Comments on: Instant gold http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/instant-gold.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 20:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/instant-gold.html#comment-1682747 Boundegar Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219543#comment-1682747 As if this is Minecraft. As if this is Minecraft.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/instant-gold.html#comment-1682718 awjt Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219543#comment-1682718 That's awesome!   All I care about is if one of these gold veins instantaneously occurs in my bank account. That’s awesome!   All I care about is if one of these gold veins instantaneously occurs in my bank account.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/instant-gold.html#comment-1682609 niktemadur Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219543#comment-1682609 Emphasis on <b>veins</b>, the gold which was already there just suddenly clumps together. Gold is created in a mad instant when a Type II Supernova is underway, it's the unbelievably hot outward shock of the explosion that compresses Iron (the last element to be fused in the core) into heavier elements. Furthermore, the heavier the element the rarer, meaning that the temperature and pressure to fuse Copper lasted way longer than the conditions to fuse Gold, not to mention Uranium, the rarest of them all, yeah? Ballpark figure, let's say that if all Copper in a Type II Supernova is created in 5 seconds, all Gold is created in a thousandth of a second, all Uranium in a millionth of a second. Maggie got it right, but if you Google it, some "news sources" are saying gold is <b>created</b> in these earthquakes.  Ugh. Emphasis on veins, the gold which was already there just suddenly clumps together.

Gold is created in a mad instant when a Type II Supernova is underway, it’s the unbelievably hot outward shock of the explosion that compresses Iron (the last element to be fused in the core) into heavier elements.
Furthermore, the heavier the element the rarer, meaning that the temperature and pressure to fuse Copper lasted way longer than the conditions to fuse Gold, not to mention Uranium, the rarest of them all, yeah?
Ballpark figure, let’s say that if all Copper in a Type II Supernova is created in 5 seconds, all Gold is created in a thousandth of a second, all Uranium in a millionth of a second.

Maggie got it right, but if you Google it, some “news sources” are saying gold is created in these earthquakes.  Ugh.

]]> By: RElgin http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/instant-gold.html#comment-1682546 RElgin Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219543#comment-1682546 Creationists nothing.  How about the alchemists? Creationists nothing.  How about the alchemists?

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/instant-gold.html#comment-1682541 Ladyfingers Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219543#comment-1682541 I sense howls of validation from the creationists. I sense howls of validation from the creationists.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/18/instant-gold.html#comment-1682513 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219543#comment-1682513 Indeed! Indeed!

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