Energy Dampening vs Borg

[Mikey]

"Latinum" and "gold-pressed latinum" seem to be frequently used interchangeably. The fact of latinum's liquid state suggests that this is merely verbal shorthand rather than a literal statement.

Agreed. The short form is a common vernacular practice, and the seeming relative valuelessness of the gold itself seems to indicate this as well.

[Sionnach Glic]

Aye, seems so.

[Mark]

I can accept that

[Teaos]

So in responce to the original question, making a statue out of it would be rather hard.

[Sionnach Glic]

Aye.

[Mikey]

Unless it's a gold-pressed statue.

[Sionnach Glic]

Yeah, but isn't gold pretty soft for a metal? That would mean that hitting it hard enough could cause the latinum to liquidise again.

[Captain Seafort]

Possibly, but the solution would be to simply cast the statue rather than trying to work it.

[Mikey]

Couldn't we just make a statue out of bronze, or stone, or soemthing?

[Sionnach Glic]

That would be smarter, yes.

[Teaos]

And thus will never happen.

[stitch626]

and the seeming relative valuelessness of the gold

Wait a minute... in The Last Outpost, the Ferengi wanted the combadges because they were gold. Doesn't that contradict the later attitude Quark takes of gold being worthless?

[Teaos]

Did he actually want it because it was gold? I just thought he was pointing out the fact that it is rather bling to cover yourself with it.

[stitch626]

Hmm, can't remember the specifics, I'd have to watch the ep. But you might be right.

[Captain Seafort]

Did he actually want it because it was gold? I just thought he was pointing out the fact that it is rather bling to cover yourself with it.

He was, but the reason he was complaining was because gold was a rare (and therefore valuable) metal.