Editing Talk:2856: Materials Scientists

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It isn't "amarid", it's "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramid aramid]"... -- [[User:Dtgriscom|Dtgriscom]] ([[User talk:Dtgriscom|talk]]) 03:03, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
: Sounds like a great case for a "Trivia" section below the transcript. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 23:19, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Damn, I'd love some gift wrap like that, it sounds fascinating, and I'm not even a materials scientist. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.91|172.70.130.91]] 08:29, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Whoever added "This comic may also be an example of nerd sniping." should have said what the "nerd sniping" is that they detect here. Giving us terms to look up? Certainly not the spelling error, that's just a simple mistake. "Looking up" doesn't seem like enough to qualify, it should to be a problem to figure out, a solution begging to be found. I'll give it some time, but if I don't see this claim properly expanded I'll remove it next time I'm here. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:32, 19 November 2023 (UTC) 

:There's some editing conflict over that point. It seems obvious to me that there's no "nerd sniping" here since the "nerd" isn't being put in danger. [[User:BunsenH|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH|talk]]) 16:56, 22 November 2023 (UTC)


::I agree with you, Bunsen, but if you look at the original nerd sniping comic's title text, Randall got nerd sniped but he wasn't actually in danger though. In a later talk (at Dartmouth?) he talks more about this. After looking into that I think they should leave the nerd sniping connection in the explanation. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.156|172.69.65.156]] 18:50, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

When I was in high school chemistry way back in 1960 or so, we used to make Nitrogen Triiodide. It is extremely easy to make — put some crystals of iodine in a filter paper in a funnel. Pour ammonia over them. Let dry — often the triiodide will explode as it dries. If scattered on the floor, it will explode if someone steps on it. The explosion is accompanied by a puff of purple smoke. 
[[Special:Contributions/172.70.135.17|172.70.135.17]] 12:02, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Is there any relationship between Materials Scientists and {{w|Material Girl}}s? --[[Special:Contributions/188.114.102.34|188.114.102.34]] 16:29, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
:Well, they're both living in a Material World.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.195.174|172.69.195.174]] 16:24, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Is anyone else getting a HUGE image for this comic? It's showing up as a 4437 × 6680 pixels, 1200DPI, RGB image too big for the browser. I had to "open image in another tab" to view the whole thing. For comparison, the next comic is only 328 × 437 pixels, 80DPI, Gray. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.146.233|162.158.146.233]] 04:47, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
:Yeah, same issue here with the dimensions. It wasn't showing up that way when it was first posted, either. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.147.130|172.71.147.130]] 09:31, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
::Probably he reuploaded with a correction from "amarid" to "aramid" [[Special:Contributions/198.41.236.148|198.41.236.148]] 11:11, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
::Yes, Randall updated the comic image with the correction, but uploaded the wrong size.  I downloaded the large image and resized it to match the original 2x image here, then uploaded the new version of it over the original image. The cache appears to have finally updated, and this corrected image should now be visible to everyone here. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 15:16, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
::I was wondering if the huge version was part of the joke? Apparently not! [[User:Banalotopia|Banalotopia]] ([[User talk:Banalotopia|talk]]) 14:55, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Should the stuff about the "amarid" misspelling be moved to something like a "Trivia" section now that the comic has been corrected? [[User:BunsenH|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH|talk]]) 16:56, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
:Typically, yes. With link to original image for those who want to look at the prior version ...if the new (rescaled) "aramid" one has indeed been made to replace the "amarid" original, you can link to the appropriate 'diff=' page. But it's probably an edit that can wait until someone willing to do it is doing some other tweaking, generally. There'll be something else, there's ''always'' something else. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.68|172.71.178.68]] 23:13, 22 November 2023 (UTC)