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06 Mar 2004 07:25:03 AM |
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that's a big diamond |
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm>
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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| Title: Re: that's a big diamond |
06 Mar 2004 11:43:47 PM |
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"elegy" <elegy@shattering.org> wrote in message
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<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm>
I do not have the money now, but if I work hard the next 5 billion years, I
might have enough to buy it.
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Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: that's a big diamond |
07 Mar 2004 08:51:09 AM |
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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 23:43:47 -0600, "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@privacy.net>
wrote:
"elegy" <elegy@shattering.org> wrote in message
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<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm>
I do not have the money now, but if I work hard the next 5 billion years,
I might have enough to buy it.
You'll need a very big tie-pin to fix it to.
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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| Title: Re: that's a big diamond |
07 Mar 2004 09:27:20 AM |
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"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 23:43:47 -0600, "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@privacy.net>
wrote:
"elegy" <elegy@shattering.org> wrote in message
news:19kj40d6iktoij49normh3bh9i2dv2mm91@4ax.com...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm>
I do not have the money now, but if I work hard the next 5 billion
years,
I might have enough to buy it.
You'll need a very big tie-pin to fix it to.
I would go there and fix a cord to the ground. Then I will surround the cord
around my neck, and I will say I am wearing it.
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Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: that's a big diamond |
07 Mar 2004 10:43:23 AM |
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 09:27:20 -0600, "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@privacy.net>
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You'll need a very big tie-pin to fix it to.
I would go there and fix a cord to the ground. Then I will surround the
cord around my neck, and I will say I am wearing it.
That's relativity ;))
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-- Whiskers <http://www.aacit.net>
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: that's a big diamond |
07 Mar 2004 01:03:02 AM |
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In message <19kj40d6iktoij49normh3bh9i2dv2mm91@4ax.com>, elegy
<elegy@shattering.org> writes
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm>
You'd need a big finger to put the ring on.
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| User: "wombn" |
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06 Mar 2004 12:30:44 PM |
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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 08:25:03 -0500, elegy <elegy@shattering.org>
wrote:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm>
wow
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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06 Mar 2004 09:51:51 AM |
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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 08:25:03 -0500, elegy <elegy@shattering.org> wrote:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm>
First synthetic diamonds, now this; DeBeers must be getting
really worried about their monopoly ...
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-- Whiskers <http://www.aacit.net>
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| User: "Nom dePlume nomdeplume1000-at-yahoo.com" |
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| Title: Re: that's a big diamond |
07 Mar 2004 01:01:13 AM |
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Transportation costs are tough, though.
Very interesting! I presume that "diamond" is being used pretty
loosely here. The cores of white dwarf stars are made up of degenerate
matter, a phase intermediate between normal matter and neutronium, and
it wouldn't really qualify as "diamon" even if the nuclei were mostly
carbon. I'd guess the real "diamond" part is a shell, overlaying the
degenerate core.
No facets, though.
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Nom dePlume, Ph.D
Why, yes, in fact, I am a rocket scientist.
Guide to Medications for Mental Illness:
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"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.03.06.15.51.48.786899@ID-107770.user.uni-berlin.de...
On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 08:25:03 -0500, elegy <elegy@shattering.org>
wrote:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm>
First synthetic diamonds, now this; DeBeers must be getting
really worried about their monopoly ...
--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^ Interested in Citroens?
-- Whiskers <http://www.aacit.net>
-- ~~~~~~~~~~ <news:alt.autos.citroen>
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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07 Mar 2004 09:19:21 AM |
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"Nom dePlume" <nomdeplume1000-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Transportation costs are tough, though.
Very interesting! I presume that "diamond" is being used pretty
loosely here. The cores of white dwarf stars are made up of degenerate
matter, a phase intermediate between normal matter and neutronium, and
it wouldn't really qualify as "diamon" even if the nuclei were mostly
carbon. I'd guess the real "diamond" part is a shell, overlaying the
degenerate core.
No facets, though.
Neutronium???? You are good at coining words.
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Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
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| User: "Nom dePlume nomdeplume1000-at-yahoo.com" |
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07 Mar 2004 01:17:06 PM |
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Well, thanks, but I didn't coin "neutronium." It's been around for
decades. Neutron stars are made of neutronium, meaning closely-packed
neutrons.
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Nom dePlume, Ph.D
Why, yes, in fact, I am a rocket scientist.
Guide to Medications for Mental Illness:
http://www.geocities.com/nomdeplume1000
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"Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:c2fehj$1sink3$1@ID-140630.news.uni-berlin.de...
"Nom dePlume" <nomdeplume1000-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c2ehli02dg4@enews4.newsguy.com...
Transportation costs are tough, though.
Very interesting! I presume that "diamond" is being used pretty
loosely here. The cores of white dwarf stars are made up of
degenerate
matter, a phase intermediate between normal matter and neutronium,
and
it wouldn't really qualify as "diamon" even if the nuclei were
mostly
carbon. I'd guess the real "diamond" part is a shell, overlaying
the
degenerate core.
No facets, though.
Neutronium???? You are good at coining words.
--
Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: that's a big diamond |
07 Mar 2004 08:50:21 AM |
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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 23:01:13 -0800, "Nom dePlume"
<nomdeplume1000-at-yahoo.com> wrote:
Transportation costs are tough, though.
Very interesting! I presume that "diamond" is being used pretty loosely
here. The cores of white dwarf stars are made up of degenerate matter, a
phase intermediate between normal matter and neutronium, and it wouldn't
really qualify as "diamon" even if the nuclei were mostly carbon. I'd
guess the real "diamond" part is a shell, overlaying the degenerate core.
No facets, though.
I expect the good people of Amsterdam are even now working on a very big
robot gem-cutter.
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-- ^^^^^^^^^^ Interested in Citroens?
-- Whiskers <http://www.aacit.net>
-- ~~~~~~~~~~ <news:alt.autos.citroen>
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| User: "Michael A. Ball" |
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| Title: Re: that's a big diamond |
06 Mar 2004 08:49:58 AM |
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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 08:25:03 -0500, elegy <elegy@shattering.org> wrote:
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Thanks, that's very interesting. Isn't the universe a fascinating place!
Michael
Whatever it takes.
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