Transparent Aluminum now a reality

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:21 am

Scotty would be proud.

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:24 am

pretty cool

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:25 am

wonder if they would be able to spell it properly now

aluminIum, homos

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:28 am

its really stupid. most elements have the ium suffix, but hey lets remove an i in this particular metal to dumb it down for the idiot population

or should i say populaton?

Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:28 am

al·u·min·i·um (ăl'yə-mĭn'ē-əm)
n. Chiefly British.
Variant of aluminum.

there, i bolded the important part

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:33 am

so its the british variant then ey

Actinium
Americium
Barium
Berkelium
Beryllium
Bohrium
Cadmium
Caesium
Calcium
Cerium
Chromium
Dubnium
Einsteinium
Erbium
Europium

Aluminum

it has nothing to do with the latin suffix, im sure. its purely coincidental (and british)

Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:35 am

Why don't you write a letter to the dictonary people?

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:37 am

way ahead of you :icon33:

im also demanding that they add "searching the internet" as a definition for "google (verb)"

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:48 am

Dave wrote:al·u·min·i·um (ăl'yə-mĭn'ē-əm)
n. Chiefly British.
Variant of aluminum.

there, i bolded the important part

dumbed down for the US.
Doesn't surprise me.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:08 am

wrong thread, homo

(thought I didnt see it did you)

Post by **mjrpes** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:20 am

ALONtm is virtually scratch resistant, offers substantial impact resistance, and provides better durability and protection against armor piercing threats, at roughly half the weight and half the thickness of traditional glass transparent armor, said the lieutenant.

Paging Steve Jobs. Paging Steve Jobs.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:45 am

Perhaps this will help reduce the social stigma of tinfoil hat people.

Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:14 pm

Eraser wrote:
Dave wrote:al·u·min·i·um (ăl'yə-mĭn'ē-əm)
n. Chiefly British.
Variant of aluminum.

there, i bolded the important part
dumbed down for the US.
Doesn't surprise me.

sort of like Dutch is an easy form of German

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:17 pm

:icon32:
sidenote: not quite though

Post by **werldhed** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:00 pm

MKJ wrote: so its the british variant then ey

Actinium
Americium
Barium
Berkelium
Beryllium
Bohrium
Cadmium
Caesium
Calcium
Cerium
Chromium
Dubnium
Einsteinium
Erbium
Europium

Aluminum

it has nothing to do with the latin suffix, im sure. its purely coincidental (and british)

There are a couple of other "um" elements, too. Don't know why this one bothers you so much.
(also, iirc the original name for it, prior to being an element, was "alumina", not "aluminia", so the Latinized version would be aluminum, I think.)

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:12 pm

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:12 pm

its about as stupid as saying "libary". it just doesnt make any sense

Post by **dmmh** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:15 pm

there's even transparent concrete

Post by **Fjoggs** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:15 pm

Emka is on a bitch-roll.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:17 pm

marmite > this thread

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:18 pm

Fjoggs wrote:Emka is on a bitch-roll.

:icon32: slow day at work

Post by **bitWISE** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:24 pm

That is bad ass. I'll have to ask my friends if they have seen it yet.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:37 pm

Dave wrote:
Eraser wrote:
Dave wrote:al·u·min·i·um (ăl'yə-mĭn'ē-əm)
n. Chiefly British.
Variant of aluminum.

there, i bolded the important part
dumbed down for the US.
Doesn't surprise me.
sort of like Dutch is an easy form of German

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:54 pm

You'd be amazed at how many people don't realize there are two "r"s in February.

Post by **Scourge** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:53 am

GONNAFISTYA wrote:You'd be amazed at how many people don't realize there are two "r"s in February.

I wouldn't, I live in texas. Mispronouncing words is an art form around here apparently.