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Yo_Mama

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7. Great point

Reply to madokie (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:51 AM

Apr 2013

This is how science and engineering work together - the more possibilities you find, the more eventual practical solutions you will develop. It's relatively rare to have "one-step" breakthroughs.

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