Re: Observing a Photon no Longer a Seek-and-Destroy Mission

From: Tom Potter (tdp_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 06/09/04 

Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:21:10 +0800

"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:40C70FA8.F9DD9940@mchsi.com...
> Tom Potter wrote:
> >
> > "Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>
> > > That's your misconception, Potter. Learn how to read particle
tracks,
> > > measure mass and charge. Standard fare in undergraduate physics
courses.
> >
> > It is interesting to see that Sam Wormley
> > has been conditioned by "undergraduate physics courses"
>
> Of course, I learned a lot of physics in undergraduate physics courses.
> Are you stoopid, Potter?

Surf the net Sam,
and get up to date on what's been happening
since you took those courses.

Better yet,
learn that real world observations,
takes precedence over what you are taught
in kindergarten, churches, colleges,
or even at home. 

--
Tom Potter     http://home.earthlink.net/~tdp

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