process, and finally assisted with the development of > a plant-wide countermeasure effectiveness auditing program (Wow, they had > to work hard this week!) > > Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories > - assisted with new equipment preparations > > Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE > - assisted with beach trash collection duty > > Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications > - assisted Dave Hillman with a geography lesson, watch USA vs Irland in > World Rugby Cup and went skiing. > > Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired > - took the week off, and went to see some Tampa Bay Rays games > > Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope > - assisted with metallographic cross-sectional analysis of die cast Mg and > taught a group of Cub Scouts how to hotwire a tractor > > Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi > - assisted with a customer audit > > Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > - assisted with pcb cross-section analysis > > Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope > - Andy gave them the week off (BBQ and English ale party) > > Week 43: 4 winners > Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted with testing of phthalates > Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > - assisted with installing a new fuel pump on the tractor, mowing my yard > and raking the leaves/pine needles. > Patrick Goodyear, PGE > - assisted with relaxing on the beach following kelp removal efforts > Richard Stadem,GD-AIS > - assisted with the qualification of a Radon-fueled Airvac PCBRM 5.2 with > its new 50,000 watt pre-heater and Radon emitting laser reflow head > > Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE > - assisted with sifting sand at the beach looking for sand dollars > > Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic > - assisted with the synthesizing a postmodern fusion of Firesign's > Department of Redundancy Department with Sokol's boundary transgression > quantum gravity paradigm shift > > Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic > - assisted with ??? > Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted RIM co-ops with research projects > > Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > - assisted with counterfeit part inspection and snow plow duty > > Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium > - assisted with automotive repairs and for holiday relaxation > > Week 49 Reuven Rokah > - assisted with patent investigations > > Week 50 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS > - assisted with: > Tuesday after H&S induction: Solve the EU financial crisis. > Wednesday: Provide sufficient information to the TAC to get the EU to > permit Pb in solders. > Thursday: Win the lottery on my behalf using a single ticket. (I'm not > greedy any win will do) > Friday until departure: Enjoy the south of England countryside, > > Week 51 Bev Christian, RIM > - assisted with a hearty meal which will include Canadian bacon and maple > syrup > - played Settlers of Catan for a while. > - investigate a cure for head on pillow? > - create a halogen-free epoxy that isn't brittle? > - cure tin whiskers > - Perfect rework techniques for 0.50025s and 0.2 mm pitch 5000 pin BGAs. > > Week 52 Dock Brown, Medtronic > - assisted with ???? > > Week 53 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > - assisted with failure analysis assistance and removal of snow > > Week 54 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired > - assisted with unknown > > Phil Anslow, MBDA Systems > - assisted with in preparation of 3-5year strategy and cooking of > Valentine's Day meal for my lovely wife - oh and me! > > Week 55 Brian Ellis, not retired and having lots of fun > - assisted with video editing of 100+ cassettes and eating wonderful food > > Week 56 Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada > - unknown > > Week 57 Tan Geok Ang, NA > - assisted with a tour of Singapore and fun at Clarke Quay > > Week 58 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi > - unknown > Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada > - unknown > > Week 59 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS > - assisted with preparing for the arrival of a Europlacer Iineo II and > some sightseeing > > Week 60 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics > - assisted with car manufacturers EMC requirements, high voltage PTC > heaters and helped paint Easter eggs > > Week 61 Joshua Muonio, Analog Technologies Corp. > - assisted with cutting out lead-free chocolate bunnies with our nitrogen > inerted laser > system > > Week 62 Dock Brown, Medtronics > - assisted with working on the TechNet Interstate Party Bus. So far I > have a collection of old soap box racers and go-cart engines so all the > necessary materials are in place. What's needed now is just vehicle > design and assembly. Once it's done, there will be no more begging > management for conference travel funds > > Week 63 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics > - assisted with lithium ion cell balancing and fuel cell protection > > Week 64 James Head, Crowcon > - assisted with recce a trail I'm planning for Oxford Hash House Harriers > (Hillman note - if you don't know the word "recce", you should look it up) > > Week 65 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > - assisted with golf ball retreval duty at Bethpage State Park (The Black > Golf Course) and relaxing at the beach > > Week 66 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings > - assisted with tire crew duty at the Indy time trials, an awesome > Memorial day cookout and test results review support > > Week 67 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions > - unknown > > Week 68 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > - assisted with a relaxing weekend of dabbling around the house, identify > higher resolution cameras to outfit vision systems and working on > streamlining Trial build process and strengthening Quality Audit system. > > Week 69 Denny Fritz, SAIC > - assisted with mowing the grass and helping with the IPC 2013 roadmap > effort > > Week 70 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > - toured the Dead Sea region and slept > > Week 71 Amol Kane, AsteelFlash US East Corp > - assisted with DOEs to determine optimal parameters for our conformal > coating machine and a process qualification plan for re-design of the > manufacturing floor layout. > > Week 72 Lamar Young, Specialty Coating Systems, Inc. > - unknown > > Week 73 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corporation > - assisted with troubleshooting the ultrasonic system on one a wave > machine fluxers > Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories > - allowed the boys the full week at Keith's facility > > Week 73.1 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > - unknown > > Week 74 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > - assisted with the inspection of aircraft structures for the A-10 Re-wing > > > > program > Richard Stadem, GD-AIS > - unknown > > Week 75 Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 System > - assisted with the Olympic Closing ceremony, building ionic cleanliness > test equipment and Graham's golf caddies > > Week 76 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > - assisted with metallographic cross-sections after causing Graham much > trouble at Lords for the Test Match England vs South Africa > > Week 77 Richard Stadem, GD-AIS > - assisted with mowing the lawn and acting as trolling motors in a canoe > > Week 78 Blair Hogg, GAI-Tronics > - assisted with a visit to the Reading Vanity Fair outlets for their > holiday sale for new winter clothes, getting the Teradyne back up and > running and finally assembling a new grill. > > Week 79 Brian Ellis > - assisted with: I'll treat them to Souvla washed down with a bottle of > Othello. Since I have two fractured vertebrae, I'm going to ask them to > do some weeding; the garden is in a sorry state. I hope they may have some > > attachments for their machines to help with the task, a harrowing > experience. I'll let Kloumpios go and visit his family for a couple of > days. > > Week 80 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > - assisted with a new solder joint accelerated reliability test and to > debug the software and hardware of the system > > Week 81 Brian Ellis > - assisted with loads of weeding the garden and a couple days or rest and > relaxation > > Week 82 ???? > - assisted with ???? > > > Everyone have a safe week! > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. 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