http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/ Engadget Comments for Darwin meets PC gold-stripping alchemist, Darwin wins http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
Anyhew, it seems like you'd be a bit better off spending the same amount of time at a real job...]]>Apr 4th 2008 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/It was either a freak accident or made to look like an accident. I rly wish I could get more info about this thing]]>Apr 4th 2008 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
I dont know how the gold ratio works, but considering that gold on boards are already extracted from rocks and such. Also, I think density of rock is more than the density of a board, which means you can get a lot more board in a ton, than you can get rocks.

That being said, I still think engadget was just trying their hand at a little humor out of the situation, but maybe that assumption of a ton is more accurate than what people might think it is.]]>Apr 4th 2008 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
Many people would not know how to extract metals from old circuit boards.. so he could not of been a complete idiot. Yet everyone knows how poisonous mercury can be, and he did not know... He is the smartest, idiot I have ever heard of.]]>Apr 4th 2008 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 7th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/]]>Apr 4th 2008 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
That is exactly what i was trying to tell Qsat because he said that the ratio he gets from gold mines is less than the ratio engadget assumed, but it still makes the mines profitable.

Also, I think Tulsa is now famous officially famous for morons.

Did anyone hear about Ronnie Williamson who was sent to the death row (which he got out of) and 20 years in prison for a murder he never committed?

He was convicted in Ada which is 20 minutes from the place, i think.

]]>Apr 4th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/profiles/williamson.html

My bad, I guess it was 12 years in prison not 20!

yay for broken comment system.]]>Apr 4th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
You couldn't even if you wanted to, the melting/freezing point of Mercury is -38.83 °C (-37.89 °F) anything entering your lungs at that temperature is going to cause more thermal problems than chemical ones.
You can solidify Mercury at higher temperatures but the pressure would turn you into an amorphous blob.]]>Apr 4th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
A quick calculation gives around 3.448 x 10^-10 or 0.0000000003448 Ounces of gold per tonne of sea water....that gives a gross worth of 31 millionths of a cent per tonne.....definitely not worth any extraction attempts....]]>Apr 4th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
BTW, click on the time/date and your reply will be in the proper order. ]]>Apr 4th 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
A quick calculation gives around 3.448 x 10^-10 or 0.0000000003448 Ounces of gold per tonne of sea water....that gives a gross worth of 31 millionths of a cent per tonne.....definitely not worth any extraction attempts....

(sorry for reposting, but the reply button didn't work the first time :-()]]>Apr 4th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/Apr 4th 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
Someone has flipped the image. The motherboard access panel is always on the left (as the user faces the computer).

Terry Thomas
President
PC Tech Support
Atlanta, Georgia USA]]>Apr 4th 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/darmin-meets-pc-gold-stripping-alchemist-darwin-wins/
will you be my accountant?]]>Apr 4th 2008 1:15PM