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Taxonomical pedantry at its finest.
Software Zen: delete this;
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Once it has changed state it is no longer water.
What is this, some medieval "science" perchance?
The chemical make up doesn't change, ergo it is still water.
It will be dihydrogenousoxide no matter how much it chrystalises.
What's your stance on vapour then, or how about fog and mist?
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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All water is H2O, but not all H2O is water.
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That's like saying the carbon in coal is not the same as the carbon in a diamond. Carbon is carbon. Water is water regardless of it's current "state" or "form".
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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No; there are terms that take state or form into account.
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Carbon is an element, what form it takes makes no difference to the fact that it is Carbon.
Water is H2O
Ice is H2O
Water vapor is H2O
That it takes different forms makes no difference to the fact that it is water.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: Carbon is an element, what form it takes makes no difference to the fact that it is Carbon.
Correct.
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: Water is H2O
Ice is H2O
Water vapor is H2O
Correct.
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: That it takes different forms makes no difference to the fact that it is water.
Incorrect. Only H2O in the liquid state is water. Is there any time in your day-to-day life that you would ask for or be asked for ice or water and the other would be acceptable?
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So if I go ask for some carbon, you'll give me a diamond?
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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If the water freezes to the bottom of the lake where the island begins, perhaps.
But, knowing the lake, I doubt it would freeze THAT deep.
Grew up about 50 miles from there, so familiar with the lake, island and weather patterns.
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Thanks for the personal history, but that says nothing about water and ice not being the same element.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I know, but other's were being pedantic and I couldn't be bothered replying to them.
I agree with what you said, by the way.
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Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Why does this get mentioned here so frequently?
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That's all explained here[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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My first thought was: You have found Atlantis[^] 
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I can always pee in the island. 
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Well, don't blow your stack (pun intended)
Marc
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Good thing nature was versed in recursion, and did not create an infinite loop. I, however, am very well versed in creating infinite recursion.
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If your phone lost its contacts, would it have to wear glasses?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Gorilla Glasses, to be precise.
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
}
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
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Iris I could come up with some of these.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Cornea humor! Can I be your pupil? I'm sure we'd see eye to eye.
/ravi
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You not the kind to lash out are you?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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No, eye dropped that strategy.
/ravi
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