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Oldest-Known Terrestrial Rocks Unearthed

Posted by timothy on from the what-are-canadian-rocks-worth dept.

wdavies writes "There are various news reports (see this Google search) Oldest Rocks University Quebec that are reporting the discovery of the oldest sedimentary rocks ever found. There are older rocks, but they are extra-terrestrial, and apparently these Earth-local rocks will give a lot more information about the early stages of life on our planet. IANAG so I can't judge any more, but seems significant"

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  1. Obligatory by TwistedKestrel · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wow! That totally rocks!

  2. I'm confused by darthBear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why exactly is this in developers?
    Please don't tell me this is considered an early beta of rock or something.

    1. Re:I'm confused by the_other_one · · Score: 4, Funny

      They found some fossilized developer manuals, hair dresser equipment, and a telephone sanitizer license.

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      134340: I am not a number. I am a free planet!
    2. Re:I'm confused by larry+bagina · · Score: 2, Funny

      i don't know, but i think this is an Open Source success. After all, many eyes make all rocks unearthed. If this had been an MS rock, it would have remained buried for who know how long!

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      Do you even lift?

      These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

    3. Re:I'm confused by TheDauthi · · Score: 3, Funny

      Analysis 1: The rocks give amazing insights about the early phases of life on this planet. Most developers hate lawyers, and thus need to get as much information about them as possible.

      Analysis 2: The submitter and editor were making a subtle comment toward how God was the first developer.

      Analysis 3: The rocks are thought to be extra-terrestial in origin. Just like most developers.

      Analysis 4: The editor that placed it is stoned, no pun intended. If they are smoking up, that would also explain the duplicates, the other mismatched columns, and perhaps even CmdrTaco's 3 hour hiatus between typing up the note on Mozilla and hitting the save button.

  3. Slashdot Editors on Crack again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In an effort to avoid duplications, now stories are being out into random categories.

    Er, editors try "Science".

  4. It's not a rock... by stubear · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...it's Strom Thurmond's head.