Talk:Tar (disambiguation)

I think we need a disambiguation--tar as (somewhat old-fashioned) computer program, vs. tar as the substance that bubbles out and forms the La Brea Tar Pits. Either that, or just rename this as "tar (computer program)" and let the substance have the name.

Or "TAR file format" and "Tar" for the substance. but since there's nothing on tar yet... -- Tarquin

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How can it be "a byproduct of petroleum" if it is natural? -- Tarquin 11:44 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

Crude oil deposits and made up of various fractions, ranging from natural gas and solvents, through diesel, petrol, and kerosene, right down to heavy lubricating oils and tars. All of these are natural petroleum products. Prior to the inventon of catalytic cracking processes (I think it was Standard Oil chemists who pioneered that, in the early 20th Century, but that's a very vague memory indeed, so don't trust it), you were stuck with whatever fractions your particular well pumped out of the ground. You sold whatever was marketable, and burned or dumped the rest (typically the very light fractions and the very heavy ones). Once refining came of age, though, it became possible to convert heavier fractions into lighter ones. Tannin

There seems to be some more elaborate explanation in http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terva &mdash; the Finnish page. It seems to concern itself more with the type of wood tar actively used in Finland. It used to be a big export, too, when big wooden ships were about more. Here, it's more of talk about chemicals. Both could use some filling out. Baiting for a Finn here ;)

Tar

Tar is a Turkish folk instrument played with a plectrum (tezene). It is widely used in the kars region. It is also a commonly used instrument in Azerbeijan, ıran, uzbekistan and Georgia.

Its body is composed of two bowls of different size and is generally made from mulberry trees. The göğüs section is covered with a menbrane taken from the heart of water buffaloes or cattle. Sap section is from hard wood and fishline pitches are tied onto it.

There are two main groups of strings on tar. Those in the first group are used in playing the tune and consists of three groups of two strings. The other group of strings are called Kök and Zengi and are tuned according to the mode to be used and enhance the tone.

Thanks
Doesn't 'tar' also mean 'thanks'? DirkvdM 09:08, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ta is the spelling of the short form of thanks. --Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 15:02, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Photo
The photo, for anyone who has been there, depicts a fake mastodon being submerged not in tar but in water; that is the small lake just outside the La Brea Tar Pits Museum in Los Angeles -- though some amount of tar does bubble up from the bottom. So it's doesn't depict what people may think it does. Badagnani 18:16, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

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