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Off-topic thread!; Just post whatever
Topic Started: Jun 10 2011, 10:59 PM (107,976 Views)
Camo5
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Resident BorgCube
titanium ftw. i'm planning on making my bot's shell out of carbon steel or titanium, depending on how much weight i have (i need 290g for steel)


on a different note, ive been playing the unfixed version of skirmish for about 3 1/2 hours now, and here is what i have, valued at 45075 credits:

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Edited by Camo5, Jul 14 2011, 12:12 PM.
 
Robert Joe
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I can't agree with you more about gold. It is almost as useless as copper, perhaps even more so because it costs so much. Yet it has a false reputation for being one of the greatest metals in the world. Seriously, whenever a game, movie or something considers gold armor or weapons to be better than steel, I feel like punching something. I also agree with you about lead. It is very brittle, and it is a shitty metal. But not as bad as copper, as lead's weight actually gives it many uses. Palladium, cobalt, cadmium, and zirconium are also all terrible metals. But copper takes the cake in my opinion, probably because copper has caused me a lot of trouble.

And yes Camo5, titanium for the win. I do prefer aluminum (Due to its relatively low cost and extremely light weight) for most projects though. Tungsten also kicks ass.
 
rockboy3970

you still have to admit we need copper without it you wouldent be on yoru computer right now or have electricity...
and yoru problems sound more like you had somone do a bad job I asuming the copper pipe too the well was old? so it sealings probably broke or something and the greenhouse well water+electricity - _ -
 
Robert Joe
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For circuitry copper can actually be useful, but there are other options.

The copper piping was three years old, and it was installed correctly. And the wiring in the greenhouse was inside two PVC pipes, so there is no way that they got wet. So, no.
 
rockboy3970

yeah I must admit copper piping probably isnt the best thing to use even inside I go PVC only its easy to use and it makes many things (especialy with duct tape :D) and the greenhouse couldve been condensation
 
Deceleration
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May I say something? The properties of a metal are based upon its atomic structure. And the sole purpose of metals are not for human use. They exist; people just have to live with that, and make do with whatever it is. So seriously.

Also, iron sucks because it oxidizes in air and crumbles into rust. Aluminum requires ridiculous amounts of energy to extract, and waste from aluminum mining poisons rivers (it's also worthless at high temperatures). Titanium costs too much. I could rant about how any metal sucks.
 
Robert Joe
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Well of course metals are not intended for human use. Just like everything else in the universe they exist for no reason or purpose. But that does not change the fact that some metals are more useful than others. And they all have their pros and cons. Except for copper, which has no pros and a lot of cons.
 
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Coreling Conquerer

Well, I could think of a couple pros, and a few cons, but it all depends on what purpose you're going to put it to. I'm not going to list anything.

Now gold has very few pros. It's softness makes it easy to produce large amounts of gold leaf, or gold wire, but both products are quite useless in themselves. It conducts electricity well, but not as well as silver (and it costs 50 times more than silver). It doesn't oxidize in air, but neither does zinc, which is much cheaper. It reflects heat and light, but so does aluminum and silver. So basically, it can do a lot of things, but not very well, and at a high price.

Of course it's also heavier than lead, so you could try making gold bullets.
 
Spar
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Wandering Scavenger

Iron oxide (aka: Rust) is one of only a few benefits that iron has. It's an important part of the thermite reaction and thermite is all kinds of awesome. Iron isn't quite as important to the process as aluminum, but the process is much smoother with it, than with a substitute. Aluminum is most certainly not useless in high heat, simply due to the fact that burning aluminum produces heat in the 2000°-2500° Celsius range, well beyond the temperatures of lava (700°-1200°C).

The mining process for nearly any metal or ore is almost guaranteed to have toxic side effects. Cobalt got it's name from the culture of those mining it (Kobolds are a mythical goblin-like creature from Germanic folklore, who leave poisonous ore for miners). Cost of individual metals however mostly stems from human stupidity.
 
Camo5
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notice how this thread went from random things to talking about metals...heh
 
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