Talk:Upsidaisium (version 2)

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The result of the debate was move. —Nightst a llion (?) 09:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Move request

Correct spelling of the name (per several online articles/Rocky & Bullwinkle episode listings consulted [1]) seems to be "upsidaisium." Anthony Dean 05:00, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The article currently says

Manufacturing an aerogel filled with helium rather than air would create a lighter-than-air solid, but the helium would almost immediate leach out and the fun would be short-lived.

Wouldn't letting the helium leak out make it even lighter? The problem is keeping the air from leaking in, right? --DavidCary 08:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Negative mass vs lighter-than-air

The article confuses:

"negatively affected with gravity" (meaning an object with negative mass)
lighter than air (meaning an object with positive mass, but less dense than air)

In both cases, the said object would "fall upwards" from the surface of the Earth, but for substantially different reasons. GregorB 22:00, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

History (details from storyline)

From Bullwinkle Studios DVD: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends™
First run: Rocky and His Friends (ABC) / Season 2 (1960-1961) Upsidaisium in 36 episodes (03:30 segments)

Upsidaisium was featured in a 36 episode storyline. The term's first use is by Captain Peter "Wrongway" Peachfuzz in episode 9.
Upsidaisium was discovered on the slopes of Mount Flatten by a "grizzled old prospector, Henry" from 'Buzzard's Craw', who filed a claim. He described it as an anti-gravity metal; and "...the stuff falls UP.". [ep.14]
Chief Assayer Dr. Sebastian Flegal held a press conference declaring "Scientists call it phosphoric-butyl-ecet-[something]-axiom-disulphide."^[2] -- [ep.14, 02:19]
Henry's claim was denied because Mt. Flatten was already owned by Dewlap D. Moose, Bullwinkle J. Moose's uncle, "twice removed" (for vagrancy and loitering).
Bullwinkle inherited the deed to his late uncle's Upsidaisium mine, located on Mt. Flatten; which is described as a 'lost mountain'.
Before Bullwinkle and his pal Rocket J. "Rocky" Squirrel can find the lost mountain and claim the mine, nefarious nemeses spies from Pottsylvania, notorious reprobate Boris Badenov and his loyal sidekick Natasha Fatale, use various fiendish plans under the spurious direction of Fearless Leader^[4] in an attempt to 'jump the claim' and use Upsidaisium in their villainous plot for world domination^[5].
Mt. Flatten was eventually found to be "hovering miles above their heads" and was "an enormous, regulation size, official, mountain peak." -- The world's only floating mountain. [ep.17]
Because Upsidaisium is "vital to our defense"^[1], Bullwinkle and Rocky fly Mt. Flatten to Washington; their every move thwarted by Boris and Natasha, dubiously disguised as miners Mojave Max and Death Valley Dotty (with the aid of a rare autographed book)^[3].

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1. Peachfuzz, Capt. Peter "Wrongway"; head of 'Government Intelligence System' (G.2); Upsidaisium:Ep.9
2. Flegal, Dr. Sebastian; Chief Assayer. Upsidaisium:Ep.14
3. The Fireside Crook Book; by Uncle Vanya (collected recipes for robbers, or rogues recipes)
4. Later replaced by the sinister mastermind: 'Mr. Big'.
5. Or solve Pottsylvania's parking problem.

>>> HELP! Having trouble presenting the above, (trying to use template or inline citations). ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 09:40, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's "phosphoric-butyl-isohedron of axiom-disulphide" as best I can hear 3AlarmLampscooter (talk) 03:50, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]