Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Don't look at me - I don't even know how an ordinary transistor works! 

Ah. I'd explain, but it would take lots of pictures. Maybe another time. 
:-)

(Thinking on it, I feel silly saying "it would take too many pictures" 
in a pov-ray newsgroup. :-)

>> Check your periodic table of the elements.
> 
> ....because all the properties of the elements are determined solely by 
> their position in the table?

Many of em. Certainly in this case.  Semiconductors have four valence 
electrons in an outer shell that needs 8.

> Remind me, why are the only two liquids at positions 35 and 80?

"Probably something to do with quantum."

There's liquids all over the periodic table. Just not at *your* 
temperature. :-)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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