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Evidence of strange quark matter striking Earth?
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Hemos
on Mon Nov 25, '02 08:26 AM
from the it's-going-deeper-in-the-ground dept.
from the it's-going-deeper-in-the-ground dept.
sifi writes "A group of researchers have identified two seismic events that they think provide the first evidence of a previously undetected form of matter passing through the Earth. The BBC has the full story [bbc.co.uk].
The so-called strange quark matter is so dense that a piece the size of a human cell would weigh a tonne.
I kind of like the idea that the whole Earth can be used as a sort of 'particle detector' - I just hope that I'm not in the way when another one passes through!"
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three-peat
(Score:1, Redundant)(Last Journal: Monday August 20, @12:05AM)
And then
(Score:5, Funny)Wow
(Score:4, Funny)(http://www.personal.psu.edu/ajs372)
Familiar
(Score:3, Informative)http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/19520
Maybe Slashdot 'editors' should be required to use the Slashdot search before submitting articles?
If last time was a dupe...
(Score:2, Funny)I wonder...
(Score:2, Funny)What kind of human cell would that be, exactly? A large one or a small one? (Well I guess even large human cells are pretty small, right?)
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Why tell a story once if you can tell it twice and still get lame response?
Double and Triple
(Score:1, Interesting)Doubtful
(Score:1)(Last Journal: Monday November 25, @09:22AM)
There are only two events. Is it a coincidence that they were both (based on the article) grazing incidences?
Unfortunately, scientists may not be able to find any more events that suggest the passage of strange quark matter through the Earth. In 1993 the US Geological Survey stopped collecting data from "unassociated events."
Is that a coincidence, or was a new weapon being tested?
Re:Doubtful [OT]
(Score:4, Informative)(http://www.personal.psu.edu/ajs372)
More clearly what he said was:
He's offering that his explanation is simpler and has not been eliminated as possible, so therefor by Occams must be correct.
Earn your title Mathness.
Way to go Hemos!
(Score:3, Funny)(http://butsuri.homelinux.net/)
Wow, I've just lived a Deja-Vu...
(Score:1)(http://www.linuxchile.cl/)
Or is it that it's just ANOTHER dupe story?
lol
Lets do the time warp again!
(Score:2, Funny)It's astounding;
Time is fleeting;
Madness takes its toll.
But listen closely...
Not for very much longer.
I've got to keep control.
I remember doing the time-warp
Drinking those moments when
The Blackness would hit me
And the void would be calling...
Let's do the time-warp again.
One report for the way in, and one for the way out
(Score:2)(http://www.red-belt.org/)
No coffee STILL , Hemos?
(Score:1)(http://hamete.com/)
Some get Hemos some coffee, please!
In real news...
(Score:5, Funny)(Last Journal: Tuesday May 10, @10:41AM)
A group of researchers have identified three postings that they think provide the first evidence of a previously undetected form of morning fog passing through slashdot. Slashdot has the full story [slashdot.org]. The so-called strange quark fog can only be detected indirectly, when it causes duplicate duplicate postings on popular web sites. I kind of like the idea that slashdot can be used as a sort of 'particle detector' - I just hope that I'm not in the way when another one passes through!
-- MarkusQ
Triple-plus danger
(Score:2, Funny)(Last Journal: Thursday February 12, @07:29PM)
Information wants to be in triplicate.
There is strength in crowds.
Third time lucky?
Slashdot: Putting the repeat in "lather, rinse, repeat".
If you do not know what I am taling about:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/