[QUOTE=xilman;303963]"Quarks are the elementary particles from which all other particles, including protons, neutrons and electrons, are made."

Really?[/QUOTE]The same guy as that Jupiter thing. He should have looked more before he lepton it.

[QUOTE=only_human;303964]He should have looked more before he lepton it.[/QUOTE]

:doh!:

:ignore:

:orly emu:

[QUOTE=Dubslow;303968] doh!, ignore, orly emu[/QUOTE] That seems like a lot for my weak pun. My pun was poking at the LA Times science article curator and not Paul, just to be clear.

[QUOTE=only_human;303972]That seems like a lot for my weak pun. My pun was poking at the LA Times science article curator and not Paul, just to be clear.[/QUOTE]

I know, it was just so [i]bad[/i]. :razz: (We don't have a face-palm smiley.)

[url]http://i.imgur.com/aSG3k.png[/url]

This really deserves to be read [i]all[/i] the way to the bottom.

From my favorite magazine:

[URL="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/132523"]How the 50 States got their names[/URL]

And another interesting article:

[URL="http://www.livescience.com/21427-fullerene-buckyball-growth-explained-nsf-bts.html"]How Buckyballs grow[/URL]

[QUOTE=rogue;304397]From my favorite magazine:

[URL="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/132523"]How the 50 States got their names[/URL][/QUOTE]

An "Also of Interest" link from that article:

[URL="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/113640"]When Did Americans Lost Their British Accents?[/URL]

It seems that modern day American is actually closer to 1700s English than modern British. :smile:

Oh David...my old man came to KS from Ros a' Mhil...I come by my stubbornness honestly :)

[QUOTE=rogue;304397]From my favorite magazine:

[URL="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/132523"]How the 50 States got their names[/URL][/QUOTE]One of my ancestors was involved in the naming of one of the states.

And you thought 4G was fast....
 

[url]http://en.webfail.net/image/a-single-sperm-win-picture.html[/url]

Yes but think for a second about the %packet loss!

[SPOILER]Only one packet gets delivered! [U]Even if[/U] it gets delivered!
13257709 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.273/0.371/0.543/0.122 ms
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