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Evidence of strange quark matter striking Earth?

Posted by Hemos on 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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  1. And then by Konster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. It's not like I didn't read this story the first *two* times that slashdot posted it. I think I'll go for THREE. This was posted a week ago? Ugh. Please be a little more careful with the news postings.

  2. Familiar by Sandman1971 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hmm, oh yeah, I know why it seems familiar!

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/195207 &mode=thread&tid=99 (posted Friday November 22, @04:58PM)

    Maybe Slashdot 'editors' should be required to use the Slashdot search before submitting articles?

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  3. Way to go Hemos! by Froze · · Score: 3, Funny

    Two dupes within a half hour of each other. Your last excuse was you hadn't had your coffee. I suggest you move to something a bit stronger ;-)

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  4. Wow by Catskul · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow. It's not like I didn't read this post the first time someone posted it. Maybe someonw will go for THREE.

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  5. In real news... by MarkusQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. 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

  6. Re:Doubtful [OT] by Catskul · · Score: 4, Informative
    Actually he correctly used it. His wording was just weird.

    More clearly what he said was:
    If you want to accept a theory, you must first eliminate the possiblilty that all simpler possible explanations are correct. If you dont eliminate all simpler explanations then by Occams Razor, one of those simpler explanations is the correct explanation

    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.
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