Stronger Than Steel
So, I was browsing Slashdot about five minutes ago, and noticed a rather common "New X is stronger than steel."
It seems that pretty much everything new is stronger than steel. Should we replace steel with a new benchmark of strong? Pretty much any new strong material can beat steel it seems so why use it anymore. What do you suggest we replace it with. Discuss.
Turquoise Days
06-10-2007, 08:02
Stronger than... a very strong thing?
Non Aligned States
06-10-2007, 08:04
Most things stronger than steel are usually a lot more expensive than steel. Also, do they mean tensile strength or hardness?
Stronger than... a very strong thing?Which very strong thing?
Turquoise Days
06-10-2007, 08:35
Which very strong thing?
The one that is very strong.
No, I don't know where this is going. :p
In all seriousness, 'stronger than steel' is a colloquial term meaning very strong, so there isn't really any need for it to be particularly accurate.
Diamonds are the hardest metal known to man.
If you don't get the reference, gb2bed
The Alma Mater
06-10-2007, 09:10
Stronger than a chunk of neutronium ?
Diamonds aren't metal, dolt.:headbang:
http://will.incorrige.us/facepalm/picard.jpeg
chevies are only "like a rock" so we can't use them.
fords are only "built ford tough" so without knowing what "ford tough" is we can't use that either....
hmmmm......no idea........Kevlar?
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
06-10-2007, 13:30
In the name of confusing as many people as possible, let's start saying "Stronger than Bill Kazmaier."
What do you mean, "Bill who?" He won the World's Strongest Man competition three times in a row, until they asked him to quit coming.
HC Eredivisie
06-10-2007, 13:46
The one that is very strong.
No, I don't know where this is going. :p.I do, but it's probably not PG13.:p
Icelove The Carnal
06-10-2007, 14:33
Mmm... as strong as Chuck Norris? :)
Nefundland
06-10-2007, 15:59
Mmm... as strong as Chuck Norris? :)
Herasey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!1!1
head asplode.
King Arthur the Great
06-10-2007, 17:18
Mmm... as strong as Chuck Norris? :)
Impossible. You could, however, rate it at millionths of the power of Chuck.
I believe high grade steel is rated at 100/1,000,000. So, something twice as strong as steel would be rated at 200/1,000,000.
Stronger than a chunk of neutronium ?
Neutronium can't exist outside a very intense gravitational field. It'd explode.
Katganistan
06-10-2007, 20:27
Stronger than yo momma's BO.
Dinaverg
06-10-2007, 20:33
Neutronium can't exist outside a very intense gravitational field. It'd explode.
Yes, but how -strongly- would it explode?
Johnny B Goode
06-10-2007, 21:21
Stronger than yo momma's BO.
Wow, I'm back in 1999, and everybody's making crappy jokes.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
06-10-2007, 21:36
Wow, I'm back in 1999, and everybody's making crappy jokes.
In all fairness to Kat, someone else mentioned Chuck Norris first, so the thread had already taken a nosedive into the sewer of tired unfunniness.
Diamonds are the hardest metal known to man.
If you don't get the reference, gb2bed
http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/8/79956/large/dragonforce.jpg
HARDEST METAL KNOWN TO MAN
[NS]Blueblood
06-10-2007, 23:01
How about Curiously strong. Like Altoids.
Johnny B Goode
07-10-2007, 00:04
In all fairness to Kat, someone else mentioned Chuck Norris first, so the thread had already taken a nosedive into the sewer of tired unfunniness.
Good point.