Nytt grunnstoff

From: Bård Kjos (Baard.Kjos_at_idi.ntnu.no)
Date: 20-06-00


I kjølvannet av de siste dagers diskusjon om administrasjonens gjøren og
laden, kunne jeg ikke dy meg da jeg plukket opp følgende. Håper jeg tilgis.
God sommer!

Bård
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Investigators at a major research institute have discovered the
heaviest element known to science. This startling new discovery has
been tentatively named Administratium (Ad).

The new element has no protons or electrons, thus having an atomic
number of 0. It does, however, have 1 neutron, 125 assistant
neutrons, 75 vice neutrons, and 111 assistant vice neutrons, for an
atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by a force called morons, which
are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called
peons.

Since it has no electrons, Administratium is inert. However, it can be
detected as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into
contact. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of
Administratium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete
when it would normally take less than a second.

Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years; it
does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a
portion of the assistant neutrons, vice neutrons, and assistant vice
neutrons exchange places. In fact, an Administratium sample's mass
will actually increase over time, since with each reorganization some
of the morons inevitably become neutrons, forming new isotopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to
speculate that Administratium is formed whenever morons reach a
certain concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as
the "Critical Morass".

You'll know it when you see it.

-- 
Bård Kjos                             | http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~baardkjo/
Department of Computer and            | ____ 
Information Science, Norwegian        | \  / The heart is a small
University of Science and Technology  |  \/       indomitable muscle...



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