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Gizmo Quiz

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waynet

11:00 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Here is the quiz:

Gizmo quiz [146.82.73.177]

It isn't a gadget, but I think it will make a good quiz anyway. Give me the name of this stuff.

grandpa

11:05 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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It looks like a hi-tech gas burner.

Is there flame or heat involved?

waynet

11:06 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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No flame or heat involved.

trillianjedi

11:07 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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stuff

Hmmm.... a gel or liquid of some kind?

waynet

11:09 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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a gel or liquid of some kind?

Yes

grandpa

11:10 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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The liquid looks like oil.

grandpa

11:13 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Those look like threads around the outer edge. Does something cover this up when its in use?

waynet

11:16 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Oil is usually a component of it, they aren't threads, just part of a container. In most applications it would be contained.

Syzygy

11:18 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Some sort of nano-polymer type things?

Syzygy

waynet

11:23 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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I don't believe it would fall under being a nano-polymer.

Syzygy

11:24 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Nano-anything?

waynet

11:27 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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There is a small component, but I don't think it is small as nano.

waynet

11:35 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Actually I looked it up, the component is in the nano size.

Syzygy

11:36 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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After a good few vodkas, a damn fine curry and a couple of glasses of wine (hic - it's half past midnight here in London town ;-))

Does it relate to cookery?

Syzygy

11:39 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Actually I looked it up, the component is in the nano size.

Now you tell me...

Hic...

waynet

11:39 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Does not relate to cookery.

Syzygy

11:42 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Is it a mould (USA = mold?) of some description?

waynet

11:46 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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I wouldn't characterize it as a mold.

iamlost

11:51 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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magnetic fluid?

Syzygy

11:51 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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To quote Lionel Blair (not Tony...), Give Us A Clue... [ukgameshows.com]

;-)

Syzygy

11:54 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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[sawada.mech.keio.ac.jp ]

Is that close?

waynet

11:54 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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magnetic fluid

Yes - can you give a more specific name?

Syzygy

11:56 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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No, the web page is in Japanese!

;-)

waynet

11:56 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Is that close?

That is it, but what is the exact name of the stuff?

Syzygy

11:58 pm on May 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Sea Urchin...?

[mi.sanu.ac.yu ]

waynet

12:00 am on May 29, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Not Sea Urchin

iamlost

12:01 am on May 29, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Magnetic Fluid or Ferrofluid

[bhavuni.edu ]

waynet

12:03 am on May 29, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Ferrofluid - Correct

iamlost is the winner!

Syzygy

12:10 am on May 29, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Well done, iamlost. Well done indeed.

Damn, another couple of hours and I could have been a contender..;-)

Good gizmo, waynet - thanks for the fun - enjoyed it.

Syzygy

iamlost

12:11 am on May 29, 2005 (gmt 0)

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My thanks to Syzygy:

Nano-anything?

without whose direction I truly would have been lost :-)

waynet - thanks for the fun ... once again I learned something new.

See you all next week ...