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From: somebody
Date: 25 Sep 2008 12:45:43
Message: <48dbc037@news.povray.org>
"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
news:48dbafbb@news.povray.org...
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:21:18 -0600, somebody wrote:

> > * I challenge anyone to provide a single practical application that the
> > discovery of the top quark (mass) has enabled.

> > * I challenge anyone to provide a single practical application that the
> > discovery of the top quark (mass) may one day enable. Top quark was
> > discovered more than a decade ago at Fermilab, an older generation
> > collider than LHC.

> Straw man argument.  Assuming that there isn't one *yet* doesn't mean
> there will never be one.  Sometimes it takes years for discoveries like
> this to find their way into practical application.

Do you really believe top quark will ever have a practical application in
the next, say, 100 years?


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