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[ April 28, 2005, 11:54 AM: Message edited by: Papa Janitor ]
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quote:... is the first chemical to have a longer name than its formula.
What exactly does this mean? Aren't there scads of chemicals whose names are longer than their formulas?
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What you've posted here is actually just a string of amino acids, and not a particularly long one either. Compared to their names a protein's chemical structure will almost always be shorter (some monomers may have longer chemical structures, but I don't feel like checking).
Given that this is just a protein, that would not be its common name. Perhaps this protein is the key modification in that strain, but there's a difference between the name of an organism and the name of a protein.
So you're wrong on both accounts. Sorry.
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I did not mean that literally! Rather, I was making a humorous (but not a literal) comment regarding the occasional length of chemical formulas. Not that I found a better system, but that's how it is!
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It depends on whether you believe an element can find true long-term love with the same element or if they're just fooling themselves.
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quote: Everybody's got something to hi-ide, 'cept for me and my monkey...
What about the better Beatles' songs? Say... "The Long and Winding Road", "And I Love Her", and "Golden Slumbers", or their absolute best - "I'm looking Through you"? If you want the one you posted, how about "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"? (on the White Album.)
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I don't particularly like that song more than others, I was just quoting. As for the songs you mentioned:
quote: "The Long and Winding Road", "And I Love Her", and "Golden Slumbers", or their absolute best - "I'm looking Through you"? If you want the one you posted, how about "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"? (on the White Album.)
I'm not a huge fan of "The Long and Winding Road". "And I Love Her" is good, but not my favorite. "Golden Slumbers" was actually originally a slave "croon", used to put the master's babies to sleep. I've found it in multiple collections. "I'm Looking Through You" may be your favorite, but I think musically and poetically, not their best. "Why Don't We Do It In the Road" is one of the few Beatles songs I'd really rather not listen to.
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Oh, and don't try to quote Beatles songs at me. I've been listening to them since before I was born; my dad is fairly obssessed, and from the time I could talk (about 9 months), I was singing Beatles songs with him. I was dancing to them before I could walk. So I can easily match you, if not beat you.
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To clarify: my comments weere not directed at anyone who has been a fan longer than 22 years. You can probably kick my behind. Just people younger than I. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Why, thanks for getting at my age again. But you're the second person I know or have spoken to who heard of "I'm Looking Through You".
So what's your style, kq? Maybe... "Helter Skelter", "Please Please Me", "Revolution 9" and "All Together Now"? Or "For No One", "Octopus's Garden" and "Hey Bulldog"?
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I've been a fan for longer than 22 years, and I've heard of "I'm Looking Through You," and I know all the words and chords to it.
And some of my favorites are "If I Fell" and "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" (for the voice harmony), "And Your Bird Can Sing" (for the guitar harmony), "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" (for the weird), and "The End" (for the drum solo). I despise "Yellow Submarine."
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Ooh, extra points to anyone who can guess the song that my dad programmed me to fall asleep when I heard it as a baby, that used to make me crash with my head in my dessert at the table, and that still makes me yawny. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand or Sie Liebt Dich? (These are my last guesses, as I don't like guessing stuff, and even less like not being able to guess stuff.)
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Hey, he was sleep-deprived with his first child. He was walking and singing, and that's the only song that popped into his head.
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