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> Jokes aside, doesn't anybody else find it ridiculous that almost 10 
> billion
> dollars is being spent on an experiment that will have absolutely zero
> practical benefit to mankind (even if it's spectacularly successful beyond
> imagination)?

Would you mind if I laugh?
It's slightly comical that somebody who uses internet everyday writes that 
CERN experiments are useless :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet#CERN.2C_the_European_internet.2C_the_link_to_the_Pacific_and_beyond

To get beyond, research about particles physics is far from useless !
All the world of new technologies (even diagnosis and cures for cancer !) 
uses quantum physics so does your computer, your mp3 player, your cellular, 
your DVD player....

Marc

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