1. When solid, Murcury becomes Mercury 2. There is, in fact such a thing as dehydrated water: it comes in tablet form for emergency use by the military. Place two tablets in the bottom of a glass and add 8 ounces of water. Delicious. Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu > [mailto:owner-photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu]On Behalf Of Bob Blakely > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:10 PM > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > Subject: Re: "Magical thinking" > > > From: <me@myplace.to> > > > At 06:26 AM 6/18/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > >From: "Karl Shah-Jenner" <shahjen@iinet.net.au> > > > > > > > > >> > > >> non-wetting water - simple! Make it solid. > > >> > > > > > >But then it would not be water! It would be ice! All water is > still wet. > > > > Water can be dehydrated also but you can not use it in your moat in that > > form. > > BUAAAHAHAHAHAHA! > > Anything dehydrated has had it's water removed! It's the definition! > Therefore, dehydrated water does not exist! If it does not exist, > it has no > form! Anhydrous water is a oxymoron! > > Thanks for the laugh! That was good! I wonder if we could invent some sort > of steam "moat". Superheated steam would be an effective barrier, if one > could only keep it in place and in state. > > Bob... > ---------------------- > Contemplating the form of nonexistance... >
