Comments on: Mercury Fish http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Dalke http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1766325 Andrew Dalke Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:35:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1766325 Liquid nitrogen isn't expensive. It's roughly $1-2/gallon. Liquid nitrogen isn’t expensive. It’s roughly $1-2/gallon.

]]> By: Kalel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1765724 Kalel Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:37:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1765724 Why? Just for the halibut. Why? Just for the halibut.

]]> By: Simon Says http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1765626 Simon Says Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:33:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1765626 That fish isn't gonna last long... maybe just enough for the photo to be taken. Liquid nitrogen is pretty expensive and vaporizes really fast due to the much higher ambient temperature. That fish isn’t gonna last long… maybe just enough for the photo to be taken.

Liquid nitrogen is pretty expensive and vaporizes really fast due to the much higher ambient temperature.

]]> By: OddNumber http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1765530 OddNumber Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:36:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1765530 kukeit - I'm really hoping that either you're joking or that I don't live next door to you. Kelly - HILARIOUS! kukeit – I’m really hoping that either you’re joking or that I don’t live next door to you.

Kelly – HILARIOUS!

]]> By: kukeit http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1765517 kukeit Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:28:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1765517 oh now I found the mercury it's on the window sill...I'm going to chuck it out right now! oh now I found the mercury it’s on the window sill…I’m going to chuck it out right now!

]]> By: kukeit http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1765515 kukeit Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:27:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1765515 I'm really worried now...my mom broke a thermometer a couple of months ago and I kept the mercury in a little plastic cup in my room and now I see it's disappeared..spilled on the floor somewhere...I knew it was poisonous but I didn't know it was so poisonous that you shouldn't even breathe around it! what do I do??? I’m really worried now…my mom broke a thermometer a couple of months ago and I kept the mercury in a little plastic cup in my room and now I see it’s disappeared..spilled on the floor somewhere…I knew it was poisonous but I didn’t know it was so poisonous that you shouldn’t even breathe around it! what do I do???

]]> By: Kelly http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1765372 Kelly Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:52:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1765372 I feel an odd compulsion to beat it with a bamboo pole. I feel an odd compulsion to beat it with a bamboo pole.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1765320 ted Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:19:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1765320 Yes, but it doesn't take the form of a fish until at least -100. They should have tried for a dolphin. Yes, but it doesn’t take the form of a fish until at least -100.

They should have tried for a dolphin.

]]> By: BikerRay http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1765086 BikerRay Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1765086 Cooling to that temperature is a bit extreme - mercury solidifies at -40 (C or F, take your pick). Cooling to that temperature is a bit extreme – mercury solidifies at -40 (C or F, take your pick).

]]> By: Wes http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1765012 Wes Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:35:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1765012 LisaL, there's this thing called fun. You may remember it from your youth. LisaL, there’s this thing called fun. You may remember it from your youth.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1764591 Miss Cellania Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:33:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1764591 I edited it. Tony, I hope -212 makes your head hurt less. I edited it. Tony, I hope -212 makes your head hurt less.

]]> By: LisaL http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1764585 LisaL Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:32:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1764585 Well I wouldn't call them idiots o_O I just don't see a point in doing it. *shrugs* Whatever floats their boat. Well I wouldn’t call them idiots o_O I just don’t see a point in doing it. *shrugs* Whatever floats their boat.

]]> By: Tony http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1764500 Tony Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:38:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1764500 The temperature in the blurb should really be corrected. It makes my head hurt seeing -320 degrees. When I was a younger man I used to play with mercury from broken thermometers with my bare hands. Probably explains my neurotic personality. The temperature in the blurb should really be corrected. It makes my head hurt seeing -320 degrees.

When I was a younger man I used to play with mercury from broken thermometers with my bare hands. Probably explains my neurotic personality.

]]> By: judebach http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1764432 judebach Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:57:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1764432 that was one of many interesting articles from Popular Science Magazine! that was one of many interesting articles from Popular Science Magazine!

]]> By: seefish3 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1764244 seefish3 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:07:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1764244 Great piece of nerd video! I love the dorky voice-over guy, too. Sounds like one of those "workplace safety" films that OSHA makes you watch. Great piece of nerd video! I love the dorky voice-over guy, too. Sounds like one of those “workplace safety” films that OSHA makes you watch.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1764042 Skipweasel Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:55:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1764042 Thinking back, perhaps a mould of a tuna would be more appropriate. Thinking back, perhaps a mould of a tuna would be more appropriate.

]]> By: Woogie http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1764037 Woogie Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:52:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1764037 LisaL: The same reason people climb Everest and things like that. Because they're idiots with nothing better to do. LisaL: The same reason people climb Everest and things like that.

Because they’re idiots with nothing better to do.

]]> By: SenorMysterioso http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1764017 SenorMysterioso Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:42:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1764017 it doesnt have to be a fish LisaL, could be anything you like :D it doesnt have to be a fish LisaL, could be anything you like :D

]]> By: LisaL http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1763990 LisaL Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:21:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1763990 Well, I certainly don't waste my time cooling mercury in a fish mold for the heck of it. Well, I certainly don’t waste my time cooling mercury in a fish mold for the heck of it.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1763787 Skipweasel Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:05:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1763787 Lisa L - what do you do for fun? Lisa L – what do you do for fun?

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1763786 Skipweasel Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:05:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1763786 Very neat - but yeah, I did a double-take at the temperature, too. Very neat – but yeah, I did a double-take at the temperature, too.

]]> By: LisaL http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1763704 LisaL Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:10:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1763704 And, WTH was the point of doing this? And, WTH was the point of doing this?

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1763680 Miss Cellania Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:48:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1763680 Why yes, and that would be only -212 centigrade. Sorry for the confusion. Why yes, and that would be only -212 centigrade. Sorry for the confusion.

]]> By: helicene13 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1763667 helicene13 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:40:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1763667 I suppose you mean : -320°F? I suppose you mean : -320°F?

]]> By: Woogie http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1763582 Woogie Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:49:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24522#comment-1763582 Calls to mind an episode of Jonathan Creek. Nice. Calls to mind an episode of Jonathan Creek. Nice.

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