From: zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk   
      
   Henry Spencer wrote:   
      
   > Geoffrey Landis wrote:   
      
   >> Since the amount of antimatter that has *ever* been confined is a   
   >> number of atoms small enough to be countable, I don't see how Henry has   
   >> any engineering data to suggest that antimatter is not touchy if   
   >> confined properly.   
   >   
   > The statement is necessarily a bit speculative :-), but I think there is   
   > reasonable cause for making it, nevertheless.  Antimatter gives trouble   
   > only when it encounters normal matter.   
      
      
   Sounds pretty "touchy" to me. It goes boom if you touch it. QED.   
      
      
      
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