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Volcanic Activity May Split Africa In Two

Posted by samzenpus on from the spit-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes 'Volcanic activity may split the African continent in two, creating a new ocean, say experts. This is due to a recent geological crack which has appeared in northeastern Ethiopia.'

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  1. So now it's four pieces? by MrMr · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/03/0313242

    1. Re:So now it's four pieces? by lena_10326 · · Score: 4, Insightful
      3 pieces. Break a cookie in half 2 times.
      • Break #1: 1 = 0.5 + 0.5
      • Break #2: 1 = 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.25

      3 pieces. Not 4. You would need 3 breaks to get 4 pieces.

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    2. Re:So now it's four pieces? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You guys need to get out more.

    3. Re:So now it's four pieces? by lena_10326 · · Score: 4, Funny

      There are no half-cookies. There are only cookies. Some are small; some are big. It's like saying there are half rocks. Divide a rock in half, u get 2 rocks. Not 2 half rocks. This is because a cookie has no anatomy as you and I would know it. It is symmetrical and the independent of scale. It applies down to a cookie of size 2 molecules. A 1 molecule cookie cannot be divided, because dividing molecule yields entirely different substances.

      If I had said an "apple", that would have been different. Half apples do indeed exist.

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    4. Re:So now it's four pieces? by imakemusic · · Score: 5, Funny

      Isn't a cookie of size 2 molecules technically known as a Crumb?

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    5. Re:So now it's four pieces? by chronosan · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You can, however, have half an Oreo Cookie.

    6. Re:So now it's four pieces? by Trails · · Score: 4, Funny

      I cordially invite you to come to my house and explain to my kids that half a cookie is in fact a cookie. Good luck. If you're successful, I'll even pay for your airfare.

  2. In other news by Enleth · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article duping activity would be enough to split Slashdot in two, creating a new site that could actualy cover the same events at almost the same time with little additional work, says any attentive reader.

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  3. I must be playing too much WoW by theurge14 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I must be playing too much WoW because now I'm starting to believe the upcoming expansion Cataclysm is a real even that will take place in Africa.

  4. Next they'll tell us Pangea's unstable. by gafisher · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where's the United Nations when we need them?

  5. North America by QuoteMstr · · Score: 4, Informative

    What's not very well-known is that the same thing happened to North America, almost splitting the continent in two. Lake Superior lies in the depression left by the failed North American rift.

  6. I dunno, it's kinda refreshing to see a dupe by thomasdz · · Score: 4, Funny

    A couple of years ago, Slashdot was doing LOTS of duplicate articles and that has been cleaned up tremedously. It's kinda nice to see a dupe now and then to remind me of those heady days of 2007, ahhhh, how I miss them

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  7. Re:Buy land in Etiopia now by juletre · · Score: 4, Funny

    That was smart!
    Find all the +5 funny replies from yesterday and repost them!

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