[Noisebridge-discuss] geeky kids

Christoph Maier cm.hardware.software.elsewhere at gmail.com
Sun Sep 20 06:00:02 UTC 2009


On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 22:29 -0700, Mark Cohen wrote:
> Ok, I'll bite, why the problem with mercury? Its not like you're going
> to be making bombs,  flying with a ton of it[1], or developing
> Daguerrotypes[2]...
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> /Mark/
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> [1] Mercury is banned on airplanes because they are made of Aluminum
> and mercury will oxidize aluminum very quickly
> [2] Daguerrotypes were developed by hanging them over boiling mercury,
> mercuric oxide is extremely poisonous.
> 
> On Sep 19, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:
> 
> > Just make sure they don't bring any mercury.
> > 
> > 
> > --S

Mercury [see man hg under unix] is a nasty poison.

It attacks the brain of people exposed to it and causes them to start
endless discussions on [Noisebridge-discuss] about handling mercury
spills.






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