... when you ask what color a ruby is, and they say, 'Oh, it's the color of KMnO4 just before the end point of a titration between KMnO4 and H2O2'. And when they want you to get them a necklace locket which has six precious stones/diamonds arranged along the corners of a hexagon, something like -
they say, 'Oh, get me a pendent ala the benzene ring, with diamonds on ortho and para positions and the rubies on the meta positions'.
I wonder what is next?
Khuda Hafiz,
Sultan of Samarkand.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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woah - lord of geekland he/she would be
Exactly how much does M$ pay :S :P
Aniket,
I don't work for M$. And this pendent is for illustrative purposes only. Must be shit expensive. In other words, unaffordable.
i think g33k is not the right word for the guy ... shouldn't it be extreme nerd ..
I become a geek if I get such replies?
They are more scary than geeky.
thelazydan,
You're a geek if you understand all that! Sadly (well!), I do :D
yep, I know I'm a geek. Let me showcase my geekiness by putting down this comment.
You can't degrade geekdom by calling any Tom,Dick on Harry who understands all this.. Geekdom is a holy society and the access can't be granted so easily!!
this is nerdism .. not the holy-geekism ...
and this post exposed the fact that i forgot all my chemistry :((
I agree with mythalez :D
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