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Michelle Steiner

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:28 am
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Warren Oates

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:33 pm
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Michelle Steiner wrote:

> Protons: $1.00
> Electrons: $0.10
> Neutrons: No charge

People constantly ignore photons. They're always on sale too.

If you were anyone else I'd say

Planck!
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Michelle Steiner

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:54 pm
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:09 pm
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On 2008-02-23 18:28:37 +0000, Michelle Steiner said:

> Protons: $1.00
> Electrons: $0.10
> Neutrons: No charge

Surely that should be electrons -$1.00 :o)
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Mike Rosenberg

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:37 pm
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Warren Oates wrote:

> In article ,
> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>
> > Protons: $1.00
> > Electrons: $0.10
> > Neutrons: No charge
>
> People constantly ignore photons. They're always on sale too.

Very illuminating! Now, why isn't this in the thread it's relevant to?

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Tim McNamara

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:02 pm
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In article ,
Warren Oates wrote:

> In article ,
> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>
> > Protons: $1.00
> > Electrons: $0.10
> > Neutrons: No charge
>
> People constantly ignore photons. They're always on sale too.

I see what you mean but you have to admit that they're kinda quarky.

> If you were anyone else I'd say
>
> Planck!

We've really maxed out the humor in this thread.
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:23 pm
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In article ,
Michelle Steiner wrote:

> Protons: $1.00
> Electrons: $0.10
> Neutrons: No charge

You can save money by buying quarks and assembling the protons
yourself...

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:03 pm
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tacit wrote:

> You can save money by buying quarks and assembling the protons
> yourself...

I was going to ask if it's truly worth it when you factor in the time,
but then I realized that's relative.

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:58 pm
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In article ,
tacit wrote:
>In article ,
> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>
>> Protons: $1.00
>> Electrons: $0.10
>> Neutrons: No charge
>
>You can save money by buying quarks and assembling the protons
>yourself...

I've got a business plan involving taking the neutrons, letting them
decay, and selling the electron and proton at a discount. Know anyone
who wants a bunch of neutrinos, cheap?

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Tim McNamara

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:46 pm
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mikePOST.RemoveThis@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> tacit wrote:
>
> > You can save money by buying quarks and assembling the protons
> > yourself...
>
> I was going to ask if it's truly worth it when you factor in the
> time, but then I realized that's relative.


The gravity with which this newsgroup approaches topics is really
special.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:56 am
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tacit wrote:
> In article ,
> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>
>> Protons: $1.00
>> Electrons: $0.10
>> Neutrons: No charge
>
> You can save money by buying quarks and assembling the protons
> yourself...
>

That would be an up and down business at best.

Andy
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Michelle Steiner

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:56 am
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Harry Lockwood

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:15 pm
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In article ,
tacit wrote:

> In article ,
> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>
> > Protons: $1.00
> > Electrons: $0.10
> > Neutrons: No charge
>
> You can save money by buying quarks and assembling the protons
> yourself...

Yeah, but you'd have to gluon some neutrinos.

HFL

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nospamatall

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(Msg. 14) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:50 pm
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Harry Lockwood wrote:
> In article ,
> tacit wrote:
>
>> In article ,
>> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>>
>>> Protons: $1.00
>>> Electrons: $0.10
>>> Neutrons: No charge
>> You can save money by buying quarks and assembling the protons
>> yourself...
>
> Yeah, but you'd have to gluon some neutrinos.
>
> HFL
>
That would look strange.

there aren't any more left are there?
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:50 pm
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