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<p>192.69.184.29: Added transcript</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3254<br /> | date = June 3, 2026<br /> | title = Detector<br /> | image = detector_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 740x272px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = No other experiment has a lower false negative rate.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was detected recently. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> [Hairy is standing next to a large machine. The front of the machine has two lights, labeled &quot;detected&quot; and &quot;not detected&quot;. Ponytail and Cueball walk towards the machine]<br /> Ponytail: Over there are our electron microscope, XRF scanner, and mass spectrometer. And this is our most sensitive detector.<br /> Cueball: What does it detect?<br /> Ponytail: Lots of stuff. Gas, dust, particles, light, radio waves, gamma rays, protons, neutrons, electrons, fields, forces, events, potentials, or states.<br /> Cueball: I don't understand. Aren't most of those always present?<br /> Hairy: Yeah, it's been saying &quot;detected&quot; continuously since we turned it on.<br /> Cueball: What happens if it says &quot;not detected&quot;?<br /> Ponytail: Oh gosh.<br /> Hairy: That would be pretty bad, I think.<br /> Title text: No other experiment has a lower false negative rate.</div>

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