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SurfaceTension		2011-09-19 02:47:20 PM

Yeah, I'd do her.

poonesfarm		2011-09-19 02:57:41 PM

"A little bit of mechanical stimulation"

Giggity!

PainInTheASP		2011-09-19 03:02:55 PM

Oh, so that's what my neighbor was making in his bathtub.

EvilEgg		2011-09-19 03:10:50 PM

Ok, that was boring. Somebody tell me if explodes in her face.

Granted she is attractive (with bonus points for being smart), but she is not attractive or naked enough for me to listen to all of that.

Ghastly		2011-09-19 03:50:37 PM

Well it's a little more complicated than that. You have to make two groups with the odd groops to the left and the even groups to the right. That means 1,3,5,7 left and 2,4,6,8 right. Now 7 and 8 are whelp groups. Then you have to DPS very very slowly, and by slowly I mean farking slow. Now if you get agro you're going to lose 50 DKP. You'll also lose 50 DKP if you get kicked into the whelps. There is no agro reset either. There's some bullshiat from the lab assistants about an agro reset but they're all undergrads who don't know what the fark they're doing. Now after two electrostatic discharges you can start dissolving the cadmium oxide assuming you know how agro works and you don't over agro. Then expose it to radiation and DOT it and help the whelp groups going into phase two expose it to massive dosages of radiation. You'll want to get it down as fast ass possible so have DOTS up every time in two linear columns. The you'll have more QUANTUM DOTS. More DOTS now and more DPS.

namatad		2011-09-19 03:55:39 PM

SurfaceTension: Yeah, I'd do her.

she looks REALLY smart!!

namatad		2011-09-19 03:56:28 PM

Ghastly: Well it's a little more complicated than that. You have to make two groups with the odd groops to the left and the even groups to the right. That means 1,3,5,7 left and 2,4,6,8 right. Now 7 and 8 are whelp groups. Then you have to DPS very very slowly, and by slowly I mean farking slow. Now if you get agro you're going to lose 50 DKP. You'll also lose 50 DKP if you get kicked into the whelps. There is no agro reset either. There's some bullshiat from the lab assistants about an agro reset but they're all undergrads who don't know what the fark they're doing. Now after two electrostatic discharges you can start dissolving the cadmium oxide assuming you know how agro works and you don't over agro. Then expose it to radiation and DOT it and help the whelp groups going into phase two expose it to massive dosages of radiation. You'll want to get it down as fast ass possible so have DOTS up every time in two linear columns. The you'll have more QUANTUM DOTS. More DOTS now and more DPS.

bwhaahahhahahahahahahahahahaha
MORE DOTS !

pudding7		2011-09-19 04:10:26 PM

Chemists actually boil shiat in swirly glass tubes?

I thought that only happened in cartoons.

Hack Patooey		2011-09-19 04:16:27 PM

Microdots?

divx88		2011-09-19 04:19:21 PM

poonesfarm: "A little bit of mechanical stimulation"

Giggity!

That's about all I got out of it.

jigger		2011-09-19 04:23:59 PM

Although she had the proper PPE, she committed a couple of no-no's. She was a bit too cavalier with that butane torch around organic solvents and she didn't use secondary gloves over the dry box gloves on the inside of the box (this prevents cross contamination).

namatad		2011-09-19 04:28:09 PM

quantom dots?
so sometimes they are there and sometimes they are not there?

/yes I know this NOT correct. shut up already. it is supposed to be a joke.
/bad joke

Perlin Noise		2011-09-19 04:29:31 PM

poonesfarm: "A little bit of mechanical stimulation"

Giggity!

damnit ...started to type that ...

ah well, you snooze you lose...

MontanaDave		2011-09-19 04:30:37 PM

I couldn't stop staring at her brains.

Quiefenburger		2011-09-19 04:32:45 PM

poonesfarm: "A little bit of mechanical stimulation"

Giggity!

That's what I came for, kid. Nice work!

roosam		2011-09-19 04:38:34 PM

"One time at NanoBiology camp,,,,,,,,,,"

GreatGlavinsGhost		2011-09-19 04:45:33 PM

That is one elaborate kitchen!

And she vacuums!?

/oblig

Fizpez		2011-09-19 04:47:49 PM

StoPPeRmobile		2011-09-19 04:54:53 PM

She handles the "mechanical stimulation" very well. Almost a pro.

StoPPeRmobile		2011-09-19 04:57:09 PM

MontanaDave: I couldn't stop staring at her brains.

Well she has them hanging out. What does she expect.

GitOffaMyLawn		2011-09-19 05:07:58 PM

Cool stuff. I didn't have any trouble with the technology / chemistry until they adhered antibodies to the lipid layer surrounding the quantum dot. That was a pretty neat way to make them bind to specific sites.

I wonder if you could add florescent dye markers to the lipids and give the quantum dots different colors. Then you could prepare quantum dots with various antibody / dye marker combinations and have color-coded visual markers for all sorts of things.

Some of those chemicals are seriously toxic / noxious. Selenium replaces sulfur in your proteins, gives you a horrific smell (think garlic to the nth degree), and interferes with protein metabolism. Phosphines are neurotoxins.

Glove boxes are a pain to work with. I did that as a grad student in the south, without the benefit of air conditioning. In the summer you had to invert the gloves and wipe them down after work.

/ former chemist
// csb

KentuckyBob		2011-09-19 05:12:46 PM

So can be used as an adverb, conjunction, adjective, pronoun, abbreviation, and interjection; so there you go.

stonelotus		2011-09-19 06:45:20 PM

namatad: Ghastly: Well it's a little more complicated than that. You have to make two groups with the odd groops to the left and the even groups to the right. That means 1,3,5,7 left and 2,4,6,8 right. Now 7 and 8 are whelp groups. Then you have to DPS very very slowly, and by slowly I mean farking slow. Now if you get agro you're going to lose 50 DKP. You'll also lose 50 DKP if you get kicked into the whelps. There is no agro reset either. There's some bullshiat from the lab assistants about an agro reset but they're all undergrads who don't know what the fark they're doing. Now after two electrostatic discharges you can start dissolving the cadmium oxide assuming you know how agro works and you don't over agro. Then expose it to radiation and DOT it and help the whelp groups going into phase two expose it to massive dosages of radiation. You'll want to get it down as fast ass possible so have DOTS up every time in two linear columns. The you'll have more QUANTUM DOTS. More DOTS now and more DPS.

bwhaahahhahahahahahahahahahaha
MORE DOTS !

i491.photobucket.com

jigger		2011-09-19 07:15:44 PM

GitOffaMyLawn: I wonder if you could add florescent dye markers to the lipids and give the quantum dots different colors. Then you could prepare quantum dots with various antibody / dye marker combinations and have color-coded visual markers for all sorts of things.

The QD itself is a fluorescent marker, so I'm not sure why you'd want to coat it with another one. It would be interesting to see if they influence each other, though. I doubt they would unless the linker between the fluorescent part and the QD was highly conjugated and allowed charge transfer.

GitOffaMyLawn: Glove boxes are a pain to work with. I did that as a grad student in the south, without the benefit of air conditioning. In the summer you had to invert the gloves and wipe them down after work.

They make little paper sleeves that soak up sweat so that doesn't happen (as much).

dave1y		2011-09-19 07:58:59 PM

Seems like a lot of effort for these dumb things.

noblemetal		2011-09-19 08:02:48 PM

Mmmmm, smart talking hot girl.

fjnorton		2011-09-19 08:05:13 PM

I think I got this figured out, headed to the method lab now.

NanoJack		2011-09-19 08:34:06 PM

jigger: Although she had the proper PPE, she committed a couple of no-no's. She was a bit too cavalier with that butane torch around organic solvents and she didn't use secondary gloves over the dry box gloves on the inside of the box (this prevents cross contamination).

Actually, the only solvents in the system at that point are the molten stearic acid and TOPO and some ODE, so flame away. You're right about the secondary gloves though.

/Writing my PhD thesis on CdSe quantum rod growth (hence the Nano in NanoJack)
//I work with grad students and post docs as hot or hotter as/than her

Devolving_Spud		2011-09-19 08:50:44 PM

My glove box is much less interesting. Just an owner's manual, insurance card and a very old candy bar wrapper.

Cool video! And at least SOMEONE is working on a treatment/cure for cancer!

Leskay		2011-09-19 09:18:13 PM

wanted for questioning
i55.tinypic.com

or approves
/take your pick

Bob The Nob		2011-09-19 09:27:42 PM

ShoeKing		2011-09-19 09:48:01 PM

I'd hit that so hard at least one pair of glasses would pop off. Maybe even both.

Thats an 827		2011-09-19 11:17:38 PM

Dots?

That's racist or xenophobic at the least.

flexflint		2011-09-19 11:33:24 PM

noblemetal: Mmmmm, smart talking hot girl.

She reminds me of Ainsley Hayes. Including the way she speaks.

System600		2011-09-19 11:48:20 PM

Did I miss the part when the stroboscopic alarm induces a seizure?

/obscure

studebaker hoch		2011-09-20 12:01:42 AM

You say "quantum dots", we say "Saturday night"

imagonyx123		2011-09-20 12:44:32 AM

As a gay guy, her smartness/prettiness just made my Kinsey scale rating go from 6 to 5.9.

Ed Grubermann		2011-09-20 05:07:39 AM

Vi Hart has some competition, I see.

unchellmatt		2011-09-20 08:07:36 AM

imagonyx123: As a gay guy, her smartness/prettiness just made my Kinsey scale rating go from 6 to 5.9.

As a straight geek, she just took me from "Waking up with some coffee" to "I'll be in my bunk" scale.

Sweet merciful Christ on a pogo stick, have her sullied and brought to my quarters.

Sun Tzu		2011-09-20 10:52:19 AM

Gurls kan't Sci...

Wait one.

Exothermic reaction detected behind belt buckle.

/glovebox.

Absolut Height Advantage		2011-09-20 01:24:51 PM

What are the chances of a chemist getting laid?

Absolute zero.

jigger		2011-09-20 02:05:07 PM

NanoJack: jigger: Although she had the proper PPE, she committed a couple of no-no's. She was a bit too cavalier with that butane torch around organic solvents and she didn't use secondary gloves over the dry box gloves on the inside of the box (this prevents cross contamination).

Actually, the only solvents in the system at that point are the molten stearic acid and TOPO and some ODE, so flame away. You're right about the secondary gloves though.

Yeah, none of that is flammable. What was I thinking?

nmemkha		2011-09-20 09:33:53 PM

I would deposit some perfectly aligned quantum dots in a line on her ass.

/For science!

Hollie Maea		2011-09-20 10:17:12 PM

Interesting. I think my boss did his doctoral thesis on this stuff.

Chem E-Fly		2011-09-21 02:08:20 PM

Absolut Height Advantage: What are the chances of a chemist getting laid?

Absolute zero.

HAaaaaah...
*middle finger*
All of the chem majors I went to school with were not this attractive.

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