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Geek Culture / New Mineral found

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UnderLord
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Posted: 25th Apr 2007 00:10
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/4743664.html

Heard about it on NPR before doing a web search, I think the superman fans will love this story....

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LD52
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Posted: 25th Apr 2007 01:06
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That's interesting a mineral like Kryptonite. Nice find.
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Agent Dink
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Now, all we need to do is find Superman.

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 25th Apr 2007 03:46 Edited at: 25th Apr 2007 03:46
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We might dig him up too, some day.

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UnderLord
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Posted: 25th Apr 2007 05:41
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rofl =P

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Apr 2007 08:00
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superman killed the dinosaurs? In that case, I think he might be long dead by now!


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Arkheii
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Posted: 25th Apr 2007 16:49
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Quote: "It will be formally named Jadarite when it is described in the European Journal of Mineralogy later this year."


Too bad they had to spoil it and give it a lame name.

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RUCCUS
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Posted: 25th Apr 2007 16:53
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When you hear news of the old museum janitor dying right beside the mineral in a display case, we've found superman.


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Cash Curtis II
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Posted: 25th Apr 2007 17:16 Edited at: 25th Apr 2007 17:16
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Too bad it's lame.

Quote: "The material is white, powdery and not radioactive "


Sounds like a dumb accident, the guys from Superman Returns just wrote some random crystalline sounding elements on the case. Blah.


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UnderLord
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Yep is kinda lame, but what ya gonna do? Cash ima e-mail you alright?

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Code Dragon
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Posted: 26th Apr 2007 02:40
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Interesting, my earth science teacher might give me extra credit if I show him the article, thanks!

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Person99
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Posted: 26th Apr 2007 03:55 Edited at: 26th Apr 2007 03:57
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Well, if you guys are looking for superman, I found him in my basement with a huge spike of Kryptonite in his chest. I don't know how it happened. I tossed him in a dumpster, BTW. I didn't do it!

Interesting article, btw.

EDIT: Nevermind, turns out he was a doll with a plastic glowstick stuck in him, it took me a while to notice that he looked a little threaded. I thought he had just been there a while and looked like a stuffed teddy, turns out he [B]IS[/b] a stuffed teddy...

The Person99 awards go to: 1. Jack the Ripper for hardest crime scenes. 2. Peter Petrelli for most powers. 3. Superman for longest flight. 4. "The Doctor" for best time travel machine.
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Venge
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Posted: 26th Apr 2007 05:11
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well, its a better name than ununuquium or w/e number 116 is.

Blender!
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Slayer Simon
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Posted: 26th Apr 2007 09:53
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That name (whatever it is) is awesome. It's my favorite element even though I don't know anything about it. It's symbol is Uuu.
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 26th Apr 2007 22:10
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Well we have krypton, it was only an amount of time before we found kryptonite...Well I suppose I best start my super villian plans now, as I've been in hiding until an opportunity like this came. *Evil Dr No laugh*

Did The Buddha have a Zen micro?
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UnderLord
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Quote: "Well we have krypton, it was only an amount of time before we found kryptonite...Well I suppose I best start my super villian plans now, as I've been in hiding until an opportunity like this came. *Evil Dr No laugh*"


Does your evil plan include sending out more of those "Stop being obese and unhappy" e-mail spams?

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 27th Apr 2007 00:58
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Nope...Why would I send out those? My evil plan doesn't include computers, too unreliable, they might try a mutiny.

Did The Buddha have a Zen micro?
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