On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>wrote:
> On 24/07/13 04:53, Jim Mooney wrote: > >> On 23 July 2013 07:28, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> >> >>> (I trust that everyone remembers enough high school chemistry to >>> understand why Mercurial is called hg? Hg is the chemical symbol for >>> Mercury.) >>> >>> >> And I recall my high school chemistry teacher claiming the noble gases >> could never combine, until someone just decided to cook up some Xenon >> Tetraflouride. Always fun when you get to contradict your teacher in >> class, >> and you're right - wel it was then. I'm a tad more mature, now - sometimes >> ;') >> > Way offtopic: It is Xenon Hexa Flouride IIRC. LOve that book 107 stories about CHemistry Asokan Pichai "Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull to not attack you because you are a vegetarian"
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