Periodic Table of the Internet.

1. monkey
   July 10th, 2007 at 7:55 am

   excuse me... (in a low voice) elements are molecules - the smallest essential structure before a substance breaks down into atoms. still, what kind of atoms would have to combine to form the "internet elements" and how many of them are radio active?

2. Miss Cellania
   July 10th, 2007 at 8:19 am

   Monkey, I'm far from a chemistry quiz, but isn't water a molecule made of two elements? I thought elements were atoms of a different atomic weight.

3. sykoticgurl
   July 10th, 2007 at 9:30 am

   Elements are substances that cannot be broken down. They are made up of atoms and molecules. Water is a compound made of two elements. I just thought I'd share my views on chemistry as long as you are discussing it.

4. monkey
   July 10th, 2007 at 9:32 am

   i was not clear... it was early in the morning and my brain was on the fritz. i'm glad you corrected me. an element is the tiniest bit of matter before that retains the chemical structure of the element before it breaks down into teeny tiny subatomic particle. so, elements are atoms and clumps of atoms are molecules, clumps of molecules are the building blocks of a nice slice of warm toast with butter and emptiness is the nature of the universe (or so says the buddha).

5. Miss Cellania
   July 10th, 2007 at 9:36 am

   Compound! That's the word I was trying to think of! Thanks, sykoticgurl!

6. Mr Pudifoot
   July 10th, 2007 at 9:55 am

   why would Yahoo have a lower rank than google? that is just silly.

7. Andrew
   July 10th, 2007 at 10:24 am

   "A chemical compound is a chemical substance of two or more different chemically bonded chemical elements, with a fixed ratio determining the composition.." - Wikipedia

   "In chemistry, a molecule is defined as a sufficiently stable electrically neutral group of at least two atoms in a definite arrangement held together by strong chemical bonds." - Wikipedia

   A molecule is a compound, but a compound is not necessarily a molecule. Typically, in chemistry, molecules are held together by covalent bonds, whereas compounds are held together by ionic bonds.

8. Ant
   July 10th, 2007 at 10:44 am

   Where's Neatorama, AQFL, etc.?

9. Joe Felice
   July 10th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

   They left out a category that demolishes most others in its popularity and its historic role in building the web: porn.

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