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OriginalGriff wrote:

Never trust atoms

With what?

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Mark_Wallace

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

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Lost User

OriginalGriff wrote:

Never trust atoms

I'll keep my ion them.

Agent__007

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

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Agent__007

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

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Lost User

Quarks are sub-atomic particles ;P

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Agent__007

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

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Lost User

"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. :)

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Agent__007

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. :)

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Lost User

Agent__007 wrote:

Didn't someone say "pedantic"?

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

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Agent__007

:laugh: :thumbsup:

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