From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Thu Dec 13 13:16:01 2007
From: "Pablo Echenique echenique.p_-_gmail.com" <owner-chemistry]=[server.ccl.net>
To: CCL
Subject: CCL: origin of ab initio
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Sent to CCL by: "Pablo Echenique" [echenique.p-#-gmail.com]
Oh, man, I cannot believe this.
It is the second time.

I could not have guessed that irony was so heterogenously distributed.

Beware CCLers! Everything you say has high chances of being
interpreted literally.

:)


On Dec 13, 2007 1:08 PM, Demetrios Xenides Demetrios.Xenides%%uop.gr
<owner-chemistry(!)ccl.net> wrote:
>
> Sent to CCL by: Demetrios Xenides [Demetrios.Xenides:_:uop.gr]
> If this comment (..."nano" is a greek prefix that means "a lot of money
> > from Washington") is a joke then do no read the following. In case ther=
e
> are people saying without being jocking, here is the correcting meaning
> of "nano" from International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek /nanos/=3D
> dwarf. On the other hand it might be true that with nano-* you might
> have more chances to get funding for your research, thus the reason for
> the (mis)use of the word.
>
> All the best,
> Demetrios
>
> Etymology:
>     International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek /nanos/ dwarf
>
>
> Giuseppina Gini gini!A!elet.polimi.it wrote:
> > good!
> > there are a lot of possible meanings for expressions in foreign
> > languages. For instance some people says that  "nano" is a greek
> > prefix that means "a lot of money from Washington"
> >
> > regards
> >
> >
> >
> >> Actually, Lou Allinger of Molecular Mechanics fame claims that "ab
> >> initio"
> >> is a Latin term that means "very expensive."
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> John McKelvey
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 12, 2007 4:30 AM, Christoph Etzlstorfer christoph.etzlstorfer
> >> . jku.at <http://jku.at> <owner-chemistry]![ccl.net
> >> <mailto:owner-chemistry%5D%21%5Bccl.net>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     There is a story about that in Michael J.S. Dewars biography "A
> >>     semiempirical life", American Chemical Society, 1992, p. 129.
> >>
> >>
> >>     Best regards
> >>
> >>
> >>     Christoph
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     Am 11.12.2007 um 03:13 schrieb Tommy Ohyun Kwon ohyun.kwon _
> >>     chemistry.gatech.edu <http://chemistry.gatech.edu>:
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>         Sent to CCL by: Tommy Ohyun Kwon [ohyun.kwon .
> >>         chemistry.gatech.edu <http://chemistry.gatech.edu>]
> >>
> >>         Dear CCLers;
> >>
> >>         I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me who used the
> >>         term of "ab initio
> >>
> >>         calculations" first.
> >>
> >>         Thank you very much for your kind attention.
> >>
> >>
> >>         Best wishes,
> >>
> >>
> >>         Tommy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>         --
> >>
> >>         Tommy Ohyun Kwon, Ph.D
> >>
> >>         School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
> >>
> >>         Georgia Institute of Technology
> >>
> >>         Atlanta Georgia, 30332
> >>
> >>         Email: ohyun.kwon]*[chemistry.gatech.edu
> >>         <http://chemistry.gatech.edu>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>         the strange characters on the top line to the ,+, sign. You
> >>         can also
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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/jobs>
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>     ####################################################
> >>
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> >>     <http://www.etzlstorfer.com>
> >>
> >>     ***********************************************************
> >>
> >>     Dr. Christoph Etzlstorfer       Phone:  *43-732-2468-8750
> >>
> >>     Universitaet Linz              Fax:    *43-732-2468-8747
> >>
> >>     A-4040 Linz               E-mail: christoph.etzlstorfer,+,jku.at
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> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > - - - -
> > *Giuseppina C. Gini
> > *    DEI, Politecnico di Milano
> >     piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 MILANO
> > *fax:*   (+39) 02-2399.3411
> > *phone:* (+39) 02-2399.3626
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> > *page:*  http://www.dei.polimi.it/people/gini
> >
>
>
>
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