Bazza Posted May 11, 2019 Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 Good luck Pariah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 11, 2019 Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 Not of practical relevance, of theoretical interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 On May 10, 2019 at 4:46 PM, Pariah said: So, I talked to my professor today about my summer research capstone project. I'm going to be working with stable heavy isotopes in a plasma mass spectrometry lab. The tentative project is analysis of wood from an ash tree to determine lead content from groundwater the tree absorbed over a period of several decades. Should be pretty interesting! Local tree? Are you gonna have decay products from the 40s/50s/60s in the sample? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Cancer said: Local tree? Are you gonna have decay products from the 40s/50s/60s in the sample? Most likely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upshot-Knothole_Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Cancer said: Local tree? Are you gonna have decay products from the 40s/50s/60s in the sample? I hadn't thought about that--the whole Downwinders thing is usually thought of as more a Southern Utah phenomenon--but I expect there could be. Mostly the investigation is focused on lead levels linked to leaded gasoline and the effects of mining upstream, but it'll be interesting to look at the isotopic ratios to see what's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 This thread is not useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 39 minutes ago, Bazza said: This thread is not useful. Well, it is largely academic. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 Basic science -- you never know where it might sweep you off to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 ... and if you did know, it wouldn't be science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 18 hours ago, Ternaugh said: Well, it is largely academic. That's what I said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Overheard in the classroom: "Minions are a metaphor for Communism!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Nah...its capitalism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Well, if you say that here in North America, things happen to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Rails 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Actually, that second one should be a toroid, not a cube. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Yes, but you are more evil than most professors. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 7 hours ago, Cancer said: Well, if you say that here in North America, things happen to you. Which is why I'm thousands of kms away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Swedish miles are the best miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Swedish fish are the best fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Swedish massage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Finnish massage: flogging with fresh birch twigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 They are an unusual people, the Finns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Very common around these parts, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 Did you just confirm that unusual people are very common? It really wasn't necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 18, 2019 Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 The first rule of Tautology Club is the first rule of the Tautology Club! Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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