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To: Naspino

‘unobtainium’ - Was that really in the movie? Sounds like a Jay Ward concoction for a Rocky and Bullwinkle story line. (Remember the upsidaisium plot?)


62 posted on 12/21/2009 2:30:30 PM PST by jimfree (In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
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To: jimfree

unobtainium is a joke I first heard as an engineering undegrad in the 70s. “Here’s something we could build but first we’ll need to get some unobtainium”. It’s engineering shorthand for a project you could do if only you had a material that was light enough, strong enough, or whatever physical property that’s keeping you from doing what you want to do.


78 posted on 12/21/2009 3:29:53 PM PST by Locomotive Breath
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