[Shotimes] Re: Shotimes digest, Vol 1 #2753 - 10 msgs

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 "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net> said...

> FYI,
>
> Silicon - a naturally occuring element that is non-conductive (capitalized
> because it's an element)
>
> silicone - goop in a tube that you buy at Home Depot to seal your windows
> and bathtubs or make your breasts larger.  It is made with Silicon but
they
> are not the same thing.

Are you sure that isn't the reverse? Capitalizing the elements is a new one
on me. Then we'd have to capitalize iron, hydrogen, lead, curium, etc. I
mention curium, named after Marie Curie, 'cause, in the case of names for
units, we DON'T capitalize a unit, even when named after a person, e.g.,
curie, bequerel, gauss, roentgen, fermi, oersted, volt, ampere, mach, etc.

There...are we far enough off topic yet?

Harry
95m, in the rare, green color
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