On Saturday 13 March 2010, dave wrote: >On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 06:29 -0500, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: >> At 01:37 PM 3/12/2010, you wrote: >> >Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: >> > > Heh, and you're complaining that an x-ray inspection system is one of >> > > those "can't do at home" kinda thingies... >> > >> >If you stick your hand past all the guards and manage to not tease the >> >door sensors, it could mash your hand, that's about the worst it could >> > do. An X-ray machine could be really dangerous to others, even at a >> > good distance, if not properly shielded. I think that makes quite a >> > difference, especially to federal regulatory agencies. >> > >> >Of course, I have a modified toaster oven for relowing the solder on >> >boards, a whole darkroom with laser photoplotter to make master artwork >> >which I now use to photo-etch solder stencils. And that's another >> >thing, ****SOLDER****! Yikes, having (Gasp) lead-bearing solder in your >> >home, to hear some people talk you'd think it would turn your house into >> >a superfund cleanup site. >> > >> >Jon >> >> Reminds me of how we used to play with mercury in science class in >> school. Now, if you happen to accidentally break one of those CFL >> bulbs in your home, you're supposed to call the hazmat crew... >> >> Mark > >Elemental Hg isn't really very toxic at least compared to the >organo-mercurials. If any of this stuff was as dangerous as some people >would have us think we'd all be long gone. > >Benzene, toluene, methylene chloride, chloroform, trichloroethylene, >asbestos, perchloric acid and a host of others were all part of my daily >life. If you can smell benzene or toluene you are over the 8 hr limit.
Then I have been over my lifetime limit for some of that by orders of magnitude. And not because I thought it smelled nice either. If it was as bad as they claim, why am I still here at 75 YO? I shoulda been reduced to a raving lunatic needing a liver transplant 60 years ago. >The easy way to clean up mercury is to sprinkle elemental sulfur over >the spill just like you would absorbent on an oil spill. Maybe rub it a >bit to mix and wait a decent amount of time. Then sweep up and maybe >finish with vacuum. Good to know, but where can one find this elemental sulfur? >Dave > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>----- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Referring to a book: I read part of it all the way through. -Samuel Goldwyn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
