Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? 755
mbutala writes "I am getting close to popping the question, and I've been racking my brain for an idea for a cool and unique wedding band. I've been thinking of contacting a company that can (possibly) fabricate a ring from pure Iridium (Ir) or a nearly pure alloy. It is the most corrosion-resistant metal known — it cannot be dissolved in aqua regia like gold or platinum. Iridium is extremely rare on Earth, and the high concentration of it at the K-T boundary in the Earth's crust is what suggests a meteor took out the dinosaurs. I am positive that the symbolism of the permanence of Iridium, the reminder that we are star-stuff, and the fact that the ring would be one-of-a-kind would really strike a chord with my girlfriend. It's a really geeky idea, so I thought I would run it past you all — what do you think? Any other ideas?"
two words: (Score:4, Funny)
Bucky Balls. Nothing says I love you like a ring made out of carcinogenic carbon nano tubes!
Now in less carcinogenic flavours!
Platinum-Iridium (Score:5, Funny)
If it's made out of Platinum-Iridium, you can make a wedding band which weighs exactly one kilogram.
Re:Platinum-Iridium (Score:5, Funny)
That would be *slightly* inconvenient to wear, but think of the size of her left arm after a few months of wearing it?
Re:Platinum-Iridium (Score:5, Funny)
Talk about a ball and chain...
Duh. (Score:5, Funny)
It's all about the Pentiums, baby.
Zircons (Score:3, Funny)
Advice (Score:5, Funny)
They Might Be Giants (Score:2, Funny)
Charmonium (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Platinum-Iridium (Score:5, Funny)
So long as the OP doesn't wear a matching band ... people may get the wrong idea.
Osmium (Score:5, Funny)
That way, your wife can say, "It's very, very dense. Just like my husband."
Don't save your money (Score:3, Funny)
But seriously - A fancy ring is totally worth it.
Mine is Palladium/Platinum split diagonally - looks mostly like silver but if you look closely you can see the brownish tint of palladium on one side. My wife thinks it's a symbol of how close we are (or something like that - I never listen to her anyway).
Irridium is forever....... (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, nothing says eternal love like something that caused one of largest losses of life the Earth has ever seen.
Alaska (Score:5, Funny)
I had a friend years ago who had been married 9 times when we lost track of him. Each time, he would disappear for months at a time to Alaska in order to kill a grizzly bear from whose bones he would hand carve a wedding ring for his wife-to-be. After the 4th bear, it became pretty clear that his marriages were an excuse to go kill go bears. They were all crazy hippy chicks, but none of the wives seemed to find it any less romantic that they were (nth) to have received a hand-carved wedding ring from the bones of a bear killed by the bare hands of their man.
Go north, to Alaska . . . you know what you need to do.
don't rely on ONE thing (Score:3, Funny)
No matter how strong the material is, it changes with time.
You should have understood the redundancy-reliability tradeoff.
Get your redundant array of inexpensive wedding bands now!
Save money (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Platinum-Iridium (Score:1, Funny)
Strange advertising... yet oddly on topic
http://i37.tinypic.com/dyajvr.png
Re:One Ring (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, it's right there in the Silmarillion. What kind of geek are you, anyway?
Re:It's her day so... (Score:5, Funny)
I nominate this as the best advice ever posted on Slashdot.
Every woman dreams of the perfect "fairy princes" wedding. Even the ones that say otherwise have that dream. If you are in any way responsible for that dream not coming true, you will pay for it for the rest of your life. It's nearly impossible to pull off that kind of wedding. Just don't be the fool who screws it up.
My baby sisters wedding was screwed up by the bakery. They completely screwed up her wedding cake order and delivered a lovely green Irish derby cake.
My wedding was in a castle in Europe (Buda Castle, Budapest). The women in my family have yet to forgive me for outdoing them.
I married a geek once ... (Score:5, Funny)
... and she gave me a Token Ring.
Honest.
Re:It's her day so... (Score:5, Funny)
Unlikely. You forget where you are.
I think for a lot of people on Slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
Their wedding bands are going to be made of unobtanium.
Re:Save your money (Score:5, Funny)
"the idea of having a back up ring is pure genius."
No it's not. Every time I tell people I've got problems due to not having a backup they call me an idiot, so it seems it's just common sense.
Re:Guaranteed success (Score:4, Funny)
Please don't mod this funny. It's the sad, sad truth...
MC Hawking & The Black Holes (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Save your money (Score:1, Funny)
"Inability to hit the "S" key due to a missing finger? Not geeky."
The 'S' key is under the pinky...well, if you're a geek, anyway. Inability to hit the 'O' key is more like it.
Which Iridium? (Score:2, Funny)
The possibilities are simply endless.
Re:It's her day so... (Score:5, Funny)
I get resizing offers in my e-mail all the time.
Re:It's her day so... (Score:5, Funny)
SlashDot is up to almost a million for uid. Statistically, there's got to be at least 10 user's that are/were married at some point in their lives. Hell, I'll go out on a limb and say 15.
Re:Save your money (Score:2, Funny)
"hit the "S" key"
You wear your ring on the pinky finger of your right hand!?
Oh, QWERTY... Not geeky.
Re:Industrial nuclear reactors and color centers (Score:1, Funny)
But the real question is, how many heads will your kids have?
Re:Industrial nuclear reactors and color centers (Score:5, Funny)
Easy (Score:3, Funny)
1. Find non-geek.
2. Do what they say.
3. No matter how much you doubt it, do what they say.
4. Step. Away. From. The. Tools.
Unless of course, she's a geek too. Then, show her the plans and don't be hurt when she wants to change them. You can even let her use the tools.
Re:Advice (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe he could buy Hans' wife's old ring. I doubt there's much use for it any more, and it doesn't get much creepier.
There, fixed that for you.
Re:Irridium is forever....... (Score:3, Funny)
Oh wait...
Re:It's her day so... (Score:5, Funny)
The ring could always be upgraded with an additional core, a co-ring or a front-end ring to give the extra capacity required. Alternatively, they could run a copy of the ring on a virtual finger.
One final possibility is to switch the larger unit for a thinner client.
Re:Osmium (Score:2, Funny)
If it's made of gold then she can say "It desolves in aqua regia. Just like my husband."
Re:It's her day so... (Score:5, Funny)
There you are! That was a helluva night.. shame we never saw each other since. :(
Re:Save your money (Score:5, Funny)
>... My ring ran something like $99, so I can afford to have a backup living in my filing cabinet in case...
Did you see that people? /. IDs under 1000 have even backups for their wedding rings.
People with
Re:It's her day so... (Score:5, Funny)
Optimist.
Re:It's her day so... (Score:2, Funny)
there are no women on internetz so you are lying!
Re:It's her day so... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:It's her day so... (Score:2, Funny)
Uhh...., but doesn't that deny jewellers, caterers, florists, hoteliers etc.. their opportunity to bless the wedding? If they aren't given their opportunity to transmute the soon-to-be-newlyweds' cash into future happiness, how will the marriage succeed?
Re:It's her day so... (Score:5, Funny)
Also, keep in mind that fingers do get larger during the normal course of life, so you will need to resize it anyway at some point in the future.
Why resize the engagement ring? In marriage there are three rings:
Engagement Ring
Wedding Ring
Suffering
Re:two words: (Score:1, Funny)
... or a slow decay for the rest of time.
Yes! (Score:1, Funny)
You had me at Iridium.... *sob* You had me at Iridium!
Re:Save your money (Score:2, Funny)
> Most ring-related injuries are a result of the ring bending into the finger.
You ould liten to hat thi guy ha ti ay it' really important!
Re:Industrial nuclear reactors and color centers (Score:5, Funny)
It also deters Superman from flying off with your wife
Re:Look at the "wedding" section in the magazines (Score:1, Funny)
Oh no, she's so much more than your average girl. She's at least three of them!
Re:Alaska (Score:1, Funny)
I'm guessing you lost track of your friend courtesy of bear #10.
Re:It's her day so... (Score:3, Funny)
Or keep the ring for yourself and just give her a token ring.