Reply to: question for sasguru the master day trader

[Spacecadet]

There are no topics that AtW isn't a complete authority on. Even if you invented a topic that had never previously existed, AtW would immediately become an authority on it

That is the SKA bot working at its best and not actually atw posting the replies

[BrilloPad]

There are no topics that AtW isn't a complete authority on. Even if you invented a topic that had never previously existed, AtW would immediately become an authority on it

I once worked with someone who was genuinely very knowledgeable about a wide range of subjects. Someone got fed up one day and decided to talk about an obscure hobby of his - bee keeping! The other guy knew the subject inside out - everyone was gob smacked!

[DiscoStu]

Could AtW conceive of a topic that even AtW doesn’t know anything about?

There are no topics that AtW isn't a complete authority on. Even if you invented a topic that had never previously existed, AtW would immediately become an authority on it

[sasguru]

Could AtW conceive of a topic that even AtW doesn’t know anything about?

He doesn't know much about his own psychology.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Could AtW conceive of a topic that even AtW doesn’t know anything about?

[DiscoStu]

Given that ridiculously minuscule amounts are required to top someone, even a few meager grams is way enough for years. I win.

There's no point arguing, AtW is a world-expert on every single topic posted in this forum...

[AtW]

Given that ridiculously minuscule amounts are required to top someone, even a few meager grams is way enough for years. I win.

No you don't win. Do you know how many gramms of Polonium is made every month? About 7 gramms I think. It indeed takes very little to kill someone - but do you realise that it takes special expertise to deal with micro-gramms of this sort of substances? It's not rat poison - this stuff is very tricky and very few places in the world can actually do it. In 2 years there would be 64 times less Polonium than stored - in 3 years 512 times less, in 4 years 4000 times less - it's not store-able for practical purposes. That's why it is so attractive to Govt sponsored assassins - it could not be detected at death and in a few years it would self-dissolve itself. Perfect murder weapons they thought.

[Bob Dalek]

It's pretty short: in ~1 year there will be 8 times less of it, in ~2 years there will be 64 times less of it. So storage is highly impractical - it needs to be made to order, something that is done in a very few places - primarily in Russia.

Given that ridiculously minuscule amounts are required to top someone, even a few meager grams is way enough for years. I win.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I suspect swan roasting Albanians.

AH! Yes! It's so clear now. They have been going after all the white swans so the proportion of black swans is going up.

All Hail DimPrawn! He has broken the case.

[AtW]

It has a half-life of 138.376 days - not that short.

It's pretty short: in ~1 year there will be 8 times less of it, in ~2 years there will be 64 times less of it. So storage is highly impractical - it needs to be made to order, something that is done in a very few places - primarily in Russia.

[DimPrawn]

Immigrants? Is it their turn this week?

I suspect swan roasting Albanians.

[BrilloPad]

It has a half-life of 138.376 days - not that short.

Lets test it out shall we?

<hands atw coffee>

[Bob Dalek]

Po210 can't be stored - it's half-life too low, so it has to be prepared just in time for the tea...

It has a half-life of 138.376 days - not that short.

[AtW]

I'll get it for you! Now where is my Po210?

Po210 can't be stored - it's half-life too low, so it has to be prepared just in time for the tea...

[BrilloPad]

FT: RBS Showing 198

Bastard short sellers - oh, hang on we shot them last week. We are going to find someone else to blame.

Immigrants? Is it their turn this week?