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"The chances (odds) of one proton hitting another in such tight conditions... are almost as bad as having to win a lottery three times in a row."
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This will do wonders for my productivity.
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Ah, the innumeracy of Harvard-educated pundits...
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"[A]pparently Rush Limbaugh has been saying that Barack Obama's father was actually an Arab from "an Arab part of Africa". Look, why bother with real places at all, if you're comfortable saying this sort of thing in public with millions of people listening? Just say that Obama's father was a Calormene from Tashbaan and his mother was a Ferengi who ran a bar for Denebian slime devils."
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An extremely detailed description of the sensation of weight and weightlessness, complete with computer-generated models.
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