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Comments on article Will Big Blue change its color with discovery of a new pigment?

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by: Kyocera on 11/24/2009

By the way Theo;

Nvidia did post that their Gt300 prototype is ONLY 10,5 inch long (why is this important?).

Charlie apparently got shipped to Easter Islands:

"Charlie Demerjan aka Semiaacurate is so low on spreading doom, gloom, desinformation and everything else on Nvidia's account that is has become boring.
It's to hope, that he has not been hit by a bus somewhere in the overcrowded Shanghai while trying to slip unnoticed in Taiwan; all while trying to provide us with the "first-hand" news."

"I am ashamed to say that i have accidentally given that fool charlie hits on occasion, but hitting links from other sites without checking the link, i can't wait for nvidia to slap the smirk of his ignorant face."

" Well, Chalfont, it's good to see and be informed from where the news flows; it's easier to judge the information.

Do you think, that in his attempt to slide into Taiwan, he has chosen the wrong container box in the Shanghai port? I doubt that the Chinese pictograms are his strong point.

If he is headed for the Easter Islands, the populace is better to hope, that he choose some food container instead the presents one.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1004573/charlie-demerjian-awful-gambling-intel-ceo-confirms"

And you did not update how is Ivica faring.

I hope you were busy bustling the future forum in your garage!?!

by: Kyocera on 11/24/2009

Truth to be told,no outside "survey" method available at the moment is what it should be.

The best thing is to have your own statistic collection; the less happy thing about it is the cost of such a solution.

I have applied an average between various services; between them are the two mentioned.

If we look only at Alexa:

38% US

9,1 Germany; 1% Netherlands; 0,8 Netherlands; 0,8Sweden

5,8 Croatia; 3,3% Russia; 2,4 Slovenia; 0,9 Romania

5% China; 0,6 Hong Kong; 0,5 Taiwan

4,1 % UK

2% India

2,8 Spain; 2% France; 3% Canada; 1,8 Italy; 0,9 Mexico

Anyway; you have quite a broad audience.

@Kyocera by: Theo Valich on 11/24/2009

Not certain what the "publicly available data" about BSN* is [Alexa? Quantcast?], but these are our Google Analytics data for the past 30 days:
1. United States 41.35%
2. United Kingdom 7.05%
3. Canada 5.82%
4. Japan 4.36%
5. Germany 3.53%
6. Australia 2.89%
7. Russia 1.61%
8. France 1.59%
9. Netherlands 1.43%
10.South Korea 1.33%

Sans Poland, I don't see China at all, nor Taiwan. This might be due to the fact that BSN* might not be available to two reasons: Either Google is not able to properly detect China [we see couple of thousand hits coming from both China and Taiwan, but not in volume to enter Top 10], or China didn't cleared us - due to our writing about censorship around the world [truth to be told, I didn't noticed us criticizing China as much as Great Internet Firewalls in Australia, UK, Germany etc.]. Don't want to go there, but now you know the countries in question. Besides Russia, I don't exactly see slavic countries in Top 10.

Ed.

by: Kyocera on 11/24/2009

http://www.sewanee.edu/chem/Chem&Art/Detail_Pages/Pigments/Prussian_Blue

All the recipes here above.

Chemistry anyone? by: Anonymous on 11/24/2009

I’m not a chemistry major, but my high school chem class had Fe for Iron. How my source got “III” for two types of iron mixed together I dunno. Here’s what the source said: “Precipitation from the solution of potassium ferrocyanide by a more saturated solution of iron(III)-chloride. The combination of the ferric ion (from the chloride) and ferrocyanide creates the pigment, the two irons have to be in different oxidation states (ferric vs ferrous).” You can follow the link in the article to see all the chemical info on all the pigments. Enjoy. Darleen.

by: Kyocera on 11/24/2009

If the article is written in English, it does not imply that the author needs to use some local or indigenous "cool" wording.
The author is writing for an International audience here.

Second to the available statistics there are far far more Chinese than UK speaking users on this site.
Slavic speaking users are the second largest group here followed by Germanic speaking ones.
Above all, using two completely different denotations for the same thing in one breath is slackness, even when selling salad on home-market.

If you were so concerned about "what I'm about", you should have asked the writer before this, what does a discovery of a pigment have to do with IBM???

Your Darleen was obviously painting her toenails and could not decide herself which colour to make them.

One more thing by: Anonymous on 11/24/2009

Just to clarify...

"English names are in round brackets; Chinese, Japanese, German, Russian, and other 6.500 languages in existence today have each their own name.
Scientific name is a universal name."

BSN* isn't a scientific journal and it IS an english langauge website. So it is entirely reasonable to use the english defintion for K and not any other (inclusing the scientific one).

Also, mixing terms such as ferro and iron is an idiosyncracy of the english langauge. As alluded to previously, english is a mix of many cultural influences. I myself am Scottish and even I use different words from my girlfriend (who is english).
But going further back, we have norse, saxon, french, latin etc. It is an adaptable language.

Simply put, in common english parlance, K is Potassium.
In science yes, K is Kalium.
But this isn't a science journal and this written langauge here is english. That's why Darleen didnt use Kalium.

Anyway, i'm off to work now. (If you call begging an honest job. Now where's my big issue?).

lol by: Anonymous on 11/24/2009

My main point was really to emphasise, 'so what?'
Yes, the archaic elements from the periodic table have their names derived from latin, however, the words we use to refer to them in the english langauge are not. Therefore in all practical terms, if not linguistically 100% true to their original name, the element 'K' is called potassium.
In that similar vein, we dont call 'Na' Natrium, it is universally known as Sodium.
Likewise, in Britain, we are taught the Latin symbol (K) but with the english name (Potassium).

The main thrust of this conversation would be that the periodic table is known by two classifications, in written format one might use the neo-latin term (K) but in descriptive terms or verbal communication, 'Potassium' would be used.

On another point, asking members of the public what the elemental symbol for Potassium was, many i'm afraid would not know. Fewer still would even have heard of Kalium.

To further enhance the scope of this topic it would be wise to establish education. For I, it is British and not private. Perhaps in other places it is common to teach the neo-latin terminology. However in so far as my education goes we were taught K is Potassium.
That may seem strange but thats how its taught here.

You my friend are obviously either well educated or well researched. Your knowledge most likely surpasses a great percentage of the general population and in having that mantle your comment was placed too far above the heads of others.

My initial point still stands...

So what?

(for the record your well reasoned response to my jibe deserves an apology from me).

by: Kyocera on 11/23/2009

Chemical elements have their symbol derived from either the first letter or the two first letters of their NAMES; to avoid having two identical symbols with the discovery of new elements in recent times (nuclear experiments) the second letter may stand for one of the subsequent letters in the name.

To make it short; a symbol is just a shortened name.
The scientific names names are Latin.

K from Kalium (Potassium)
Na from Natrium from Egyptian Neter (Sodium)
Cu from Cuprum (Copper)
Au from Aurum (Gold)
Pb from Plumbum (Lead)
Fe from Ferrum (Iron)
Hg from Hydragyrum (Mercury, Quick Silver)
Ag from Argentum (Silver)
Sn from Stannum (Tin)
W from Wolfram (Tungsten)
Sb from Stibium (Antimony)

English names are in round brackets; Chinese, Japanese, German, Russian, and other 6.500 languages in existence today have each their own name.
Scientific name is a universal name.

Agropyron repens is Quack grass in English; we usually try to keep it out of our gardens; all over the world.

If you would like to present yourself by the universal Latin name, than say Hominini Paranthropus robustus; everyone will know right away who are they dealing with; from China to Paris.

As far as the point goes; the writer mixes to languages and even (for iron) both Ferrum (ferro-) and Iron.

Kalium is a Neo-Latin word.

your description as:" 'new' latin- more a mix of saxon, viking, latin etc" is rather curious.

Potassium was discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy at 1807 in England. Origin of name: from the English word "potash" (pot ashes) and the Arabic word "qali" meaning alkali (the origin of the symbol K comes from the Latin word "kalium")
Well before potassium was recognized as an element, potassium carbonate was mixed with animal fat to make soap. The carbonate was made by extracting wood ash with water before concentration by boiling - hence the name "potash" for potassium salts.

Get a job Kyocera by: Anonymous on 11/23/2009

Wtf are you on about?

"Solutions of potassium ferrocyanide and iron [III] chloride are poured together to make this variation"

"The chemical symbol is K; therefore Kalium in neo-Latin; not potassium."

What i'm saying is, what IS your point? In the english language (which is most definitely not neo-latin- as in 'new' latin- more a mix of saxon, viking, latin etc) the elemental symbol of Potassium is 'K'. So there is no need for your exceptionally off base and irrelevant comment.

You're just a big fat troll.

by: Kyocera on 11/23/2009

"Solutions of potassium ferrocyanide and iron [III] chloride"

The chemical symbol is K; therefore Kalium in neo-Latin; not potassium.