Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Note : Pi 2 Zero W Now RIP-OFF Price on Amazon Date: 7 Aug 2026 19:35:30 GMT Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <114vthn$36oqc$7@dont-email.me> <11500km$3897n$1@dont-email.me> <1152ref$501h$2@dont-email.me> <1154cit$j5m2$2@dont-email.me> <1154jeg$lica$1@dont-email.me> <1154lg2$m47b$3@dont-email.me> <11556i1$ru2o$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net e71rxTUd6eyo2cVkeadZTQTtDFMQuegvZDo/RqvppKu6mXDJY7 Cancel-Lock: sha1:I7/aY5C4g5DMaPxLF1Ue+zqj0TI= sha256:yVzIJ8T25ti2g/fXX/IoxwFdcuChW/RgK+kWAstjNng= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89709 comp.sys.raspberry-pi:38370 On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 11:01:37 -0700, wmartin wrote: > On 8/7/26 06:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 07/08/2026 13:35, Daniel James wrote: >>> On 07/08/2026 11:38, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> "Unobtainium is a humorous engineering and fictional term for a >>>> hypothetical material that has the ideal, perfect properties for a >>>> specific application, but is impossible to get or does not actually >>>> exist. It combines the word "unattainable" with the chemical suffix >>>> "-ium >>> >>> Stating the obvious, here, but that should say "unobtainable" not >>> "unattainable" ... I've never heard of "Unattainium", but it sounds >>> like it should be a hypothetical element that exists but can't be >>> extracted ... a bit like potassium was before Humphrey Davy and >>> electrolysis. >>> >>> I might also mention "Handwavium", which means, you know ... >>> >>> >> that is new to me.,.. >> >>> ... and "Chinesium" which so many cheap imported goods are made from. >>> >> ...That isn't! >> >> A late friend had a similar word for pot metal. [Zinc alloy casting]. >> Can't remember what it was. >> > Don't know about that one. I want to know where to buy "scratch", there > are so many things that can be made... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamak The present US penny is 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper. Aluminum beer cans are readily available. Just saying, since it's probably illegal to melt pennies.