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From: Knobdoodle on 5 Apr 2010 05:55 "Peter" <someone(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message news:Xns9D51584826131someonemicrosoftcom(a)69.16.185.247... >I found this video interesting and thought a lot of the lingo would attract > you lot... :-) > > http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e00_1270407720 > "Large Hadron" was the Robbie Coltraine character in Harry Potter wasn't he? He'd be something you wouldn't wanna' collide with! -- Clem (http://xkcd.com/621/)
From: JohnO on 5 Apr 2010 06:14 On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:19:57 GMT, "George W Frost" <georgewfrost(a)gmail.com> wrote: >That is fine Kev that all these discoveries have been made, but, I fail to >see where it is going to benefit the population to know how the "Big Bang " >happened and what they can do with the information, if ever they get it. >I can understand electronic and mechanical inventions, but again, I fail to >see the advantage of finding out what or how something happened several >million years ago. Try billion mate :) >Even then, can you be sure that their findings will actually the truth of >what happened and not something dreamed up in their heads? >With electronic or mechanical inventions or ideas, the idea and the >invention are there in place at the time of invention and there is proof of >their findings. >As I said, it is only jobs for the boys who come out with scientific >gobbledegook, which no-one but themselves can interpret > JohnO Beer?
From: theo on 5 Apr 2010 06:49 On Apr 5, 3:19 pm, "George W Frost" <georgewfr...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > That is fine Kev that all these discoveries have been made, but, I fail to > see where it is going to benefit the population to know how the "Big Bang " > happened and what they can do with the information, if ever they get it. > I can understand electronic and mechanical inventions, but again, I fail to > see the advantage of finding out what or how something happened several > million years ago. > Even then, can you be sure that their findings will actually the truth of > what happened and not something dreamed up in their heads? > With electronic or mechanical inventions or ideas, the idea and the > invention are there in place at the time of invention and there is proof of > their findings. > As I said, it is only jobs for the boys who come out with scientific > gobbledegook, which no-one but themselves can interpret George, if you always do what you always did, nothing new will ever be invented. It's amazing the stuff that is found whilst trying to find a solution for a problem. The company I used to work for got a Gov't grant to work on a glass that would turn black instantly if exposed to a nuclear blast. It was to be used for B52 windscreens. Unfortunately they failed, the glass darkened too slowly, and a large percentage of people wearing glasses are happy to pay for the technology that darkens their glasses when they go out into the sunshine. Some-one else eventually solved the B52 windscreen problem. The world's most-used glue was invented by 3M, a glue that sticks so poorly that millions of people buy stick-its every day. But hey, wasn't all that research just silly? So do you think there was any point in going to the moon George? Theo
From: Marty H on 5 Apr 2010 06:59 On Apr 5, 8:49 pm, theo <theodo...(a)bigpond.com.au> wrote: > > So do you think there was any point in going to the moon George? of course there was.. we now have Tang! mh (oh and bar codes)
From: Bill_h on 5 Apr 2010 07:55
On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:44:07 +0930, JohnO wrote: > On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:19:57 GMT, "George W Frost" > <georgewfrost(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>That is fine Kev that all these discoveries have been made, but, I fail >>to see where it is going to benefit the population to know how the "Big >>Bang " happened and what they can do with the information, if ever they >>get it. I can understand electronic and mechanical inventions, but >>again, I fail to see the advantage of finding out what or how something >>happened several million years ago. > > Try billion mate :) What was it like back then? ... > >>Even then, can you be sure that their findings will actually the truth >>of what happened and not something dreamed up in their heads? With >>electronic or mechanical inventions or ideas, the idea and the invention >>are there in place at the time of invention and there is proof of their >>findings. >>As I said, it is only jobs for the boys who come out with scientific >>gobbledegook, which no-one but themselves can interpret >> >> > JohnO > > Beer? Runs and hides, Bill :) |