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/dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A Germanacronym for stupidest imaginable user. From theengineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall(worst foreseeable accident), especially of a LNG tank farmplant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. Inpopular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-casenuclear accidents such as a core meltdown.See cretin, loser and weasel.
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.