And lo on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:36:11 +0100, somebody <x### [at] ycom> did spake,  
saying:

> 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)?

[pops into time machine and heads back to 1968]

Jokes aside, doesn't anybody else find it ridiculous that almost 1 billion  
dollars is being spent on an contest of one-upmanship that will have  
absolutely zero practical benefit to mankind (even if it's spectacularly  
successful beyond imagination)?

[returns]

Oo sat-nav

[heads back to 1980]

Jokes aside, doesn't anybody else find it ridiculous that all this time  
and money is being spent to connect up companies and universities when we  
already have the telephone, fax, and postal service in place; this will  
have absolutely zero practical benefit to mankind (even if it's  
spectacularly successful beyond imagination)?

[returns]

Um hello.

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Phil Cook

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