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  • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

    And what about the "empty" space between the sub-atomic particles? :rolleyes:


    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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    Lost User
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    That's where programmers dreams (reference[^]) come from :laugh:

    How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      Never trust atoms: they make up everything.

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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      Amarnath S
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      They also cook up molecules.

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Never trust atoms: they make up everything.

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        OriginalGriff wrote:

        Never trust atoms

        With what?

        Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          Never trust atoms: they make up everything.

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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          Mark_Wallace
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          You're making it up! Ipso facto, I rest my case.

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Never trust atoms: they make up everything.

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            OriginalGriff wrote:

            Never trust atoms

            I'll keep my ion them.

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            • L Lost User

              At the risk of being pedantic :laugh: what about sub-atomic particles? Logically atoms can't make them.

              How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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              Agent__007
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              And what about quarks[^] then? Neither atoms nor sub-atomic particles can make them. :laugh:

              You have just been Sharapova'd.

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                Never trust atoms: they make up everything.

                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                Agent__007
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                No, never trust quarks[^]. They make everything up. :laugh:

                You have just been Sharapova'd.

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                  And what about quarks[^] then? Neither atoms nor sub-atomic particles can make them. :laugh:

                  You have just been Sharapova'd.

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                  Quarks are sub-atomic particles ;P

                  How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                    Quarks are sub-atomic particles ;P

                    How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                    Agent__007
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                    Well in a way, but that would be like saying sub-atomic particles are atoms or atoms are molecules, wouldn't it? :laugh:

                    You have just been Sharapova'd.

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                      Well in a way, but that would be like saying sub-atomic particles are atoms or atoms are molecules, wouldn't it? :laugh:

                      You have just been Sharapova'd.

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                      "Particle" is a pretty generic term that describes a small amount of matter. A particle can describe sand, dust, atoms, protons, neutrons, quarks, electrons or anything that makes up something larger. :)

                      How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                        "Particle" is a pretty generic term that describes a small amount of matter. A particle can describe sand, dust, atoms, protons, neutrons, quarks, electrons or anything that makes up something larger. :)

                        How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                        Agent__007
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                        Didn't someone say "pedantic"? :laugh: In my defense, I would say when one says "sub-atomic", the idea generally converges to protons, electrons and neutrons. Of which, protons and neutrons are composed up of quarks. I was simply going after your post that atoms can't make up sub-atomic particles and simply meant quarks make up sub-atomic particles. :)

                        You have just been Sharapova'd.

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                          Didn't someone say "pedantic"? :laugh: In my defense, I would say when one says "sub-atomic", the idea generally converges to protons, electrons and neutrons. Of which, protons and neutrons are composed up of quarks. I was simply going after your post that atoms can't make up sub-atomic particles and simply meant quarks make up sub-atomic particles. :)

                          You have just been Sharapova'd.

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                          Agent__007 wrote:

                          Didn't someone say "pedantic"?

                          Come on, we're software developers - it's part of our job description! :laugh:

                          How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                            Agent__007 wrote:

                            Didn't someone say "pedantic"?

                            Come on, we're software developers - it's part of our job description! :laugh:

                            How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

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                            :laugh: :thumbsup:

                            You have just been Sharapova'd.

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