Transparent aluminium? Hello computer?

Can't tell whether initial participator RTFA or not.

Hey, look, guys! Transparent aluminum!

cretinbob: RoyBatty: [i.imgur.com image 536x551]

I know you're butthurt and all, but this is an actual application, not just "we did it in a lab"

Well, I didn't realize I was butthurt. (reaches down, feels around) I don't believe I am.

Butt you did catch me, and I will read the article next time. (thought it was yet another "we did it in a lab")

So thanks.

Now I can go find Gracie.

Mugato: Why did it have to be transparent aluminum anyway? They weren't building an aquarium.

They were using the formula as payment for the regular plexiglass they were using to build the tank in the ship.

Bonus... They're making boobies out of it!

Did you know Scotty was missing a finger?

He had his finger shot off by friendly fire during WW2 if I remember correctly.

Theaetetus: [www.primagem.com image 640x565]
Hey, look, guys! Transparent aluminum!

Look what I found ...



Transparent Lead!

I want to build a house with this stuff. If you made it spherical, it could resist tornadoes and zombies.

I found transparent sand. Have you ever heard of such a crazy thing?

RoyBatty: cretinbob: RoyBatty: [i.imgur.com image 536x551]

I know you're butthurt and all, but this is an actual application, not just "we did it in a lab"

Well, I didn't realize I was butthurt. (reaches down, feels around) I don't believe I am.

Butt you did catch me, and I will read the article next time. (thought it was yet another "we did it in a lab")

So thanks.

Now I can go find Gracie.

What about George? Don't forget George.

SilentStrider: Came for the Star Trek reference, leaving satisfied.

jclaggett: RoyBatty: cretinbob: RoyBatty: [i.imgur.com image 536x551]

I know you're butthurt and all, but this is an actual application, not just "we did it in a lab"

Well, I didn't realize I was butthurt. (reaches down, feels around) I don't believe I am.

Butt you did catch me, and I will read the article next time. (thought it was yet another "we did it in a lab")

So thanks.

Now I can go find Gracie.

What about George? Don't forget George.

Second funniest show ever behind I Love Lucy.

cavedonkey: Bonus... They're making boobies out of it!

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Contact lenses for a whale, Duh.

cavedonkey: Bonus... They're making boobies out of it!

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Why wouldn't they?

CyberDave: 3/5ths of the posters already had that covered.

I seem to recall that there might have been a movie that referenced a similar concept. Probably a science fiction movie of some sort. Anyone know anything about that?

phaseolus: Theaetetus: [www.primagem.com image 640x565]
Hey, look, guys! Transparent aluminum!

Look what I found ...

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Transparent Lead!

Only 24% lead; it's still mostly silica.

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Came in here for the ST4 Transparent Aluminum reference, glad it was the Boobies.

Going to flex my nerd muscles here and correct the article:

If not, let me set up the clip: The crew of the Enterprise has gone into the past to retrieve some whales, OK? And take them "back to the future," to coin a phrase. But Scotty has a problem: He needs stuff to build a giant whale tank on the ship, but he has no goods to trade with, because, you know, in the future they only work to better themselves and nobody but a Ferengi would stoop to carrying money around. So Scotty barters his knowledge of 24th-century materials technology with a 20th-century engineer, who agrees to make him what he needs in exchange

Actually, that's not what happens. As the article stated, Scotty has no money. He asks the guy what he needs, and he tells him plastics that are 6" thick, which he has in stock, but he has no means to pay for it. So he gives them the formula for Transparent Aluminum to purchase the 6" plastic walls. The 20th century engineer does not make it. In fact, he makes a comment about how it would take years to even figure out the nature of the matrix Scotty gave him.

Mugato: MisterBill: Mugato: Why did it have to be transparent aluminum anyway? They weren't building an aquarium.

They were using the formula as payment for the regular plexiglass they were using to build the tank in the ship.

Right but it didn't need to be transparent necessarily. The first thing Scotty thought of was transparent aluminum instead of just regular aluminum or steel.

I guess due to watching the movie not that long ago...

They needed the transparent aluminum because of it's strength, it being much stronger, lighter and thinner than regular metals.

For what they needed, they "sold" the formula in exchange.

*drunken giggle*

Cue up "beyond the dreams of Avarice" clip.....

Lynda Carter pictures please

imfallen_angel: I guess due to watching because I watched the movie not that long ago...

godammit, I'm not the brightest SOB in the room, but that always pisses me off.

/Mom was a college English: I suffer, you suffer..

Someone should point out how the article got it wrong about what Scotty traded for one.. I feel the thread is lacking this knowledge.

miss diminutive: [thegadgets.net image 450x278]

Transparent aluminium? Hello computer?

Came for this.

Leaving satisfied

/Done in one