[Tutor] Off Topic re: unichr not working as expected

[Asokan Pichai]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>wrote:

> On 24/07/13 04:53, Jim Mooney wrote:
>
>> On 23 July 2013 07:28, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> (I trust that everyone remembers enough high school chemistry to
>>> understand why Mercurial is called hg? Hg is the chemical symbol for
>>> Mercury.)
>>>
>>>
>> And I recall my high school chemistry teacher claiming the noble gases
>> could never combine, until someone just decided to cook  up some Xenon
>> Tetraflouride. Always fun when you get to contradict your teacher in
>> class,
>> and you're right - wel it was then. I'm a tad more mature, now - sometimes
>> ;')
>>
>
Way offtopic: It is Xenon Hexa Flouride IIRC. LOve that book 107 stories
about CHemistry

Asokan Pichai

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a
little like expecting the bull to not attack you because you are a
vegetarian"
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