Welcome Dar'Jen Ab Owain to the Black Tower!

[Ironeyes]

I had an albino leaped gecko for about eight years and my parents could never figure out why I loved that little guy. They're more into bunnies and chickens

[LedZepMan]

I had an albino leaped gecko for about eight years and my parents could never figure out why I loved that little guy. They're more into bunnies and chickens

Bunnies and chickens? In Boston?

[Ironeyes]

 

I had an albino leaped gecko for about eight years and my parents could never figure out why I loved that little guy. They're more into bunnies and chickens

Bunnies and chickens? In Boston?

I wish. My family lives in California, where they breed Holland Lops as a hobby

[Dar'Jen Ab Owain]

The bunnies sound fascinating. My mom used to raise rabbits when she was a kid.

 

I will be happy to get a place for my son and I where we can have animals again. We miss having them.

[Locke]

I've always wanted a pet whale

[Dar'Jen Ab Owain]

You would need a massive aquarium, or live on the ocean.

[Leyrann]

Nah. Standard fish bowl should be fine.

[Dar'Jen Ab Owain]

(Ponders this) perhaps a miniature whale.

[Leyrann]

A normal one will do just fine.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Gonna need transparent aluminum

[Leyrann]

Gonna need transparent aluminum

 

I'm afraid that's not gonna be possible... Aluminium is a silver-white metal, no matter what you do to it.

[Leyrann]

You could, of course, give it another colour by mixing it with something else, but you can't make it transparent that way. The only way it could kind of become transparent is by making it very, very thin but that basically defeats any reason to use aluminium for whatever you're using it for (typically either isolation or because it's both light and strong).

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

 

Gonna need transparent aluminum

 

 

I'm afraid that's not gonna be possible... Aluminium is a silver-white metal, no matter what you do to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaVgRj2e5_s&sns=em

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

You could, of course, give it another colour by mixing it with something else, but you can't make it transparent that way. The only way it could kind of become transparent is by making it very, very thin but that basically defeats any reason to use aluminium for whatever you're using it for (typically either isolation or because it's both light and strong).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxynitride

[Ithillian Turambar]

Whales shouldn't live in captivity. Bad Lighties.

[Leyrann]

 

You could, of course, give it another colour by mixing it with something else, but you can't make it transparent that way. The only way it could kind of become transparent is by making it very, very thin but that basically defeats any reason to use aluminium for whatever you're using it for (typically either isolation or because it's both light and strong).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxynitride

 

 

But aluminium oxinitride isn't aluminium. There's oxygen and nitrogen in there. According to the article, it's only about a third aluminium.

 

Also a big difference: It's a ceramic, not a metal (like pure aluminium).

 

Looks like a pretty awesome material though.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

 

 

You could, of course, give it another colour by mixing it with something else, but you can't make it transparent that way. The only way it could kind of become transparent is by making it very, very thin but that basically defeats any reason to use aluminium for whatever you're using it for (typically either isolation or because it's both light and strong).

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxynitride

 

But aluminium oxinitride isn't aluminium. There's oxygen and nitrogen in there. According to the article, it's only about a third aluminium.

 

Also a big difference: It's a ceramic, not a metal (like pure aluminium).

 

Looks like a pretty awesome material though.

That's why it's transparent aluminum.

 

Also, it's a joke and a Star Trek reference.

[Dar'Jen Ab Owain]

(Eats one of the welcome brownies. Still good and yummy.)

 

Hope everyone is good. Just curious if there is someone I should check in with about my acceptance here, and access to boards. In the meantime, I will try to be patient, and eat brownies.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

You are accepted here! Access moves slowly but if it takes much longer maybe pm panchi to double check.

[Dar'Jen Ab Owain]

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a few more days then send a PM. Don't like bothering folks, but I am eager to do more here in the Black Tower.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

 

The admin who does the adding etc isn't around every day, and hardly ever on weekends. A few weeks isn't unusual.

[Turin Turambar]

Send up the verb signal!!

[Dar'Jen Ab Owain]

So who is like second-in-command here in the Black Tower? Not sure what the chain of command is like in here.

 

(Eats another brownie.) Theses things are awesome.

[LedZepMan]

That's a tie really. It falls to Logain (Leyrann) or The M'hael, (Release the Evil).

[Dar'Jen Ab Owain]

Thank you, sir. Your assistance is appreciated.