Agates.com – We Rock

 
On eBay
 

Maria asks…

i bought a used computer from work,so i brought it home to ues it ,but it wont let me connect the internet.Cau

cause its asking for the pass word.anmy boss wont give it to me,he said i have to buy a new hard drive thats why i bought it from him it was only$100.What do i do.Its agate way 2000.an it says no dial tone so its not reading the internet connection

admin answers:

You must be more specific with your question.
You can't enter to windows?, or just can't connect to internet?
In the first option, maybe the quiker answer would be to reinstall windows.
In the other hand, by the words "dial tone" I suppose you are trying to connect by phone. Maybe you only have to check if your modem is working well.

Paul asks…

Why Use a Mirrored Surface for "Lines"?

Why do people line and rail their powdered drugs on a slab of mirror? Is it practical or just cliché; what's wrong with other surfaces, like agate geode, glass, or marble.

admin answers:

I think it is just because it's been glorified in so many movies. Of course a mirror is smooth but so are many other surfaces. I personally would use something black and smooth if I were to partake in such activities. 😉

Robert asks…

Name the ELEMENTS!! Anyone you can name! HELP Brainteasers!!?

Please name the element, if you know any put the number and then the element. Person who's names the most correctly gets ten points.

1. Lowest melting point of any element
2. Wax-like transparent solid that ignites spontaneously in air
3. Hope you don't mind the heat, death valley, california provides 85% of the world's supply of this element.
4. I compromise almost as much math in the earth's crust as do all other elemnts put together.
5. I am used in flash bulbs and flares because i burn with a dazzling flame
6.My irritating effects and suffocating action were exploited when I was used as a war gas in World War 1.
7. Your teacher uses me, I am a metallic element found in chalk, limestone and marble.
8.I am a pale yellow solid that is obtained in large quantities from Alberta Natural Gas
9. I am the element responsible for the characteristic yellow colour of many highway lamps.
10. I am a metal that burns with a yellow-red flame. I am an essential constituent of leaves, bones, teeth and shells
11. count your beads. Metal oxides dissolve in a molten bead of any one of my compounds to give characteristic colours , which can be used to identify the metals
12. A cigarette filter made of this element may not prevent you from getting cancer, but may postpone the day of reckoning.
13. I impart a beautiful crimson colour to a flame, but when I burn strongly the flame is dazzling white.
14. Thinking of space war? I am a gas that is used in many lasers , where I give a bright orange red beam of light.
15. I am the most abundant metal in the earths crust
16. lets go spelunking. I am the metallic element present in stalactites and stalagmites.
17. In the liquid form I am super fluid. I will climb the inner surface of a cup, over the lip and down the outer surface until the cup is empty.
18. More precious stones. I am the second most abundant element on earth. You will find me in agate, amethyst, jasper and opal.
19. Lets go on a safari. In africa I am found as pure crystals in what seem to be the necks of old volcanoes.
20. I am colourless, odourless, generally inert gas, yet many of my compounds are important as explosives.

🙂

admin answers:

1. Helium (He)
2. Phosphorous (P)
3. Astatine (At)
4. Oxygen (O)
5. Magnesium (Mg)
6. Chlorine (Cl) and Sulfur (S)
7. Calcium (Ca)
8. Sulfur (S)
9. Sodium (Na)
10. Calcium (Ca)
11. Sodium (Na)
12. Oxygen (O)
13. Lithium (Li)
14. Neon (Ne)
15. Aluminium (Al)
16. Calcium (Ca)
17. Helium (H)
18. Silicon (Si)
19. Sulfur (S)
20. Nitrogen (N)


Sandra asks…

CHEMISTRY! Element help, YOU ONLY HAVE TO ANSWER ONE IF YOU WANT. ?

Name the ELEMENTS!! Anyone you can name! HELP Brainteasers!!?
Please name the element, if you know any put the number and then the element. Person who's names the most correctly gets ten points.

1. Lowest melting point of any element
2. Wax-like transparent solid that ignites spontaneously in air
3. Hope you don't mind the heat, death valley, california provides 85% of the world's supply of this element.
4. I compromise almost as much math in the earth's crust as do all other elemnts put together.
5. I am used in flash bulbs and flares because i burn with a dazzling flame
6.My irritating effects and suffocating action were exploited when I was used as a war gas in World War 1.
7. Your teacher uses me, I am a metallic element found in chalk, limestone and marble.
8.I am a pale yellow solid that is obtained in large quantities from Alberta Natural Gas
9. I am the element responsible for the characteristic yellow colour of many highway lamps.
10. I am a metal that burns with a yellow-red flame. I am an essential constituent of leaves, bones, teeth and shells
11. count your beads. Metal oxides dissolve in a molten bead of any one of my compounds to give characteristic colours , which can be used to identify the metals
12. A cigarette filter made of this element may not prevent you from getting cancer, but may postpone the day of reckoning.
13. I impart a beautiful crimson colour to a flame, but when I burn strongly the flame is dazzling white.
14. Thinking of space war? I am a gas that is used in many lasers , where I give a bright orange red beam of light.
15. I am the most abundant metal in the earths crust
16. lets go spelunking. I am the metallic element present in stalactites and stalagmites.
17. In the liquid form I am super fluid. I will climb the inner surface of a cup, over the lip and down the outer surface until the cup is empty.
18. More precious stones. I am the second most abundant element on earth. You will find me in agate, amethyst, jasper and opal.
19. Lets go on a safari. In africa I am found as pure crystals in what seem to be the necks of old volcanoes.
20. I am colourless, odourless, generally inert gas, yet many of my compounds are important as explosives.

admin answers:

1. Helium (He)
2. Phosphorous (P)
5. Magnesium (Mg)
6. Chlorine (Cl)
7. Calcium (Ca)
8. Sulfur (S)
9. Sodium (Na)
10. Calcium (Ca)
13. Sodium (Na)
14. Neon (Ne)
15. Aluminium (Al)
16. Calcium (Ca)
17. Helium liquid
18. Silicon (Si)
20. Nitrogen (N)

Some of the elements are repeated
Hope this helps!
Ps. These answers are all correct, because i looked them up and i am a seinor chemistry student

Nancy asks…

Mortar and Pestle Materials?

I've been looking at Mortar/pesstle sets. I intend to use mine with herbs (herbalist), not for cooking.
What material is best? I need a good material that won't leave any grains or peices from the mortar in the finished product. (That will give me a pure product with little impurities.)
Marble, granite, porcelain, agate? I was thinking marble. I heard it's the best for pharmacy, but then I heard agate was the best if you were looking for purity. What do you use and why?

admin answers:

I understand that marble has a hardness rating of only about 3-4 and agate is around 7. If you want absolute purity you'd best go with the agate. However, it costs about 4x as much as marble.

I use a marble set that I've had about 10 years. The only place that the wearing is obvious is around the top edge. I deliberately bought a mortar with a rough inside because the perfectly smooth finish won't hold onto things and they just slide around instead of grinding. Personally I don't have any worry about such a miniscule amount of powdered rock winding up in my medicine.

Porcelain is not acceptable - smooth finish and it chips. Granite, I believe, is used mainly for coarse food like corn and nuts.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers