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So, I am watching tv... *gasp*  And this commercial comes on for something called Carbonite.com... Doesn't Lucas have that term trade marked?  Let me know if youre privy to this info... So we can call his team of Jedi Lawyers to attack! lmao  I just though it was funny!
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Ya, The Droid phone had to have the Lucasfilm Logo at the bottom of the screen. Time no make a little phone call to the ranch 
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The difference is that 'carbonite' is a word that was in use in the english language prior to its use in Star Wars. It's a kind of explosive.
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yeah... um
Carbonite is actually a REAL word
Technically pencil lead is Carbonite
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eMouse wrote:The difference is that 'carbonite' is a word that was in use in the english language prior to its use in Star Wars. It's a kind of explosive. The Madman wrote:yeah... um
Carbonite is actually a REAL word
Technically pencil lead is Carbonite uh oh.... (puts pencil down gently and calls 911) 
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The Madman wrote:yeah... um
Carbonite is actually a REAL word
Technically pencil lead is Carbonite Actually, it's not by modern naming standards, which is where you get most of the element + '-ite' names. The '-ite' implies a compound with oxygen. Pencil lead, aka graphite, is pure carbon with no oxygen. The name graphite precedes modern naming conventions and is derived from a Greek word meaning 'writing' or 'drawing'. Graphite is the most stable form of pure graphite, so no boom. It doesn't even burn easily.
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swinefeld wrote:eMouse wrote:The difference is that 'carbonite' is a word that was in use in the english language prior to its use in Star Wars. It's a kind of explosive. The Madman wrote:yeah... um
Carbonite is actually a REAL word
Technically pencil lead is Carbonite uh oh.... (puts pencil down gently and calls 911) Now that's funny! 
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So heres what we do, we get a bunch of pencil lead, melt it, and put someone in it, and then freeze it with them inside. Voile! Han Solo is here.
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swmimperial130 wrote:So heres what we do, we get a bunch of pencil lead, melt it, and put someone in it, and then freeze it with them inside. Voile! Han Solo is here. I volunteer to make you the first Voulnteer 
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eMouse wrote:
Actually, it's not by modern naming standards, which is where you get most of the element + '-ite' names. The '-ite' implies a compound with oxygen.
Pencil lead, aka graphite, is pure carbon with no oxygen. The name graphite precedes modern naming conventions and is derived from a Greek word meaning 'writing' or 'drawing'.
Graphite is the most stable form of pure graphite, so no boom. It doesn't even burn easily.
Whoa.  I nominate eMouse as the smartest person I know.
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Pericles wrote:eMouse wrote:
Actually, it's not by modern naming standards, which is where you get most of the element + '-ite' names. The '-ite' implies a compound with oxygen.
Pencil lead, aka graphite, is pure carbon with no oxygen. The name graphite precedes modern naming conventions and is derived from a Greek word meaning 'writing' or 'drawing'.
Graphite is the most stable form of pure graphite, so no boom. It doesn't even burn easily.
Whoa. I nominate eMouse as the smartest person I know. Or, he just learned about it in Chemistry like I did a week ago
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Pericles wrote:eMouse wrote:
Actually, it's not by modern naming standards, which is where you get most of the element + '-ite' names. The '-ite' implies a compound with oxygen.
Pencil lead, aka graphite, is pure carbon with no oxygen. The name graphite precedes modern naming conventions and is derived from a Greek word meaning 'writing' or 'drawing'.
Graphite is the most stable form of pure graphite, so no boom. It doesn't even burn easily.
Whoa. I nominate eMouse as the smartest person I know. *Most capable of remembering a modicum of chemistry and being able to confirm it with some Wikipedia and Google searches.*
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