Cancer Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Extortion is nowhere near as gratifying as slowly dismembering the deserved victim and reveling in their anguished screams, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Extortion is much more profitable, however. Hard to see dismemberment as a sustainable business model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Practicality is not among my strengths. Remember, I chose to become an astronomer. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Practicality is not among my strengths. Remember, I chose to become an astronomer. so you prefer patience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 I prefer my objects of study at the far end of a telescope. Up close would be too easy for them to retaliate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 I prefer my objects of study at the far end of a telescope. Up close would be too easy for them to retaliate. so no biology then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Practicality is not among my strengths. Remember, I chose to become an astronomer. I once intended to become an astronomer. In fact the only reason I didn't was because of a ridiculous combination of bureaucratic obstacles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Well, I was forced out of it in 2000, and haven't resumed research really yet. Maybe this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 so no biology then? In a discussion that involved facehuggers, you ask that? NFW. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 I prefer my objects of study at the far end of a telescopic sight. ftfy Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Mind the sni- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 In a discussion that involved facehuggers, you ask that? NFW. I was asking in general, being that a microscope is the opposite of a telescope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 The principle is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 And it is quite possible to make distance microscopes, microscopes where the object is a meter away. Those are mostly found in manufacturing facilities, where the sample is in vacuum or in a toxic atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 All atmospheres are toxic, one way or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Helium-neon is not toxic. It's a simple asphyxiant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 And boy, does it make you sound funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Gah. Had a conversation that led off with "______ is out of jail finally," where the person is a student of ours. Seems that he filed for divorce, so his wife filed a domestic violence charge against him, so he'd been in jail for 2.5 months. When you're a student, posting $100,000 bail isn't easy. We're going to do what we can for his studies if he comes in for advising tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Oh, and one of our faculty members is out, with a 12mm kidney stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Hopefully we can get through May without any deaths in the department. If we can, it'll be the first time since 2011. If. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Oh, and one of our faculty members is out, with a 12mm kidney stone. That's a .50 caliber stone. Surely surgery is required? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 That isn't my department. They may be able to break it to smaller pieces sonically ... this is more L Marcus's bailiwick than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 It's a pretty big stone, but it can pass of itself. Stones up to 20 mm may do so, but they'll be pretty horribly painful. Depends on a lot of things if you wanna intervene -- age of patient, effect on the kidneys, the amount of pain involved and the effect of painkillers, the site of the stone, and so on. If the stone's not trapped, and the painkillers work, and the kidney is fine, then you can afford to wait a couple of weeks, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 I was unaware that the stone's intended route could accommodate a foreign object of such diameter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 That's a .50 caliber stone. Surely surgery is required? is that a rolling stone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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