Author: Maryetta Campbell Date: 2010-08-26 10:42 -600 To: fractint Subject: Re: [Fractint] FOTD 26-08-10 (Second-Hand Seahorse [8]) david wrote:

Jim Muth wrote:

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Until then, take care, and where does dark energy come from? (Most likely it's simply negative energy!)

Politicians and lawyers.

Definitely the predominate sources!!! Though a good percentage probably also comes from various other bureaucrats, and of course salesmen.

Now the source has been identified I wonder about its composition. As it is both pervasive and inert I suggest the following. "Scientists in the UK have discovered the heaviest element known to science. This startling new discovery has been tentatively named Bureaucratium (Bm). The new element has no protons or electrons, thus having an atomic number of O. It does, however, have 1 neutron, 125 assistant neutrons, 75 vice-neutrons and 111 assistant vice-neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by a force called morons, and are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since it has no electrons, Bureaucratium is inert. However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Bureaucratium causes a reaction to take more than four days to complete when it would normally take less than an hour. Bureaucratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years; it does not decay but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons, vice-neutrons, and assistant vice-neutrons exchange places. In fact a Bureaucratium sample's mass will actually increase over time, since with each reorganisation some of the morons inevitably become neutrons, forming new isotopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to speculate that Bureaucratium is spontaneously formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as the “Critical Morass”." Roger Alexander