HMS Beagle (Possibly) Found

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Posted by Hemos on Monday February 16, 2004 @04:08AM from the a-three-hour-tour dept.

With the Beagle 2 lander lost on Mars, good Beagle-related news has been lacking, until now. British paper The Observer is reporting that the original HMS Beagle, the ship Darwin travelled on during his famous voyage, may have been found. Marine archeologists believe they have found the ship, which has been resting at the bottom of some Essex marshes for the last century.

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1 down, 1 to go. by lostchicken · 2004-02-16 04:09 · Score: 5, Funny

Now we just need to find the other Beagle. Wouldn't it be great if we found that one at the bottom of some ocean?

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1. Re:1 down, 1 to go. by BCSEiny · 2004-02-16 04:12 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  When I read this I thought someone found snoopy.
2. Re:1 down, 1 to go. by MikeDX · 2004-02-16 05:03 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  When I first read this I was still in monday morning mode and thought it meant that the Beagle2 mars ship was found at the bottom of some ocean and then I started to think about some weirdo time travel thing that had gone on. Alas it was just some boring old Darwin thing on some journey nobody cared about ;)
9 out of 10 readers' reactions by J.+Jacques · 2004-02-16 04:10 · Score: 5, Funny

"Hooray! Oh. Wait. Crap."

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1. Re:9 out of 10 readers' reactions by benlinkknilneb · 2004-02-16 04:13 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  The last reader's reaction?
  
  "We lost it?"
  
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Other famous Beagles in the news by joshua404 · 2004-02-16 04:11 · Score: 5, Funny

Snoopy was found dead in a Vegas hotel room, at the bottom of the tub. CSI Gil Grissom suspects foul play as several small, yellow feathers were found at the scene.
1. Re:Other famous Beagles in the news by s.d. · 2004-02-16 04:46 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  CSI Gil Grissom suspects foul play as several small, yellow feathers were found at the scene.
  
  You meant fowl play, right?
134 years to find by TasosF · 2004-02-16 04:11 · Score: 5, Funny

...and it was on this planet.

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1. Re:134 years to find by Schemat1c · 2004-02-16 04:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I know, this is flaimbait, but I thought it was relevant to the general conversation for you liberal, anti-war zealots out there who actually believe the theory of evolution.
  
  I have only one word for people who refuse to accept evolution.
  
  Dinosaur.
  
  Thank you. Good night.
  
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2. Re:134 years to find by ho1ywind · 2004-02-16 04:38 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I believe mars is a smaller planet. It's the 4th one from the left not counting the big firey object.
3. Re:134 years to find by tds67 · 2004-02-16 04:48 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  ...and it was on this planet.
  Everyone had been looking where the light was better until recently.
4. Re:134 years to find by Darken_Everseek · 2004-02-16 05:31 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Somehow, I have trouble applying the concept of 'left' to an elliptical orbit.
5. Re:134 years to find by theguru · 2004-02-16 05:39 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I never understood this attitude. Ok, the Bible is supposed to be God's word, but written through man. Man is stupid and doesn't have the capacity to understand the vastness of the universe, so God had to dumb a lot of things down.
  GOD: "Ok, so there are these things called atoms.. they're really small and.."
  MAN: "Wait ummm Lord. Did you say Adam?"
  GOD: "Sigh.. ok, yeah. There was this guy named Adam..."
6. Re:134 years to find by bhsurfer · 2004-02-16 07:35 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  let's put it in the smithsonian, right next to noah's ark.... they do have noah's ark, don't they?
  this statement is, of course, arkasm. (you wouldn't hit a guy for making a bad pun, would you?)
  
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However... by FarmerDave · 2004-02-16 04:13 · Score: 5, Funny

It's *still* not responding to signals.

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So what went wrong? by CaptainAlbert · 2004-02-16 04:13 · Score: 4, Funny

Hang on. If European engineering can produce something that will survive 150 years in Essex, landing a buggy on Mars should be peanuts in comparison. What went wrong?

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1. Re:So what went wrong? by Mdalek · 2004-02-16 04:30 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Hang on. If European engineering can produce something that will survive 150 years in Essex, landing a buggy on Mars should be peanuts in comparison. What went wrong?
  
  Both were British made.
2. Re:So what went wrong? by tobe · 2004-02-16 04:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They left it standing for a couple of days.. radio went, tires got nicked, seats were stripped, fairings and engine were scavenged and then the whole thing was set alight and sank 'cause the bricks it was jacked up on couldn't spread the weight well enough on that boggy ground..
3. Re:So what went wrong? by kitzilla · 2004-02-16 05:31 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Lucas electrical systems. They were a bitch in my MG, too.
  
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4. Re:So what went wrong? by MaxiCat_42 · 2004-02-16 07:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  English beer has a reasonable taste - try drinking warm Budweiser.
  
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I wonder... by somethinghollow · 2004-02-16 04:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Apparently the ship has undergone some sort of specialization to allow it to be a marsh-submarine instead of its original function of water-floater. This is truly an acomplishment for Darwinian evolution.

Soon, I'm sure examples such as this will crop up all over, as ships start to pass on their abilities to survive under marshes to their offspring.
What the hell was... by FooGoo · 2004-02-16 04:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Darwin doing on Mars? Wait a second...did he come back from the Galopagos via the Bermuda Triangle? I think we may have solved the mystery of all the crap that goes missing down there.

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1. Re:What the hell was... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-16 04:34 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  >For example the Atlantic is a lot more dangerous close to the Spanish coast.
  
  No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
By now it has evolved... by rqqrtnb · 2004-02-16 04:14 · Score: 1, Funny

into a higher form of ooze.
So... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-16 04:16 · Score: 0, Funny

So, did it evolve into a submarine now?
Answer the question we're all asking already! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-16 04:20 · Score: 4, Funny

Is there any evidence of life in Essex?
1. Re:Answer the question we're all asking already! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-16 07:25 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Essex girl Waynes
  
  An Essex girl goes to the council to register for child benefit.
  
  "How many children?" asks the council worker.
  
  "Ten" replies the Essex girl.
  
  "Ten?" says the council worker. "What are their names?"
  
  "Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, Wayne, and Wayne"
  
  "Doesn't that get confusing?"
  
  "Naah..." says the Essex girl, "it's great because if they are out playing in the street I just have to shout WAAYNE, YER DINNER'S READY or WAAYNE GO TO BED NOW and they all do it..."
  
  "What if you want to speak to one individually?" says the perturbed council worker.
  
  "That's easy," says the Essex girl... "I just use their surnames"
Evolutionist propaganda by CausticWindow · 2004-02-16 04:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Any right thinking Christian in this country knows that the whole Beagle voyage was a scam. There was no Beagle, Darwin was a heretic ponce at best, 'evilution' (sick) is self masturbation by atheists.

There can only be one nation under God. And if gays are allowed to marry, we might start a backwards evolution into snails and other amoral beings.

Thank you, amen and God bless America, Christian science and the GOP.

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Please, oh please... by craw · 2004-02-16 04:21 · Score: 5, Funny

don't let James Cameron get anywhere close to this wreck! Don't give him any ideas!
1. Re:Please, oh please... by JudgeFurious · 2004-02-16 04:29 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I'd be more concerned about letting Geraldo Rivera close to the wreck. All it's going to take is the revelation that there's an "air pocket" somewhere in there and we'll be witness to the live airing of a "Charles Darwin's SECRET vault" special.
  
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2. Re:Please, oh please... by drinkypoo · 2004-02-16 07:38 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Aha! ROAD MAPS!
  
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Raiders of the Lost Beagle by the_skywise · 2004-02-16 04:25 · Score: 2, Funny

"What's the Beagle look like?"
"There's a picture of it here."
"What's that coming out of it?"
"Lightning, Wrath of God type stuff."
"Bush is said to be a nut about this stuff. He's got teams out searching for it."
"The army that carries the Beagle in front of it is invincible"
Found in a hidden compartment... by gertsenl · 2004-02-16 04:27 · Score: 4, Funny

The missing notes from his trip:
"Truly we can see God's works through this evolution. I feel my work can help all men have a better understanding of the ways of the Lord in Heaven and His divine plan." ... " I hope that these notes don't get separated or there might be quite a bit of a silly misunderstanding, what with the monkeys and all."
::sits back and watches those without the time to actually read the post mod it Troll, Flamebait, and complain that there's no "-1 Religious"::

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1. Re:Found in a hidden compartment... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-16 05:45 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Let a post stand on its own merits! There are intelligent people on this web site who will figure it out. ... ... ... ...you must be new here.
Name the Next One Titanic by Myriad · 2004-02-16 04:27 · Score: 4, Funny

the original HMS Beagle, the ship Darwin travelled on during his famous voyage, may have been found. Marine archeologists believe they have found the ship, which has been resting at the bottom of some Essex marshes for the last century.
Ok, so we have a ship that was designed to cross vast stretches sea that's been lost for centuries... so what do they do? Take a probe that is designed to cross vast streches of space and give it the same name!
Good plan. How about naming the probe set to visit the asteroid belt "Titanic"! :)

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YHBT YHL HAND by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-16 04:28 · Score: 1, Funny

lol @ christians
Oh yeah? by IshanCaspian · 2004-02-16 04:29 · Score: 4, Funny

I hear they parked it in some dock in a marsh, and it slowly sunk into the muck. By the way, what does RTFA stand for?

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1. Re:Oh yeah? by sbennett · 2004-02-16 04:35 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  By the way, what does RTFA stand for?
  
  Read The F? Article.
2. Re:Oh yeah? by IshanCaspian · 2004-02-16 04:49 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Oh, that's cool? Could I ask you another question? What's sarcasm?
  
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3. Re:Oh yeah? by sbennett · 2004-02-16 05:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  What's sarcasm?
  
  Sarcasm is when...oh, shit.
If it's really his ship... by mr_resident · 2004-02-16 04:31 · Score: 5, Funny

How long before it will be able to walk out of the swamp on it's own?

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this reminds me of a joke by theMerovingian · 2004-02-16 04:31 · Score: 5, Funny

q: Why does the French Navy have glass-bottom boats?

a: So they can see the old French Navy

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1. Re:this reminds me of a joke by Ice_Balrog · 2004-02-16 10:52 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  NO! It goes:
  
  Q: Why does the French Navy have glass-bottom boats?
  
  A: So they can see the French Air-Force.
  
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I don't know where you get your news from... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-16 04:39 · Score: 1, Funny

Goddamit, get it right!
He was brutaly beaten about the head with a camera tripod. Authorities are searching for an associate known as "Woodstock" who had been drinking with him in the hotel bar until 2 A.M.
That's great by Nick+of+NSTime · 2004-02-16 04:55 · Score: 2, Funny

...but is there any news on the HMS Pinafore?
One of us is not nerdy enough by flint · 2004-02-16 05:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Am I the only one who read the headline and knew what it meant? ;)
Re:Fun Fact by chunkwhite86 · 2004-02-16 05:04 · Score: 4, Funny

It (the HMS Beagle) used to have a huge bank of guns, but they were gutted and replaced with diagnostic equipment. Make science, not war!

Bah, just look where THAT got it. Under 12 feet of mud at the bottom of a marsh.

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One step to getting it floating again by PollGuy · 2004-02-16 05:05 · Score: 4, Funny

This is great! Now all they have to do is wipe its flush memory, and it'll be in tip-top shape.
no wonder it was hard to find by Savatte · 2004-02-16 05:08 · Score: 3, Funny

it had evolved into a yacht
Re:Essex Girls by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-16 05:37 · Score: 2, Funny

What does an Essex girl have in common with a washing machine?

They both drip when they're fucked.
Anime opportunity . . . by photomic · 2004-02-16 06:17 · Score: 2, Funny

. . to raise the Beagle and turn it into a space-faring vessel to search for the other Beagle on Mars, but instead encountering. . .
Re:Essex Girls by madpierre · 2004-02-16 07:24 · Score: 2, Funny

q What do Essex girls put round their necks?

a Their ankles.

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Re:Essex Girls by madpierre · 2004-02-16 07:36 · Score: 2, Funny

q How many Essex girls does it take to change a lightbulb?

a Four. One to change the bulb and the other three to dance round her handbag.

i had better stop now :)

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Re:They don't conflict... by winwar · 2004-02-16 11:48 · Score: 3, Funny

So, what you are saying is that God is somewhat akin to the typical manager/CEO/leader?

Hmm, that much be the smell of burning karma...