On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 06:07:46PM -0700, Daniel C. wrote: > On 2/21/07, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Dude, you're radioactive. > > Actually, everyone is, especially if you eat bananas. The potassium > in bananas, and other minerals in other fruits, is very slightly > radioactive.
Yep, known that for years, except the bit about bananas. That's exactly what I meant. I wondered if anyone else would figure it out; congratulations. That's how carbon 14 dating works (and no, that isn't an introductory service for archaeologists). Many years ago, when Dr.Petr Beckmann started Access to Energy (http://www.accesstoenergy.com/), he had a feisty editorial policy. He once ran an advert with the headline "Ralph Nader is Radioactive", which is, of course, literally true. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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