NEW Never-Ending Thread!!

[The_Gu3st]

who?

[The_Gu3st]

Oh me. Well, I was jacking off... 

[Dodger]

You...It was the "Nothing, or nothing you can see..." again. Picture isn't very clear...

[Dodger]

Oh me. Well, I was jacking off... 

Virtually?

[The_Gu3st]

rofl, that was too messed up. I'm just kidding  

Uhm, I tried to make a post in the tournaments section, but gut deleted the thread, so in essence I was posting in nothing.

That was most likely what it was. Other than that, just viewing some threads.

Virtually?

You wish.

[Dodger]

Uhm, I tried to make a post in the tournaments section, but gut deleted the thread, so in essence I was posting in nothing.

That was most likely what it was. Other than that, just viewing some threads.

lol, he deleted it

[The_Gu3st]

I figured he would. Thats why there is another one in the unrelated section 

[Dodger]

Bed now..Night.

That doesn't look like Hitler by the way...

[The_Gu3st]

That doesn't look like Hitler by the way...

Want me to give it a mustache? lol.

It wasn't supposed to look like hitler, I guess I should've wrote "Nazi", I just wanted to make it look like hitlers dream race 

[The_Gu3st]

w00t, now I finally have a real egg. But I made my own and when it hatches it will be much cooler than you all! MUAHAHA!

[Bakster]

I'm too cool to have an egg.

[The_Gu3st]

I'm too cool to have an egg.

More like you're wearing too many sunglasses to see your eggs?

[Bakster]

More like YOU SUCK?

[Bakster]

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The oxides of metals are basic; those of nonmetals are acidic. In the specialised usage of astronomy and astrophysics, the term "metal" is often used to refer to any element other than hydrogen or helium, and includes substances as chemically non-metallic as neon, fluorine, and oxygen. Because the temperatures of stellar bodies have practically no solid or liquid matter, and little normal chemistry cannot exist at temperatures that break down almost all chemical bonds, the term "metal" refers to materials that result from the triple-helium process which are much scarcer than hydrogen and helium in stars in the Main Sequence. In chemistry, the term base metal is used informally to refer to a metal that oxidizes or corrode relatively easily, and react variably with dilute hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form hydrogen. Examples include iron, nickel, lead and zinc. Copper is considered a base metal as it oxidizes relatively easily, although it does not react with HCl. It is commonly used in opposition to noble metal. In alchemy, a base metal was a common and inexpensive metal, as opposed to precious metals, mainly gold and silver. A longtime goal of the alchemists was the transmutation of base metals into precious metals. In numismatics, coins used to derive their value primarily from the precious metal content. Most modern currencies are fiat currency, allowing the coins to be made of base metal. Metalworking is the craft and practice of working with metals to create parts or structures. The term covers a wide range of work-from large ships, bridges and oil refineries to delicate jewellery. It therefore includes a correspondingly wide range of skills and the use of many different types of tools. Milling is generally done on a milling machine, which is a power-driven machine used for the complex shaping of metal (or possibly other materials) parts, by removing unneeded material to form the final shape. Its basic form is that of a milling cutter that rotates about the spindle axis (like a drill), and a worktable that can move in multiple directions (usually three dimensions [x,y,z axis] relative to the workpiece, whereas a drill can only move in one dimension [z axis] while cutting). The motion across the surface of the workpiece is usually accomplished by moving the table on which the workpiece is mounted, in the x and y directions. Milling machines may be operated manually or under computer numerical control (CNC), and can perform a vast number of complex operations, such as slot cutting, planing, drilling and threading, rebating, routing, etc. Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material that cools to become a strong joint, but sometimes pressure is used in conjunction with heat, or by itself, to produce the weld. This is in contrast with soldering and brazing, which involve melting a lower-melting-point material between the workpieces to form a bond between them. Many different energy sources can be used for welding, including a gas flame, an electric arc, a laser, an electron beam, friction, and ultrasound. While often an industrial process, welding can be done in many different environments, including open air, underwater and in space. Regardless of location, however, welding remains dangerous, and precautions must be taken to avoid burns, electric shock, poisonous fumes, and overexposure to ultraviolet light. Screening is the damping of electric fields caused by the presence of mobile charge carriers. 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As a result, a charge fluctuation at any one point has non-negligible effects at large distances. In reality, these long-range effects are suppressed by the flow of the fluid particles in response to electric fields. This flow reduces the effective interaction between particles to a short-range "screened" Coulomb interaction. For example, consider a fluid composed of electrons. Each electron possesses an electric field which repels other electrons. As a result, it is surrounded by a region in which the density of electrons is lower than usual. This region can be treated as a positively-charged "screening hole". Viewed from a large distance, this screening hole has the effect of an overlaid positive charge which cancels the electric field produced by the electron. Only at short distances, inside the hole region, can the electron's field be detected. Metallic bonding is the bonding within metals. It involves the delocalized sharing of free electrons among a lattice of metal atoms. Thus, metallic bonds may be compared to molten salts. Metal atoms typically contain a high amount of electrons in their valence shell compared to their period or energy level. These become delocalised and form a Sea of Electrons surrounding a giant lattice of positive ions.

[Dodger]

Thanks for that...