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Post by Vene on Dec 4, 2010 6:13:17 GMT -5
We've found alien life forms right here on earth. It's certainly alien chemistry. Um, no, by definition it's terrestrial chemistry. That won't work, it's too large to make the bonds carbon does.
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Post by MaybeNever on Dec 4, 2010 12:20:40 GMT -5
That won't work, it's too large to make the bonds carbon does. What Vene means to say is that it's too fat to have friends because fat people are worthless. See how evil science is? IT HATES FAT PEOPLE.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Dec 4, 2010 16:09:15 GMT -5
"Alien" means "foreign," though. Not necessarily "from outer space." So long as we're being anal.
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Post by arrowdeath on Dec 4, 2010 19:27:04 GMT -5
Ah, semantics.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Dec 4, 2010 19:54:11 GMT -5
A more technical term is "semasiology."
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Post by Sigmaleph on Dec 4, 2010 21:47:43 GMT -5
I don't see any possible alternate meaning for "alien chemistry" than extraterrestrial, though.
(also, the bacteria were found in California, so I might get to call it foreign, but you don't)
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Dec 4, 2010 22:32:13 GMT -5
I don't live in California, & I certainly don't live in that lake.
Once again being anal, "alien chemistry" is actually almost always used meaning "foreign." The implication is that it's so alien (or foreign) that it's what you'd expect from an alien (extraterestrial) life form.
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Post by cagnazzo on Dec 5, 2010 16:53:20 GMT -5
I don't see any possible alternate meaning for "alien chemistry" than extraterrestrial, though. (also, the bacteria were found in California, so I might get to call it foreign, but you don't) Oh god. I'm from California. I am alien.
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Post by Shano on Dec 7, 2010 18:20:09 GMT -5
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Post by A Reasonable Rat on Dec 27, 2010 16:56:27 GMT -5
I think I've actually heard of this before - wasn't there something a while back about using arsenic-eating bacteria to clean up the toxic waste from mines? I think I might have heard about it at one of the edutainment thingies out in Sudbury.
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