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The Home Parallel Universe Test
Sam Sachdev writes "David Deutsch, a physcicist at Oxford, has designed a home test for parallel universes. Using a pin, a red laser pointer, a piece of paper, and a relatively dark room, he claims that the results from this experiment confirm the existence of parallel universes." Okay, so it may not really be proof of parallel universes, but it's a fun trick to try with a laser pointer nonetheless.
If this test was done by an overclocker, you wouldn't have any stinkin' batteries - you'd have a flux capacitor powering it.
These guys are amateurs.
Neither do you.
Quoth (of Poe fame) is a verb meaning "to say" or indicating some other verbal utterance.
Because the article is not capable of speech it is improper to use the word "Quoth" in reference to it.
Further, the author's use of a subordinate clause, while not necessarily the best structure for the sentence, is not objectionable on grammatical grounds. In other words, the sentence is syntactically correct though stylistically flawed.
Don't be a grammar Nazi unless you have an adequate grasp of English grammar.
Killfile(TGK)
No trees were killed in the creation of this post. However, many electrons were inconvenienced.
Perhaps you could diagram this sentence for us:
If, for instance, two of the holes are covered by anything opaque, the five slit shadow reappears, but it, the red laser light, can penetrate anything and behaves as light does, that allows light to pass.
The parent may not have selected the best example of poor subordinate clause construction, but the article does indeed butcher the English language, and commas are indeed overused.
Evil is the money of root.