Get Rid of Dihydrogen Monoxide!

[slaphapy]

go to this site for the facts of why we should get rid of this horrible thing called dihydrogen monoxide!!

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

Only read the following after you read the facts:

[hide]I know it's only a joke, dihydrogen monoxide is just water, in case you were wondering ;)[/hide]

[Mihail]

[hide]Lol!I actually thought that one was real up until you said it was water!LOl![/hide]

[slaphapy]

[hide]exactly ;)[/hide]

[SurlyPIG]

Actually it's proper name is just water. For some substances, the applicable binary nomenclature is technically inaccurate.

But you did have me fooled for a minute there!

[Vanguard3000]

Meh. A friend of mine made an essay based on that same thing.

And it's binomial nomenclature, I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong (Nema), but "binary" implies numbers (as in "two numbers", like computer code), while "binomial" implies two names.

[XCH]

Meh. A friend of mine made an essay based on that same thing.

And it's binomial nomenclature, I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong (Nema), but "binary" implies numbers (as in "two numbers", like computer code), while "binomial" implies two names.

You are correct.

[XCH]

go to this site for the facts of why we should get rid of this horrible thing called dihydrogen monoxide!!

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

Only read the following after you read the facts:

[hide]I know it's only a joke, dihydrogen monoxide is just water, in case you were wondering ;)[/hide]

It had me going for a little bit, but not long; it didn't have enough explanation in the beginning and it didn't have enough examples. It shows how important the skill of writing is.

Was this an April Fools joke?

[slaphapy]

Meh. A friend of mine made an essay based on that same thing.

hehe, ya, after I heard about this, i thought, maybe I could do something on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for a science fair project-or just for fun- and see how many people would actually sign up for a petition against it..

I could only think of a couple ideas, i'm sure someone could think of more if they wanted

i thought maybe say something like : can cause mutations in all animals

or can cause cancer, things like that, I dont' really think I could write it up as well as whoever did the dhmo site

btw: why did you think it didn't have enough explination? If you read the whole page, it really gets into some funny details (especially when you know it's water ;) )

o and yes, this was sorta my april fools joke, although it was 1 day early :- but i didn't have time to post it this morning, gotta go to school :(

[Acriku]

Deoxyribonucleic acid is too commonly known, so that will hardly work :P

[slaphapy]

really? every adult I have talked to has never heard of it... I never knew what DNA stood for untill biology in freshman year :-[

If they are old enough (and not into science) I HIGHLY doubt they would know what it is, because when they went to school, technically deoxyribonucleic acid did not exist, it had not been discovered yet, plus, who do you get to sign a petition? ...adults maybe?... ::)

it's better if it has some chemical formula though, like water, where you can make multiple names from it with simple knowledge of how to...

[Vanguard3000]

I've known what deoxyribonucleic acid is since I was in grade seven (i.e. 12 years old) or so. The thing about dihydrogen oxide is that that's a strange way of referring to water.

[slaphapy]

i never really thought it was all that difficult to understand... dihydrogen monoxide...

if you break it apart it makes sense.. everyone (well most everyone) has heard of water being refered to of as H2O

and in the name dihydrogen monoxide the prefix di- means two, and the prefix mono- means 1 so if you think about it, it means 2 hydrogen 1 oxide(oxygen) in other words H2O

some of the ones like hydrogen hydroxide (H(OH)) I would understand you not realize it's water, since hydroxide (OH) is not a commonly known molecule, or at least I think so...

and about the knowing about what DNA meant in 7th grade, it still doesn't really matter, usually someone wouldn't want to get a petition signed by a bunch of teanagers, in most cases that won't really mean anything... it's adults that rule the world now... that's whose signitures would matter

[Cyborg]

Well, while reading it, I understood it was water.

Especially when reading the part with what it is used for...

Hmm, used in both weapons production and by atheltics... ::)

[nemafakei]

Dihydrogen Monoxide?

Hydrogen Hydroxide!

Binary refers to two of anything, I think.

Binomial nomenclature means two-name naming - there's no need to repeat the -nom- (name) bit.

[XCH]

Dihydrogen Monoxide?

Hydrogen Hydroxide!

Binary refers to two of anything, I think.

Binomial nomenclature means two-name naming - there's no need to repeat the -nom- (name) bit.

There is a need. Binomial nomenclature gives something two names. One place that binomial nomenclature is used is animal classification. The first name of an animal is its genus name and the second is the species name. The animal is named by two names, the genus name and its species name.

[slaphapy]

actually every animal has a kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and a species ( i am pretty sure that's the right order...king phillup came over from germany stoned... ya that's it ;) )

anyway, when an animal is refered to most people only say their genus and species, mostly because it would be pretty much impossible to memerize all of those names. ;)

[bryorama]

really? every adult I have talked to has never heard of it... I never knew what DNA stood for untill biology in freshman year :-[

If they are old enough (and not into science) I HIGHLY doubt they would know what it is, because when they went to school, technically deoxyribonucleic acid did not exist, it had not been discovered yet, plus, who do you get to sign a petition? ...adults maybe?... ::)

it's better if it has some chemical formula though, like water, where you can make multiple names from it with simple knowledge of how to...

lol, im in 5th grade and i know what it is hoo hah.

[slaphapy]

bry: plz remove second post...

also, if everyone wants to tell me how smart they are then (Without doing a search for it!!) tell me how many base pairs there are in every animal on earth, and what their names are ^-^

[Vanguard3000]

Slap: Yeah, every living this is a member of these things, but their scientific name consists only of their genus and species (and, if need be, subspecies).

[slaphapy]

Vanguard: umm ya, but he said

One place that binomial nomenclature is used is animal classification. The first name of an animal is its genus name and the second is the species name.

and whenever an animal is classified scientists name it's kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and a species ... but ya the scientific name only has the genus and species.

[nemafakei]

"Binomial nomenclature gives something two names."

Yes, yes, yes, but why binomial nomenclature and not simply binary? Nomenclature means naming, so why is it necessary to repeat the nomen bit? Agreed, binomial is the most common term, but it is redundant.

[Acriku]

Nomenclature - system of naming. Binomial - includes two names. So, it is a system of naming including two names. Genus Species. Homo Sapiens.