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[challenge entry] those were the days

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(benito vaselini no not that one, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:23, archived)
# hahaha
talking of burning, I think my laptop is abut to catch fire!
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Thu 13 May 2010, 11:24, archived)
# throw some water on it - quick
(benito vaselini no not that one, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:25, archived)
# does it matter if it is salty?
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Thu 13 May 2010, 11:28, archived)
# Salty water puts out hotter fires
That's science FACT.
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:52, archived)
# the release of salty water
sure puts my fires out
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Thu 13 May 2010, 12:23, archived)
# That'll be because of the petrol you've poured over it
and that match you're about to throw on it
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:26, archived)
# I think its becasue I am still in bed and the duvet was stuffed up against the exhaust vent
I am off sick today with a sore throat - honest!
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Thu 13 May 2010, 11:28, archived)
# I did similar the other day
It was getting really hot on my lap, so I put a cushion under it.

An hour later it shut itself down rather than explode
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:34, archived)
# I have a yoga book underneath it now
it's the most useful it has ever been
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Thu 13 May 2010, 11:41, archived)
# I used to have to sit mine on a hardback so there was some air circulation under it
then it died completely so I sent it back to HP and they replaced the motherboard, fan, heatsink and graphics card

Now it works a treat - it's like having a new laptop in a knackered case :)
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:41, archived)
# Fab
I got my money back on mine cos it broke in the first year.
Got it fixed and money back... free laptop!
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:51, archived)
# Fantastic sir!
*Clicky* :)
(I helped save b3ta! Ninj, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:25, archived)
# cheers ninj
(benito vaselini no not that one, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:27, archived)
# Ha!
Love it
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:27, archived)
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(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 13 May 2010, 11:27, archived)
# A guide on how to get that industry funding
Bribe with biscuits
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:33, archived)
# I've run out of TCNQ-apples.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:36, archived)
# Maybe some hydroquinone-burgers?
I feel rather bad about that photo the other day. After my lab mate said he was worried about advertising the stuf, he found a paper the next day where every last piece of work he's done since he started was published...
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 13 May 2010, 11:42, archived)
# :( That must have been a downer.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:57, archived)
# He took it well.
Nine months of research gone. Always worth doing a thorough literature check before getting too involved.

So, to answer the previous question, it's a mixture of iron nitroprusside (red blocks) and an unknown blue-green insoluble impurity.

(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 13 May 2010, 12:01, archived)
# Huh. Nitroprusside looks interesting.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Thu 13 May 2010, 12:05, archived)
# Hahahaha
class
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:33, archived)
# is it sexy scientist thursday?
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:47, archived)
# I'd like to claim I was one.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 13 May 2010, 11:52, archived)
# you have a lovely personality
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Thu 13 May 2010, 12:09, archived)
# fucking hope so

*fwaps*
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:53, archived)
# You have no idea.
You should see some of the hermits in the physics department.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 13 May 2010, 12:02, archived)
# best way to get your hands on magenesium?
metal pencil sharpeners! my colleague at work recently got in trouble for burning a hole through a heatproof matt AND solid wooden science desk after sticking magnesium pencil sharpeners in the bunsen burners in front of her y8 class! xx
(I helped save b3ta! lucifer101, Thu 13 May 2010, 21:20, archived)
# Young Scientist
I won the young scientist of the year, he's a great little fellow, just sits in the corner playing with his test tubes and stuff :)
(garrison, Thu 13 May 2010, 22:54, archived)